28-04-2012, 11:38
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17877149
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Jeremy Hunt will not be allowed to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry early "in the interests of fairness to all", an inquiry spokesman has said.
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On Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg backed the idea of using the Leveson inquiry to investigate Mr Hunt's conduct, saying the inquiry was "the best context... to find out what happened or what didn't happen."
But a spokesman for the inquiry said: "Lord Justice Leveson is of the view that, in the interests of fairness to all, the inquiry should continue with the existing scheduling of his appearance."
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BBC political correspondent Robin Brant said it was now clear that only David Cameron would make any decision on whether Mr Hunt broke the rules, because Lord Justice Leveson had emphasised that he would not act as an arbiter.
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What's the quote about tangled webs?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...son?intcmp=239
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The Leveson inquiry may be able to force News Corporation to hand over potentially incriminating papers about the firm's hacking cover-up, despite its claiming legal privilege, a law professor has said.
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"It is not necessary for Burton Copeland to have had an intention to assist in wrongdoing. Nor is it necessary for NI's 'fraud' to be criminal in nature. Nor does there need to be personal or commercial gain from underhand behaviour. If Burton Copeland's investigation was used as part of NI's cover-up, then it may well fall within the crime fraud exception," Moorhead saidon his blog. It was significant, he added, that Rupert Murdoch had now publicly admitted, in Thursday's Leveson hearings, that there had been a cover-up
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Do we need a bigger tin opener? 
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