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Proposed Libel Fees Could Hamper Press Freedom
- Press Gazette, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:01 PM
Proposals to protect libel and privacy claimants from the threat of paying a publishers' costs if they lose their claim could have a “terrible” effect on press freedom, the Daily Telegraph has warned. Consultation began last week on the reforms, which are intended to come into effect in April and which are inspired by the Leveson Report.
