re: #129 The Yankee

Here is some background on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000.

Murdoch, whose position as Rupert Murdoch’s heir apparent has become increasingly tenuous with the unfolding of the phone hacking scandal, has admitted that he misled parliament over the phone hacking, although he said he did not have a complete picture at the time.

He has also confessed that he personally authorised out-of-court settlements, widely viewed as hush money to cover up the allegations of telephone hacking.

Tony Woodcock, a partner at the City law firm Stephenson Harwood, told The Guardian that section 79 of the 2000 Act enables criminal proceedings to be brought against an individual director of a company where an offence was committed with their “consent or connivance” or was “attributable to any neglect on their part”. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8627525/James-Murdoch-could-face-corporate-legal-charges-in-US-and-UK-over-News-of-the-World-phone-hacking-scandal.html

Criminal Liability of Directors:
legislation.gov.uk