‘Sword of Damocles’ Anti-Press Law To Be Finally Repealed

The Media Bill’s third reading is in washup in the Lords today. Speculation has been rife as to whether Section 40, known as the “Sword of Damocles” for its anti-press bent, would manage to be repealed. The so-far unenforced section of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, brought in after Leveson, would force publishers to pay legal costs in defamation and privacy cases, for both sides, if not a member of a state-backed regulator.[…] Read the rest