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Libel Reform: In the Public’s Interest?

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Start:
January 11, 2011 6:30 pm
End:
January 11, 2011 8:00 pm
Venue:
Gray's Inn
Address:
London, United Kingdom

On 11 January 2011 the Media Standards Trust, in conjunction with Gray’s Inn and INFORRM, held a panel discussion on ‘Libel Reform: In the Public’s Interest?’ You can read an account of the event here, or watch the video of the event below (or on our YouTube Channel).

The panel consisted of Sir Christopher Gray (a barrister and former High Court Judge), Kevin Marsh (executive editor of the BBC’s College of Journalism), Evan Harris (former LibDem MP and key campaigner for libel reform), Zoe Margolis (blogger – ‘Girl with a One Track Mind’ – who won a libel action vs Independent on Sunday), and Razi Mireskandari (managing partner of Simons Muirhead & Burton). The debate was chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy.

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