NEWSDESK LAW

<p>An overview of Copyright - what it is and why it is so important for journalists to understand and anyone else for that matter who uses information they have not created themselves.</p>

<p>This episode outlines the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI), why it is useful for journalists and anyone else for that matter, seeking to obtain information from a public body and how to go about making a request...

<p>An outline of what data protection is, its relationship to privacy and how the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) fits in to all of this.</p>

<p>An examination of privacy injunctions and more landmark cases and their shaping of our understanding of Privacy under English Law.</p>

<p>This episode outlines and briefly examines specific ‘landmark’ cases charting the way the law on privacy has both developed and changed over the past two decades and further explore what is meant by breach of...

<p>This episode continues to examine the development of the law of Privacy in English Law with a focus on how the courts decide issues concerning a misuse of private information.</p>

<p>An introduction to the law of Privacy and its development in English law.</p>

<p>This episode outlines briefly the background and current application of the Public Interest Defence set out in the 2013 Defamation Act.</p>

<p>This episode outlines the defence of Statutory Privilege and its two main categories - Absolute Privilege and Qualified Privilege.</p>

<p>This episode outlines the Honest Opinion defence in defamation when it could used and the pitfalls to be wary of when expressing opinions on social media.</p>

<p>An outline of the key defences in defamation before focusing on the first one: Truth, including the key principles and examples from case law.</p>

<p>Introducing the first of five episodes examining defamation, beginning with its definition and its two forms - Libel and Slander.</p>

<p>This episode outlines the structure of civil courts and the rules around media coverage of certain categories of civil cases.</p>

<p>An outline of what a coroner’s court does and the issues journalists must consider when reporting inquest proceedings.</p>

<p>An overview of the current law concerning sexual offences and the rules around the identification of victims, alleged or otherwise.</p>