ABSTRACT
Freedom of expression covers both the right to impart information and to receive it; it underpins a range of important things. Lord Steyn in R v Secretary of State for the Home Offi ce, ex p Simms [2000] 2 AC 115 said: ‘Freedom of expression is, of course, intrinsically important: it is valued for its own sake. But it is well recognised that it is also instrumentally important. It serves a number of broad objectives.’
