The Legal System
- Sources of law
- The legal profession
- Court system
Court Restrictions
- Open court rule
- Reporting restrictions in court
- Industrial tribunals
- Access to information
- Gaining access
- Challenging court decisions on access
Breach of Confidence
- Obligation of confidence
- What is confidential?
- Defences
Contempt of Court
- Strict liability rule
- Defences
- Injunctions
Libel
- Principle of libel
- Libel and slander
- Libel and malicious falsehood
- Defamation
- Plantiff’s case
- Defences against libel claims
- Procedure, injunctions and damages
Criminal Libel
- Distinction between civil and criminal libel
- Criminal libel in newspapers
- Defending criminal libel actions
- Penalties
- Blasphemous libel and seditious libel
Copyright
- Copyright works
- Who owns copyright
- Infringement
- Duration
- Remedies
Journalist Sources
- Legal implications and restraints
Obscenity, Indecent Displays and Racial Hatred
- Definition of obscenity
- Deprave and corrupt
- Search, seizure and forfeiture
- Public good defence
- Indecent displays
- Incitement of racial hatred
Elections and Parliament
- Broadcasting controls
- Statements about candidates
- Parliamentary privilege and contempt
- Freedom of speech
Professional Regulatory Bodies
- Regulatory systems and roles
Right to Privacy
- Basic propositions
Example Candidate Response Booklet
Example Candidate Response (ECR) Booklets are a source of crucial information for Centres and Candidates as they use real candidate responses. We ask Senior Examiners to comment on five or more responses in terms of why the mark was awarded with commentary about how to improve the answer (if necessary).
