About this Book

Media law may be a minefield, but all who work in the media must find their way through it if freedom of speech is to remain a reality. Media Lawprovides their surest guide.

This fully updated fifth edition covers all the recent legal developments affecting journalists, broadcasters, advertisers, producers and performers. Geoffrey Robertson, QC, and Andrew Nicol, QC, show why free speech is important, explain how the right of freedom of expression has developed in UK law, and consider the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights. They provide insights into media ethics and the law of defamation, obscenity, breach of confidence, copyright, contempt of court and official secrecy, and a colourful account of the rights to privacy, freedom of information and the open justice principle. Robertson and Nicol have for many years been leading practitioners in this field- here they provide wise and expert counsel to all in potential peril frm the rules surrounging the communitcation of information to the public.