Leveson inquiry: Jeremy Hunt will be watching closely. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images 9.58am: The Guardian's Esther Addley has just tweeted from the high court:Adam Smith is in court, with (i assume) his lawyer. Order of witnesses: Lord (Peter) Brooke, Frederic Michel, Smith #Leveson— esther addley (@estheraddley) May 24, 20129.51am: Good morning and welcome to the Leveson inquiry live blog.All eyes will be on the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt today as his former special adviser, Adam Smith, and the News Corporation lobbyist, Frédéric Michel, give evidence about their role in News Corp's abandoned £8bn bid for BSkyB.It will be the first time the pair have spoken publicly since the huge row over Hunt's handling of the bid erupted at the end of April.Smith resigned on 26 ... Continue reading →
Leveson inquiry: Jeremy Hunt will be watching closely. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images 9.58am: The Guardian's Esther Addley has just tweeted from the high court:Adam Smith is in court, with (i assume) his lawyer. Order of witnesses: Lord (Peter) Brooke, Frederic Michel, Smith #Leveson— esther addley (@estheraddley) May 24, 20129.51am: Good morning and welcome to the Leveson inquiry live blog.All eyes will be on the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt today as his former special adviser, Adam Smith, and the News Corporation lobbyist, Frédéric Michel, give evidence about their role in News Corp's abandoned £8bn bid for BSkyB.It will be the first time the pair have spoken publicly since the huge row over Hunt's handling of the bid erupted at the end of April.Smith resigned on 26 ... Continue reading →
Leveson inquiry: Jeremy Hunt will be watching closely. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images 9.58am: The Guardian's Esther Addley has just tweeted from the high court:Adam Smith is in court, with (i assume) his lawyer. Order of witnesses: Lord (Peter) Brooke, Frederic Michel, Smith #Leveson— esther addley (@estheraddley) May 24, 20129.51am: Good morning and welcome to the Leveson inquiry live blog.All eyes will be on the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt today as his former special adviser, Adam Smith, and the News Corporation lobbyist, Frédéric Michel, give evidence about their role in News Corp's abandoned £8bn bid for BSkyB.It will be the first time the pair have spoken publicly since the huge row over Hunt's handling of the bid erupted at the end of April.Smith resigned on 26 ... Continue reading →
Josh Halliday (@joshhalliday) Posted Thursday 24th May 2012 from Twitlonger Judge Tugendhat crucial para in 82-page ruling on Trimingham vs Associated Newspapers (Daily Mail): "Ms Trimingham was not the purely private figure she claims to be. Her reasonable expectation of privacy has become limited. This is mainly by reason of her involvement with Mr Huhne, both professionally, as his press agent, and personally as his secret mistress, in circumstances where he campaigned with a leaflet to the electorate of Eastleigh about how much he valued his family. But it is also by reason of what she herself has disclosed in the past. Further, she was, as the Defendant knew, a journalist who had herself disclosed information about other people for publication in the newspapers and ... Continue reading →
