UCL & Bindmans Debate: Freedom of the Press v Privacy Rights
Event Information
Description
We are delighted to invite you to the Seventh Annual UCL & Bindmans Debate
Freedom of the Press versus Privacy Rights: Time for Parliament to draw the line?
on: Wednesday 8 February 2012
from: 6 - 7.30pm, followed by a drinks reception
at: UCL, Gower Street, London WC1
The Debate Panel includes:
- Tessa Jowell, Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, the Shadow Minister for the Olympics, and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
- Martin Moore, Director, Media Standards Trust
- Max Mosley
- Gill Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services, The Guardian
The Chair will be taken by Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers
About the Debate:
The UCL / Bindmans Debate will provide a forum to discuss the issues surrounding self or statutory regulation of the press. How might the current system be reformed? Should regulation be scrapped altogether or is full statutory regulation the answer? The pros and cons will be considered in what will be a lively debate