The “Leveson Inquiry” was a public inquiry into the ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal Brain Leveson was the judge of the court case. The Inquiry published the Leveson Report in November 2012, which reviewed the general culture and ethics of the British media, and made recommendations for a new, independent, body to replace the existing Press Complaints Commission, which would have to be recognised by the state through new laws. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/nov/29/leveson-report-key-points Leveson makes no findings on any individual but says he is not convinced hacking was confined to one or two people. “The evidence drives me to conclude that this was far more than a covert, secret activity, known to nobody save one or two practitioners of the ‘dark arts’.”