Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:10:09 +0100

From: John Murphy

Subject: Jameel

Geoff raises a good question about who should be the judge of responsible journalism. My own view is that we should definitely NOT go down the Bolam track, but instead allow the courts to take an objective approach (as I think Lord Hoffmann intimated at [54]).

Given the way the tabloids outnumber and outsell the broadsheets (at least in England) it would be crazy to allow the journalists to set the standard.

John Murphy

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