The Leveson Review was a judicial public inquiry into the British press’s culture, practices, and ethics. This came after the phone hacking scandal at News International. In November 2012, the Leveson report was released, which examined the culture and ethics of the press and presented proposals for a new body to replace the existing Press Complaints Commission. The inquiry’s full terms of reference were released in July 2011, along with a six-person panel. Sir David Bell (former chairman of the Financial Times), Shami Chakrabarti (director of Liberty), Lord Currie (former Ofcom director), Elinor Goodman (former political editor of Channel 4 News), George Jones (former political editor of the Daily Telegraph), and Sir Paul Scott-Lee QPM (former Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police) were among those in attendance. The overall cost of the Leveson inquiry, according to a response published in 2013, was £5.4 million.

The Levenson inquiry was a judge-led inquiry (spanning across 2011 and 2012) set up Prime Minister David Cameron. It reviewed the general culture and ethics of the British media, and made recommendations for a new, independent body to replace existing press complaints commission. This was a result of the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now defunct News of the World tabloid. This was where employees of the news paper were accused of phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence is the pursuit of finding a story.

The final 2000 page report was published on the 29th of November 2012.

The Leveson inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press. series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012. 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. Prime Minister David Cameron, under whose direction the inquiry had been established, said that he welcomed many of the findings, but declined to enact the requisite legislation.

Part 1 of the Leveson Inquiry would be addressing:

“the culture, practices and ethics of the press, including contacts between the press and politicians and the press and the police; it is to consider the extent to which the current regulatory regime has failed and whether there has been a failure to act upon any previous warnings about media misconduct.”

and Part 2:

“the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International, other media organisations or other organisations. It will also consider the extent to which any relevant police force investigated allegations relating to News International, and whether the police received corrupt payments or were otherwise complicit in misconduct.”

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.

The Leveson inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011. A series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012. 

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.

The “Leveson Inquiry” was a public inquiry into the ethics of the British press following the “News International phone hacking scandal” – Where employees of the “News of the World” newspaper were accused of phone hacking, police bribery and exercising improper influence in pursuit of stories. In July 2011, investigations showed that phones belonging to Celebrities, relatives of deceased British soldiers, a murdered schoolgirl “Milly Dowler”. This evidence caused recommendations to completely replace the existing Press Complaints Commission with a new, independent body. The final 2000 page report was published on the 29th of November 2012, recommending a new body with a range of sanctions available to it – including fines and directions of the prominence of apologies and corrections.

The Levenson inquiry was an inquiry into the ethics of the British press following the international phone hacking scandal. A series of public hearings where held throughout 2011 and 2012 which reviewed the culture and ethics of the British media and made recommendations for a new, independent, body to replace the existing press complaints commission.

On 20 July 2011, David Cameron announced in a speech to Parliament the final terms of reference of Leveson’s inquiry, stating that it would extend beyond newspapers to include broadcasters and social media.

The Leveson inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press. This followed the News International phone hacking scandal. The Leveson report was published in November 2012, this reviewed the culture and ethics and made recommendations for a new body to replace the existing Press Complaints Commission.

The final terms of reference of the inquiry was announced in July 2011, where a panel of 6 people were announced. This included:

Sir David Bell (former chairman of Financial Times), Shami Chakrabarti (director of Liberty), Lord Currie (former Ofcom director), Elinor Goodman (former political editor of Channel 4 News), George Jones (former political editor of the Daily Telegraph and also Sir Paul Scott-Lee QPM who was former Chief Constable of West Midlands Police.

According to a response published in 2013, the total cost of the Leveson inquiry was £5.4 million.