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Contents
7 The Data Protection Act 1998 104 10 Contempt of Court 166
Terence Bergin Simon Dowson-Collins
7.1 Introduction 104 10.1 Introduction 166
7.2 The Data Protection Act 1998 105 10.2 The Contempt of Court Act
7.3 Access to Personal Files Act 1981 167
1987 113 10.3 Common law contempt 180
10.4 Penalties and injunctions 183

8 The ‘New’ Right to Privacy 114
11 Protection of Journalistic Sources 184
Peter Grundberg
Joanna Ludlam
8.1 Introduction 114
11.1 Introduction 184
8.2 Common law rights 115
11.2 Section 10 of the Contempt
8.3 The Calcutt Committee 120
of Court Act 1981 185
8.4 The Human Rights Act 1998 123
11.3 Police powers under the
8.5 The future 126
Police and Criminal Evidence
Act 1984 189
Part IV Comment on Court
Proceedings 131 Part V Prevention of Publication 193
9 Reporting Restrictions 133 12 Prior Restraint 195
Jane Colston Hugh Tomlinson QC
9.1 Introduction 133 12.1 Introduction 195
9.2 The open court rule 134 12.2 General principles 195
9.3 The power to postpone the 12.3 Defamation cases 196
reporting of proceedings 138 12.4 Breach of confidence 197
9.4 The power to prevent the 12.5 Invasion of privacy 200
publication of the names of 12.6 Contempt proceedings 201
parties 141
9.5 Restrictions on the publication
of information relating to
Part VI State Restriction on
children 142
Publication 203
9.6 Committal proceedings before
the magistrates’ court 148 13 Obscenity, Indecency and
9.7 Hearings concerning sexual Incitement to Racial Hatred 205
offences and indecency 150 David Green
9.8 Divorce cases 153 13.1 Introduction 205
9.9 Fraud 154 13.2 The Obscene Publications Acts 205
9.10 Official secrets 155 13.3 Indecent displays 209
9.11 Material made available on 13.4 Racial hatred 210
disclosure 156
9.12 Press challenges to reporting 14 Freedom of Information 212
restrictions 156 Charles de Fleurieu
9.13 Interviewing jurors 159 14.1 Introduction 212
9.14 Tape recorders, photographs 14.2 Code of Practice on Access to
and sketches 160 Government Information 213
9.15 Restrictions on reporting in 14.3 The Freedom of Information
other courts 161 Act 2000 219
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