Statutory Underpinning: A Threat to Press Freedom?

Newspaper bosses are considering their next move following the Royal Charter deal and many maintain their strong objections to the statutory underpinning proposed by Leveson. In an exclusive preview of his remarks at the upcoming Media Law after Leveson workshop in Oxford, Eric Barendt, Emeritus Professor of Media Law at University College London, looks back at the case made for statute and finds it lacking.