Newsgathering: Law, Regulation and the Public Interest

by Gavin Millar QC, Andrew Scott

Overview

This pioneering work draws together the law and other regulatory rules that relate to newsgathering. Written in the post-Leveson environment, each chapter considers a specific newsgathering practice, and covers ethics, (self-) regulatory rules, common law and statutory oversight.

In addition to covering the law of England and Wales, the work draws on the relevant jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and applicable EU law.

Written by highly-regarded authors Gavin Millar QC and Dr Andrew Scott, this is the first text to cover the full range of newsgathering issues from a legal perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199685806
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/26/2016
Pages:	466
Product dimensions:	9.70(w) x 6.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Gavin Millar QC, Barrister and Deputy Head at Doughty Street Chambers,Andrew Scott, Senior Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics

Gavin Millar QC is Deputy Head of Doughty Street Chambers, a set specialising in human rights law. He became a Queens Counsel in 2000 and was named Chambers & Partners Privacy/Defamation Silk of the Year in 2012.

Gavin has a wide-ranging media practice covering defamation, privacy, confidentiality, contempt and reporting restriction cases. Much of his media work involves asserting his client's right to free speech. He also sits on the Board of the Centre for Investigative Journalism at City University of London and is a Council of Europe and OSCE expert on freedom of expression. Gavin's publications include being a co-author (with Justice Andrew Nicol QC and Andrew Sharland) of Media Law and Human Rights (OUP, 2009).

Dr Andrew Scott is a senior lecturer in law at the London School of Economics. He is also Assistant Director of the Executive LLM. Andrew's research interests focus on media law and regulation, constitutional law and competition law.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Journalism, the Public Interest, and the Law (Regulating the Fourth Estate)Part One: Sources and Journalistic Materials2. The Protection of Sources: General Principles3. Powers to Compel Source Identity and Other Information Disclosure4. Other Powers to Access Information Held by Journalists5. Legal Risks for Sources6. Payment of Sources7. Conflicts of InterestPart Two: Access to Public Information8. Open Government: General Principles9. Freedom of Information10. Access to the Courts and Other Forums11. Reporting on Public Protest and Events12. Reporting on ConflictPart Three: Regulation of Intrusive Newsgathering13. Intrusive Journalism: General Principles14. Harassment and Related Wrongs15. Misrepresentation of Purposes and Entrapment16. Illicit Information GatheringPart Four: Influence of Libel and Privacy Laws on Newsgathering Behaviour17. Libel and Newsgathering Practice18. Privacy and Newsgathering Practice19. Conclusion: The Future of Newsgathering Regulation

Editorial Reviews

"Newsgathering represents an important contribution to the literature on media law. It is a useful resource which serves to illustrate, as the authors show, the myriad ways in which the state can (and does) exercise coercion over the press." - Paul Wragg, Communications Law

"Here is a book that by turns, will fascinate, inform, caution and probably worry a great many editors, journalists and their legal advisers. As a first edition, it will almost undoubtedly emerge as the definitive work of reference on the legal complexities governing the newsgathering process — including the protections as well as the pitfalls ... Practitioners, especially media lawyers, not to mention editors and journalists should all have a copy." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers

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