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Leveson inquiry gets underway

updated on 21 November 2011

On 14 November, the Leveson inquiry into press standards (aka the inquiry into phone hacking at News International (NI)) began, with dramatic revelations about the extent of the practice at the NoTW and beyond.

In his opening statement Lord Justice Leveson stated that he considered freedom of expression and freedom of the press to be fundamental to democracy, but noted that such freedom “must be exercised with the rights of others in mind”.

As reported in the Guardian, Robert Jay QC of 39 Essex Street, counsel for the inquiry, said that evidence held by the police showed that at least 28 of NI's staff are implicated in notes taken by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire as commissioning Mulcaire to hack into someone’s phone. NI is being represented by Rhodri Davies QC of One Essex Court, who was instructed by Linklaters.

And the details are set to keep on rolling, with a star-studded line-up appearing this week - Hugh Grant on Monday, Steve Coogan on Tuesday, and Sienna Miller and JK Rowling on Thursday.

The inquiry is expected to hear evidence until February 2012.

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