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There is much to support In this thorough and impressive treatment by @Law_Commission of a highly delicate subject. It features one major shift from its 2017 consultation paper. Journalists and NGOs will like it, Government not so much ... /1
A new defence to prosecutions under #OSA1989 is recommended for disclosures that, though unauthorised, are considered by a jury to be (objectively) “in the public interest”. /2 Image
The report correctly notes that “it has been the firmly and consistently held view of successive governments that a public interest defence is not desirable in the context of official secrets legislation” (11.4). /3
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