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06 December 2011AM

Charlotte Harris , David Leigh and Steven Nott gave statements at this hearing

...19 justified only in the public interest and then only when... ...17 information where the public interest justified it and... ...is justified in this case in the public interest? 4 Firs... ...5 interest? Is it in the public interest to take the 6... ...t to do what they did because the public interest 9 was s...

13 July 2012AM

Professor James Curran , Professor John Horgan and Angela Phillips gave statements at this hearing

...subsidise journalism in the public interest. Is that 16... ...would be enormously in the public interest. 16 Q. I can... ...9 say is in the public interest and serves our democracy,... ...10 journalists in the public interest. But that does not... ...ly. 21 The public interest aspect, bottom of your page 8...

12 December 2011AM

Mazher Mahmood and Neville Thurlbeck gave statements at this hearing

...0 myself that it was in the public interest. I had to 11... ...12 sufficient to pass the public interest test and 13... ...to be satisfied that it met the public interest 21 argum... ...aw in order to get a story in the public interest. 16 What... ...22 factor is the public interest. I've never been...

17 January 2012PM

Chris Elliott , Alan Rusbridger and John Witherow gave statements at this hearing

...R JAY: You've helped us with the public interest issue. 17... ...8 is paragraph 22, the public interest. I think what... ...1 was in the public interest. 2 LORD JUS... ...you weigh up in general terms the public interest in 15 pu... ...TICE LEVESON: So the greater the public interest, 8 the...

09 December 2011AM

Richard Thomas gave a statement at this hearing

...ing was justified as being in the public interest 21 There... ...24 Q. Secondly, the public interest is not defined in the Data... ..."We're not sure exactly what the public interest 7 means... ...ouldn't be a justification in the public interest 24 if wh... ...ist to record what he thought the public interest 13 was,...

23 January 2012AM

Lord Patten of Barnes and Mark Thompson gave statements at this hearing

...15 prosecutes requires the public interest to be considered... ...9 documents, only where the public interest outweighs the... ...9 seriousness of the public interest and potentially the... ...remains still strongly in the public interest that it 10... ...regard as being justified in the public interest. 4 Q. Than...

Top 5 Public Interest Press Campaigns_Associated News 04.05.12

Evidence for witness Associated Newspapers Ltd

...its titles have conducted in the public interest in recent years. A. Stephen...

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Top 5 Public Interest Press Campaigns_Associated News 04.05.12

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...its titles have conducted in the public interest in recent years. A. Step...

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15 March 2012AM

DCI Clive Driscoll , Michael Sullivan and Stephen Wright gave statements at this hearing

...5 that is in the public interest that needs to be known... ...25 Q. Yes, does it work in the public interest, if I can ask... ...13 massively in the public interest, information about what... ...ly in 5 the public interest. It wasn't my job to jeopard... ...epeat, it's a story hugely in the public interest, and 21...

16 July 2012PM

Dr Neil Manson and Professor Baroness Onora O’Neill gave statements at this hearing

...y. 11 MR JAY: Balancing the public interest in a free press, as 12... ...has. 13 Q. Thank you. The public interest in truthfulness. You 14... ...A. When we're talking about the public interest here, 20 there's two... ...(d) -- that: 7 "The public interest in freedom of expression and... ...6 I thought about it, the public interest in good 7 governanc...

28 February 2012PM

Nick Davies and Christopher Jefferies gave statements at this hearing

...2 therefore, in the public interest, the News of the World... ...3 have been in the public interest to contemplate... ...a wholly different issue in the public interest if it 14... ...investigative journalism in the public interest by 21 pr... ...elihood of prosecution and in the public interest. 12 That...

15 March 2012PM

Alastair Brett and Stephen Wright gave statements at this hearing

...it was 13 a story in the public interest. 14 Q. You deal with so... ...was up to was hugely in the public interest, as was 6 our -- my... ...ar in 22 the Met, in the public interest to write stories about 23... ...ot going to 10 serve the public interest. And I am concerned that if... ...ver the years, they do act in the public interest 11 talking to me --...

21 November 2011AM

Bob Dowler , Sally Dowler , Graham Shear and Joan Smith gave statements at this hearing

...21 robustly defending the public interest test and the 2... ...11 overwhelmingly in the public interest and where that... ...able and agreed definition of the public interest 25 that... ...1 much in the public interest and has the public interest 2 very...

13 July 2012PM

Lara Fielden and Hugh Tomlinson QC gave statements at this hearing

...ver its contents. 2 Q. The public interest defence, this applies to civi... ...ims, which are not related to the public interest, 8 save in the limi... ...ere fact that something is in the public interest, 12 if it's defamato... ...6 that. 17 The public interest must only -- I mean, 18... ...20 expression is in the public interest in some 21 circumsta...

14 November 2011AM

No witnesses gave statements at this hearing

...the evidence as well as the public interest. One could postulate an... ...One possible difficulty with the public interest defence under section 55... ...ubtless have to consider the public interest. LORD JUSTICE LEVESON: The... ...CE LEVESON: Yes. So this is The public interest? MR JAY: The public interest, yes. LORD JUSTICE LEVESON:...

30 May 2012AM

Dr Vince Cable MP gave a statement at this hearing

...5 make a report, decide the public interest question, or 1... ...25 view that the public interest test should actually be... ...20 of widening the public interest test in that domain.... ...Section 42 of the Act, but the public interest 9 consi... ...5 widely desirable in the public interest. Is that a fair...

24 January 2012AM

Heather Harvey , Jonathan Heawood , Jacqui Hunt , John Kampfner , Marai Larasi and Anna Van Heeswijk gave statements at this hearing

...card. You can't simply wave the public interest card 18... ...re of 20 the public interest defence will be different in... ...14 they acted with the public interest whole-heartedly in... ...4 was in the public interest for that publication to be... ...ention to very definitions of the public interest in 17 th...

06 February 2012AM

DAC Sue Akers , Nick Owens and Dan Wooton gave statements at this hearing

...private interest against the public interest were not 22 real... ...were party about weighing up the public interest and 19 private r... ...y which was overwhelmingly in the public interest. 24 This related... ...USTICE LEVESON: I understand the public interest, and 3 presumab... ...f as to 18 where the public interest lay in the Fern Britton story...

18 July 2012PM

Professor Steven Barnett and Matt Sprake gave statements at this hearing

...MR JAY: Professor Barnett, the public interest now, which 23... ...7 last time on the public interest. The only thing... ...10 what the public interest means. I think it is -- it i... ...which 21 the public interest might arise. There's the pub... ...23 thereof. There's the public interest in when you 24...

16 January 2012AM

Richard Wallace and Tina Weaver gave statements at this hearing

...the answer is that it's in the public interest? 8 A. Yes.... ...17 Q. Can we move now to the public interest test. You set... ...2 ways, what's in the public interest. The interpretation... ...we should consider is in the public interest. 16 MR BARR:... ...10 what's in the public interest is what the public are...

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