No wonder newspapers don’t fancy a royal constitution. Libel cases could be devastating,whatever the outcomeThe tough cases of press self-regulation and royal charters are what matter now as the years since Leveson roll by. Perhaps angry complaints to the Independent Press Standards Organisation will light the blue touch paper – see, currently, or the Suns controversial treatment of its UK Muslim sympathy for fighters in Syria – perhaps not. But events could easily push opinion in another direction.
Tim Yeo,ex-MP and minister, loses a libel case against the Sunday Times. Mr Justice Warby finds his evidence “utterly implausible” and hails responsible reporting in the public interest. So Yeo owes the paper 411000 in legal costs (with more to come).Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com