Fleet Street phone-hacking scandal: a legal perspective

Business & entrepreneurs

Comment | 31 March 2011

Written by Phil Hartley

In the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking controversy, this article analyses the law on journalistic newsgathering, and the prevalence of illegal activities more widely on Fleet Street, the applicable criminal and civil law, and the remedies available to the wide range of public and non-public figures who suspect they may have been targeted.

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