Bell Pottinger Group complained to the PCC through Carter-Ruck solicitors that a series of articles published in The Independent on 6, 7, 8 and 9 December 2011 contained information that had been obtained using subterfuge in breach of Clause 10 (Clandestine devices and subterfuge) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mr Philip Bell complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article published on Mail Online on 26 March 2012, headlined 'Is this finally proof we're NOT causing global warming? The whole of the Earth heated up in medieval times without human CO2 emissions, says new study', was inaccurate in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Charles Tannock MEP complained to the PCC via Lewis Silkin solicitors that an article headlined 'Tory MEP kept energy share options secret', published in The Sunday Times on 18 December 2011, was inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

A woman, a former officer of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, complained to the Press Complaints Commission that articles headlined 'Killer rapist and his prison love', published in the Sunday Life newspaper on 24 April 2011; 'We're just friends', published on 1 May 2011; 'I could have been next', published on 3 July 2011; 'Prison funds used to clear killer's debt', published on 18 December 2011; and 'Drug debt lag killed pensioner', published on 1 January 2012, contained inaccurate information in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy); intruded into her privacy and that of her young son in breach of Clauses 3 (Privacy) and 6 (Children); and included material obtained through clandestine means in breach of Clause 10 (Clandestine devices and subterfuge) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

A man complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the Daily Mail had obtained material that intruded into his private life in a manner that breached Clauses 1 (Accuracy), 3 (Privacy), 4 (Harassment), and 10 (Clandestine devices and subterfuge) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and the Metropolitan Police Service complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Revealed: man whose shooting triggered riots was not armed; Mark Duggan investigation finds he was not carrying gun when killed in Tottenham', published in The Guardian on 19 November 2011, was misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Rod Hemley complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'L&D ‘pervert' is found dead', published on 28 September 2011 in the Herald & Post (Luton), intruded into his grief in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mr Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, complained to the PCC that two blog postings, headlined 'Lutfur Rahman councillor charged with fraud' and 'Lutfur Rahman: all his controversies in one place', published on The Daily Telegraph's website (telegraph.co.uk) on 13 April 2011 and 20 October 2011 respectively, were inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Following complaints from members of the public, the Press Complaints Commission investigated whether an article headlined 'Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder conviction is rejected', published on Mail Online on 3 October 2011, was inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mr Andreas Antoniou complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'I'm scared I'll never see my little boy again', published in Woman on 14 March 2011, was inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.