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Cleared Sun leader writer Fergus Shanahan reflects on three ‘barren, painful...
When Sun executive editor Fergus Shanahan was arrested more than three years ago, he says he was made to feel like “one of the most dangerous men in the country” by the four cars full of police...
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CPS: No retrial for NoW reporter whose conviction was quashed – review of...
The Crown Prosecution Service is not going to seek a retrial for a News of the World journalist whose conviction for a paying public official was quashed by the Court of Appeal. And it has asked for an...
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CPS presses ahead with retrial of prison officer whose newspaper leak...
The Crown Prosecution Service is to press ahead with a retrial of a prison officer whose conviction on a charge of leaking stories to newspapers was overturned by the Court of Appeal last week. The...
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CPS dubbed ‘Crown Persecution Service’ as former DPP Ken Macdonald says...
A former Director of Public Prosections has acknowledged that the Crown Prosecution Service made an "error" in pursuing some Operation Elveden cases. Lord Ken Macdonald, who was DPP for the CPS between...
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CPS guidance over misconduct in public office: Payments for ‘tittle tattle’...
The Crown Prosecution Service has indicated that journalists are unlikely to face prosecution for misconduct in public office in future for cases which do not involve police officers. However, for...
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Reporter’s three-year ordeal ‘for writing story about a fox’
The Sun's online news editor Vince Soodin has has condemned the Met Police for turning Operation Elveden into "a probe into unauthorised leaks to journalists – whether they were paid for or not"....
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Elveden defence lawyer: A ‘more cautious press’ unable to uncover public...
Mark Abbott, a criminal defence lawyer and partner at Blaser Mills law firm, acted as former Sun managing editor Graham Dudman's solicitor after he was arrested and charged under Operation Elveden...
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Former DPP calls for new law to protect public interest journalism from...
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Keir Starmer has called for a new law to protect journalists from being prosecuted if they are acting in the public interest. Guidelines brought in by...
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Cost of Met’s journalism investigations rises £4m in seven months to more...
The Metropolitan Police has now spent more than £40m on investigations into journalism, figures obtained by Press Gazette show. The cost of Operation Weeting into phone-hacking over the last five...
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New Yorker defies contempt risk to publish Lucy Letby story in UK print edition
A New Yorker story revisiting the conviction of Lucy Letby has been published in the title’s print and mobile app editions despite being blocked on its website to comply with reporting restrictions....
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