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The Telegraph

Laws could be changed to protect press freedoms following Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's legal victory

Downing Street has hinted at introducing new safeguards to protect the freedom of the press, in the wake of the Duchess of Sussex’s legal victory over the Mail on Sunday.
The Government would “study the implications” of the Court of Appeal decision in the case “carefully”, a spokesman for Boris Johnson announced on Friday...

…..Politicians, lawyers and campaigners raised concerns in the wake of the latest judgment that the courts are interpreting the law in a way that extends privacy rights beyond what was intended by Parliament.
John Whittingdale, the former Tory culture secretary, accused judges of creating far-reaching privacy laws without parliamentary scrutiny, branding it a “matter of great concern”.
Geoffrey Robertson QC, the leading human rights barrister, said earlier this week: “Privacy is now a growth industry. The law has been developed – in fact, created – by judges. But instead of applying a presumption in favour of free speech, they purport to ‘balance’ it with often over-valued reputations of rich and famous litigants.”.....etc