Leveson Enquiry/Insurance Liable

What has the Leveson enquiry brought to the table, the behaviour of the met police, the way news paper reporters have been conducting themselves, the involvement of senior management and proprietors of news paper groups.

Andy Hayman a former assistant commissioner of the met who headed up the original 2006 police inquiry into phone hacking at the news of the world, was offered a job as a columnist at the times newspaper, coincidently a part of the Rupert Murdoch's empire.

It has been suggested that Hayman used his column to spring hoad a defence of the hacking activity saying there were only a few victims other people involved at the time was John Yates another former commissioner at the met, and was taken to task about his hiring of a former deputy editor of the news of the world Neil Wallis, who in himself now a phone hacking suspect.

Graham stated that the original phone hacking investigation failed total to acknowledge the massive scale of the wrong doing in the area.

It is also clear that with reference to the mulcaine papers, many other individuals other than these identified in the criminal charges, were or could be involved in phone jacking. Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaine have been charged with illegally intercepting voicemail.

Where does this all lead in respect to insurance cover in place or what to consider for both companies and individuals clearly from a company perspective they would need to look to any Professional neglect, individuals and consultants would be facing the same type of claims against their policies to help with any defence and legal cost or damages awarded.

The other clear area where directors could be exposed would be  on any directors and officer of a corporation such as the 'news of the world'. New international both professional indemnity and directors and officers insurance should be very much part of the companies or individuals portfolios of insurances as both policies could respond to help directors or individuals defend themselves against any allegations.