Description:

Written by a specialist team of academics and media barristers, The Law of Privacy and the Media gives expert guidance for practitioners working on cases relating to privacy and the media and will be of value to academics with an interest in this field. The book offers an overview of English media privacy law, outlining key legislation and legal rules. It includes comparative perspectives and addresses current debates about the form and scope of modern privacy protection.

The 4th edition of The Law of Privacy and the Media has been fully updated to address numerous changes to the legal landscape since the last edition, including the impact of Brexit on privacy protection. The book provides detailed but accessible chapters on GDPR and the various forms of wrongful publication of personal information, as well as intrusion into physical privacy, before considering justifications and defences, remedies, and the procedure to be followed in such cases. It deals in detail with practice in media law cases, including how to obtain and challenge derogations from open justice, harassment by speech, data protection law as it relates to the media, and the media regulatory codes, covering OFCOM and IPSO decisions.

Since the publication of the first edition in 2002, The Law of Privacy and The Media has established itself as the leading reference work on the rapidly developing law of privacy in England and Wales. It has been frequently referred to in privacy cases, with extracts cited with approval in judgments at all levels. This new edition brings the work fully up to date offering detailed, practical, and authoritative guidance, essential for practitioners in this area.

Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Media and Entertainment Law

Contents:

Part I: Introduction
1:Context and Background, Adam Wolanski KC and Victoria Simon-Shore
2:The Nature of the Privacy Interest, N A Moreham
3:Privacy in European, Civil, and Common Law, Samuel Rowe with foreign law contributors

Part II: Publication of Personal Information
4:Breach of Confidence, Justin Rushbrooke KC, Adam Speker KC, and Ben Hamer
5:Misuse of Private Information, N A Moreham, Jane Phillips, Chloe Strong, and Samuel Rowe
6:Harassment by Publication, N A Moreham and Luke Browne
7:Data Protection: Breach of Statutory Duty, Jonathan Scherbel-Ball, Felicity McMahon, and Hope Williams
8:Defamation, Adam Speker KC
9:Copyright, Moral Rights, and the Right to One's Image, Adam Speker KC, and Lily Walker-Parr
10:Intrusion into Physical Privacy, N A Moreham and Clara Hamer
11:Justifications and Defences, N A Moreham, Richard Munden, and Gemma McNeil-Walsh
12:Remedies, David Hirst and Gemma McNeil-Walsh

Part III: The Action
13:Practice and Procedure, Adam Speker KC, Adrienne Page KC, Greg Callus, and Julian Santos

Part IV: Privacy Regulation
14:The Privacy Codes, John Stables and Ben Gallop
15:Privacy, the Internet, and Social Media, Godwin Busuttil, Felicity McMahon, and Gervase de Wilde

Keywords:
Privacy law, media law, GDPR, misuse of private information, defamation law, human rights law, UK privacy law, wrongful publication, privacy remedies, legal regulation.

Target Audience:
Legal practitioners, Media law specialists, Academics in privacy law, Human rights lawyers, Law students, GDPR specialists, Media professionals, Researchers in law, Corporate legal teams, Data protection officers.

Genre:
Legal studies, Media law, Human rights law, Privacy law, Academic reference, Professional reference, GDPR guide, Media regulation, UK law, International law

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