Posts tagged: Section 40

Betaville backs British newspapers' call for repeal of Section 40 Crime and Courts Act

Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 9:48 am

Last year little old Betaville received its first threatening legal letter from a top City law firm, so I know what it's like to face a bully trying to suppress a good tale.

In fact, as a staff business journalist at The Daily Telegraph during the mid-noughties I received numerous legal warning letters and also one threat to injuct the whole newspaper (a potential disaster for a national publication)...

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