Local newspapers are contradictory things. They are dismissed as “rags” and yet their familiar names are are part of the glue which holds communities together. Continue reading
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Local newspapers are contradictory things. They are dismissed as “rags” and yet their familiar names are are part of the glue which holds communities together. Continue reading
Representatives of the local and regional press continue to express concern about the key Leveson recommendation that a self-regulator must offer an “arbitration service”. The purpose of this recommendation is to provide “access to justice” for complainants whilst reducing the burden of legal costs for publishers. Continue reading
One of the key recommendations of the Leveson Report is that a new independent press regulator should provide a “fair, quick and inexpensive” arbitration service. This is one of three “arms” of the new regulator: standards enforcement, complaints handling and arbitration. It is proposed that the arbitration service will deal with “civil” complaints – cases which would otherwise be the subject of Court proceedings. There is a helpful diagram in the Report (Vol 4, K, 4.3, p.1759). Continue reading
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