On 29 November 2012, when his report was published, Lord Justice Leveson made a short statement summarising his views and the purpose of his report.  We published this at the time and we republish it now because of its continuing relevance to the debates which have taken place over the 7 months since the Leveson Report was published.  We have emphasised some passages which may have been overlooked in the course of some of the distorted and partisan attacks on Judge and his report since publication.  The statement is worth re-reading. Continue reading