Government is going to repeal (undo) a Leveson law that would have forced publishers to pay legal costs, win or lose in libel suits. Guardian.
A controversial law that could force publishers to pay the costs of the people who sue them, even if they win, is to be repealed, the government has announced.
Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which was drawn up following the Leveson inquiry, poses “a threat to the freedom and sustainability of the press”, the government said on Monday.
The provision, which was supported by celebrities such as Gary Lineker and Hugh Grant and the campaign group Hacked Off, had never been brought into force.
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