Christopher Galley doubts that the latest recommendations will protect whistleblowers. Investigations into leaks need to be wholly independent of politics
Leaks and whistleblowing: proposals do not go far enough
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Libel: Lord Sugar gets litigious
The Apprentice star and multi-millionaire’s pursuit of journalist Quentin Letts is yet another example of how England’s defamation laws favour the rich and powerful, says Toby Young
Binyam Mohamed: security services aware of treatment
A revised High Court judgment on the case of Binyam Mohamed suggests that British intelligence services were aware of the whereabouts and treatment of the Ethiopian-born former Guantanamo inmate during his detention in Morroco
Libel after Bower
Richard Desmond’s attempt to sue an investigative journalist merely highlighted the weaknesses of English defamation law, says
David Allen Green
Senior News of the World reporter accused in phone hack scandal
The Culture, Media and Sports Committee has heard evidence on the tabloid voicemail hacking scandal. Padraig Reidy reports Investigative journalist Nick Davies today produced evidence he claimed proved there was more widespread knowledge of...
Britain: you want answers?
The concealment of the contents of an important letter shows that ministers have been evasive about the details of airport expansion, and now an opposition MP has complained to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Chris Ames reports A Conservative...
Another victim of an archaic law
Darryn Walker has suffered unemployment and vilification for writing a pornographic story. The censorious obscenity law that allows this to happen must be scrapped, say John Ozimek and Julian Petley Authors across the UK breathed a sigh of relief...
Girls Aloud obscenity case dropped
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its case against Darryn Walker, the civil servant who was facing trial under the Obscene Publications Act for writing a violent pornographic fantasy story about pop group Girls Aloud. Darryn Walker was...
Expenses scandal is a watershed for freedom of information
Transparency is no longer just an obsession for journalists and campaigners, writes Chris Ames The Telegraph may –-- or may not –-- have reached the bottom of the very large barrel that is the MPs’ expenses scandal. But beyond new revelations about...
Tyranny’s shield
The ruling against blogger NightJack suggests that anonymous speech is bad for society, says David Banisar The decision by Mr Justice Eady that the identity of police blogger NightJack could be released has been characterised by many observers as...