involving the permission given by the treasury for the legal actions of someone linked to the wagner group against a journalist, eliot higgins. so what we are talking that is a broader context forjournalism in the uk and i think it s really important that we consider this as part of a bigger picture and that dan s contribution is part of this bigger picture which is very important. because these letters are off putting. they are potentially used to scare people off. yes, and that line between using them as a signal, and i being fair, proportionate, am i doing myjob properly? and the line between trying to suppress journalism, that is what our media lawyers have to help us consider. and i should make clear that mr zahawi s lawyers have said that they sent just a polite, confidential letter through them, through the solicitors, to mr neidle, to collect a few inaccuracies. this is fairly common practice, legally. but you chose to make
with legal letters. they are quite scary. i suppose, if you re working in a company, there will be a lawyer to advise you, but even so, there are fears around it. maybe it helped that dan was a lawyer himself. he could read them, in a way? no question dan has made a really valuable contribution to illustrate some of the kinds of letters that members of the media might receive. i would pay huge tribute to the media lawyers i have both at the guardian and the independent who have to weigh things up sometimes a bit differently, but have cancelled it and allowed each stage of this reporting process to go ahead. the stories have been published. but i do think what dan is illustrating, and there is a broader point here, again not talking about this story in particular, about how the legal system in general might be used against public interest journalism. there are a lot of cases at the moment. for instance, there is one
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