It is not often that everyone in the country acquires an important new legal right, but just such a right is now almost in our grasp – and it is one that brings to an end a longstanding scandal in British law.
For the first time ever, everyone who reasonably feels they have been libelled or have suffered unjustified invasion of privacy by a news publisher will have access to affordable justice. No longer will only the very rich or fortunate* enjoy the full protection of the law – every citizen will be able to do so.
