Government to Remove ‘Threat to the Freedom of the Press’ by Dropping Regulator Clause

Published on February 29, 2024

A controversial law that could have forced UK publishers to pay the costs of the people who sued them, even if they won, is to be dropped. Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 was introduced in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry but has never been brought into force by the government. It stated that any news outlet that did not sign up to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) would be eligible to pay the costs of any individual or company that sued them for libel, copyright, or invasion of privacy even if the publisher won the court case....

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