Chakrabarti: 'Leveson Law Would Be Unlawful'

A key aide to Lord Justice Leveson claims his calls for press reform laws would be illegal and may breach the Human Rights Act.

Shami Chakrabarti, one of six assessors who worked with the judge on the inquiry, told the Mail on Sunday she could not support legislation because it would "coerce" newspapers into holding higher standards than anyone else, which would be unlawful.

The director of civil rights group Liberty warned that Lord Justice Leveson's proposal for an independent regulatory body backed up in law could have "serious unintended consequences".

The report on press reforms was issued last week

She said: "In a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary.

"A compulsory statute to regulate media ethics in the way the report suggests would violate the Act, and I cannot support it."

She added that Labour leader Ed Miliband "was hasty" in supporting the recommendations unveiled earlier this week.

Of Hacked Off, she told the Mail on Sunday: "I understand that people who have been wronged want action. But they should be interested in outcomes, rather than particular processes.

The PM has serious concerns about legislative action

"The outcome they should be seeking is a free and vibrant press with access to justice for the public when things go wrong."

David Cameron has expressed "serious concerns and misgivings" about legislative action but faces intense pressure to implement the findings from victims of press intrusion, the public and other party leaders.

The Prime Minister, who called for the press to be given a some time to now get its house in order, will warn Fleet Street it must take swift action to set up an independent press watchdog in crunch talks with the industry next week.

The report has ratcheted up coalition tensions with the Liberal Democrats saying they are prepared to back the regulatory system and slapping down Tory claims that draft laws were only being drawn up to demonstrate the proposals were unworkable.

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