McNae's Essential Law for Journalists

Part 1: The Landscape of Law, Ethics and Regulation 1: Introduction 2: Press Regulation 3: Broadcast Regulation 4: Journalists avoiding unjustified intrusion Part 2: Crime, Courts and Tribunals 5: Crime media coverage prior to any court case 6: Crime categories and definitions 7: Magistrates' courts summary cases 8: Magistrates' courts the most serious criminal cases 9: Crown courts and appeal courts 10: Children and young persons in court proceedings 11: Anonymity for victims and alleged victims of sexual offences, human trafficking, female genital mutilation and forced marriage offences 12: Court reporting other restrictions 13: Civil courts 14: Family courts 15: Open justice and access to court information 16: Challenging in the courts 17: Coroners' courts 18: Tribunals and public inquiries 19: Contempt of court Part 3: Defamation and Related Law 20: Defamation definitions and dangers 21: The defamation claimant and what the claimant must prove 22: Defamation defences 23: The public interest defence in defamation law 24: The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 25: Slander and malicious falsehood Part 4: Confidentiality, Privacy and Copyright 26: Breach of confidence 27: Privavy 28: Data protection 29: Copyright Part 5: Information and Expression 30: Liability for readers' postings 31: Reporting elections 32: Official secrets 33: The journalists' sources and neutrality 34: The risks of being charged with bribery, misconduct, hacking or intercepting 35: The right to take photographs, film and record Part 6: Online Chapters 36: Other UK Jurisdictions 37: The Freedom of Information Act 2000 38: Other information rights and access to meetings 39: Boundaries to expressionDLhate and obscenity 40: Terrorism and the effect of counter-terrorism law 41: SLAPPs