- Podcast Location:
- Download it here [file size: 23.2 MB]
- Law Categories:
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Media Law
- CPD Points:
- Up to one point - details »
Due to the difference in guidelines between the SRA and the Bar Standards Board, CPD points are awarded differently for Solicitors, Barristers and Legal Executives:
Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority / ILEX:
Listen and pass the test: Gain 1 accredited CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the test, gain ½ an accredited CPD point (30 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
- Cost:
- Standard rate: £25 - Corporate users will pay less.
- Length:
- 30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute accreditation test) - Streaming Audio:
- Yes Downloadable as MP3: Yes
- Contributor(s):
- Course Aims:
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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.
- Accredited CPD Time:
- 30 minutes
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Sources and References:
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- Protection from Harassment Act 1997;
- Data Protection Act 1998;
- European Convention on Human Rights;
- Human Rights Act 1998;
- Wainwright v Home Office [2004] 2 AC 406;
- A v B [2002] H.R.L.R. 25;
- Campbell v MGN [2004] 2 All ER 995;
- Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Limited [2008] EWCA Civ 446;
- Douglas v Hello [2005] EWCA Civ 595;
- Von Hannover v Germany (59320/00) [2004] E.M.L.R. 21 ECHR;
- Irvine v Talksport [2002] FSR 60.
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
