Thirty Nine Essex Street’s Robert Jay QC is joining Lord Justice Leveson to advise on the public inquiry into alleged wrongdoing at now-defunct Sunday tabloid, the News of the World (NoW), as well as the wider issue of press regulation.
The Cabinet Office confirmed Jay’s appointment as counsel to the inquiry earlier today (29 July), with the Government also confirming the appointment of Ministry of Justice (MoJ) director general Rowena Collins Rice, who qualified as a solicitor in 1995, as inquiry secretary.
