The Inquiry's Aim:

Lord Justice Leveson stated on 28 July 2011 that the focus of the Inquiry is ‘the culture, practices

and ethics of the press’ in the context of the latter’s relationship with the public, the police and

politicians. The Inquiry aims to draw recommendations, if any, for the future, with particular regards to

press regulation, governance and other systems of oversight.

Leveson’s Opening Statement

Year Event2000 Rebecca Brooks is appointed Editor of News

of The World aged 32. She begins a campaign to name and shame alleged pedophiles and also for public access to the sex offenders

register.

March 2002 School girl Milly Dowler disappears in Walton-on-Thames aged just 13.

2003 Rebecca Brooks is appointed Editor for The Sun. Andy Coulson becomes Editor of the Sunday paper. Wade tells parliament that her paper paid police for information. They later denied this.

November 2005 Officials of the Royal Court complain about voicemails being intercepted after the News Of The World publish an article on Prince Williams knee injury.

Year EventAugust 2006 Detectives arrest News Of The World’s royal

editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over allegations they hacked phones of the royal household.

January 2007 Clive Goodman is jailed for four months. Glenn Mulcaire is given a six month prison term after both admitted to conspiring to intercept phone signals.

January 2007 After Goodman and Mulcaire were sentenced, Andy Coulson resigns from his role as NOTW’s editor. He says he takes ‘ultimate responsibility’ though he knew nothing of the offences in advance.

May 2007 Andy Coulson becomes the Conservative Party’s director

Year Event

2009 Brooks becomes CEO of News International

July 2011 News Of The World closes

2012 Leveson’s Report

1. Hugh Grant Personal items hacked, found out information he didn’t want anyone to hear. E.g. – “In 1996, my girlfriends father suddenly died. I helped to organise the funeral. It was a small family occasion in a tiny village church. Just as the service was about to start, we realised two of the congregation were unknown to any of the family. They turned out to be reporters from popular papers. They had come, they said, to ‘pay their respects’. They had never met my girlfriends father.

• 2. The Dowler Family

• 3. Gerry McCann

1. Rebekah Brooks

2. Andy Coulson

What was decided?