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Libel in the spotlight
Today’s Media Guardian leads with an extract from journalist Tom Bower’s submission to the culture, media and sport committee/
The piece is accompanied by an analysis of the prospects for change — based on Index on Censorship and English PEN’s proposals — written by litigation lawyer Dan Tench. Tench is cautious:
So beyond the important issue of the recovery of libel costs, it appears that further reform to libel law is likely to be complex, controversial and some way off.