Newspaper publishers have announced the latest stage in their creation of their new regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso).The former judge who chairs the "foundation group", Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, and the former civil servant, Sir Hayden Phillips, who was selected as chairman of the "appointment panel", have named the panel's members.They are former supreme court judge Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, former Manchester Evening News editor Paul Horrocks, former chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection, Dame Denise Platt, and the current editor of The Times, John Witherow.The appointment panel's task is now to select the chair of Ipso's board. That person will then join the panel's members in order to select the board's directors. Those posts will be advertised.The panel will also seek candidates to serve on the Ipso's complaints committee (though their selection will be made by the board rather than the panel).In a press release, Hayden Phillips said: "My objective is that the Ipso board will have been created and be ready to act by 1 May 2014."I hope that a wide range of candidates of quality and experience will come forward to serve on such an important new national institution".The publishers, in explaining the convoluted nature of creating the appointment panel, contend that it complies with the procedure outlined in Lord Justice Leveson report.They further point out that the appointment panel is "the only part of the... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 21/07/2011 - 09:18 Brent council's plan to close six of its 12 libraries was made "with great care and expressed attention to the 1964 Act" and other relevant legislation, the High Court heard yesterday (20th July). The council had faced... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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