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Newsdesk Law updated and now available in ebook formats

 
Print - the complete package £10
Ebook segments
£3 each
   

The latest Newsdesk Law - updated and revised in September - is now also be available in three ebook segments. While the new print version is the complete package the ebooks are arranged as follows:

LIBEL & COPYRIGHT
COURT REPORTING & CONTEMPT
PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION

They can be downloaded on to computer screens etc using the free Amazon Kindle app.

Newsdesk Law and this back-up site are aimed squarely at people who are starting out in any branch of the media, students, young journalists, and those citizen journalists who want to understand the legal disciplines of the trade. Reviews of the book have been encouraging, particularly for the way it deals with the complex issues of privacy and libel as well as the comprehensive guide to court reporting. Here's a sample

We also value the views of the barrister, the law lecturer and the first-year students who all came up with the same phrase:
"It's a good read"

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BACKGROUND AND UPDATES

COURTS

Juror jailed for internet search
Attorney General warns tweeters


Pair guilty of murdering
Stephen Lawrence

The Mail's campaign



'Virtual courts bring swifter justice'

Study Aid: Making sense
of criminal justice


Judge's murder trial warning

Why the Kirkdale Mob
escaped with Asbos


Poppy protest: The £50 question ( 2010)

Reform:

Two strikes and it's life
Longer sentences for...
Dangerous drivers
Riot burglars

Package to ease Family Court delays

Contempt:
Probe into tweet about Tabak's porn
Mirror & Mail face charges
AG v Mail/Sun


Legal aid cuts debated
Legal Aid: Background to the cuts

Prisoners' wages to fund Victim Support

UK's "universal jurisdiction"

HARASSMENT
Sienna sees off the paparazzi
Harassment via the letter box

COPYRIGHT
Music copyright extended

PHONE HACKING
"The PCC is a patsy of the tabloids"
BBC: Phone hacking Q&As

UK's corrupt media

LIBEL
Times can use leaked
documents in libel defence

Consumerism: Top Gear in clear
Drop juries, say MPs

Libel: An end to jury trials?
Tweets and blogs spark more libel claims

Defamation to date
by Heather Rogers QC
1. The threshold of seriousness
2. Meaning/Justification/Comment
3. The Reynolds/Jameel defence


Is religion getting a fair hearing?
Hardeep Singh case reignites debate


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