Image caption Jacqui Hames joined BBC Crimewatch after 30 years with the Met Police An ex-Crimewatch presenter and phone-hacking victim is launching a legal challenge to test the government"s commitment to press regulation.
Jacqui Hames, who is also an ex-police officer, argues the recommendations of the Leveson phone-hacking inquiry are not being implemented.
She is seeking a judicial review of the terms of the public consultation on part two of the Leveson Inquiry.
“Leveson 2” would examine relationships between police and the press.
The government is expected to make a decision on whether or not that phase will go ahead by 10 January, and it said it was considering its response to the application for a review.
The government is also consulting on Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which offers press organisations incentives to join an independent regulator.
But many newspapers are opposed to Section 40, because it would force them to pay legal costs in cases broug..
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