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Categories:
Media Law and Entertainment
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Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
Plays on Computer:
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Course Aims:

This podcast will provide an overview of the key issues in privacy law, drawing on an analysis of the relevant decisions of UK and EU law. The podcast goes on to consider how the right to privacy is affected by celebrity, and how a celebrity can protect their image and their right to profit from it.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Have received an overview of UK privacy law, including key cases;
  • Understand how the Articles of the ECHR have affected the law;
  • Understand how the law differs for sports celebrities;
  • Know how celebrities can protect their privacy and their personal and commercial image.
Level:
General Interest Difficulty: 2 of 5
Classification:
Case Update
Legal Principles
Practical Guide
Sources and References:
  • Protection from Harrassment Act 1997;
  • Data Protection Act 1998;
  • Wainwright and another v Home Office [2003] UKHL 53;
  • Kaye v Robertson & Another [1991] FSR 62;
  • ECHR Article 8, Article 10;
  • Human Rights Act 1998;
  • A v B plc [2003] QB 195;
  • Campbell v MGN Ltd [2005] UKHL 61;
  • Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 446;
  • Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others [2005] EWCA Civ 295;
  • HRH the Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2006]EWHC 522 (Ch);
  • Von Hannover v Germany (Application No 59320/00) ((2005) 40 EHRR 1;
  • Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWHC 1777 (QB);
  • Irvine v Talksport [2002] EMLR 32.

In this podcast we interview Robert Deacon, a Barrister at 11 Stone buildings, about the individual's right to privacy, and in particular, the extent to which sports celebrities can defend their private lives and their image rights. The podcast looks at the effect the ECHR has had on the law, and gives an overview of key recent cases including A v B, regarding a footballer's extra marital affair, Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Limited, and Irvine v Talksport.

Podcast Added: 25/6/2008

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