Data Protection and Privacy
Media and Defamation
- David Price Solicitors & Advocates - London,
are experts in media law and they provide a Guide to Media Law covering Defamation,
Breach of confidence and privacy, Malicious falsehood, Contempt of court and Copyright.
They provide a newsletter on the site (or you an sign up to receive it by email)
containing reports and comment on media law. They aim to cover all cases in the High Court
and Court of Appeal as well as decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on freedom
of expression and relevant adjudications of the Press Complaints Commission and the
Broadcasting Standards Commission.
- One Brick Court
are recognised as leaders in the fields of defamation, privacy and the law as it affects
freedom of expression and the publication of false, damaging and intrusive information.
There is an extensive Media Law Update on the site, with reports of the latest cases and also
articles written by members of chambers.
- 5RB (5 Raymond Buildings) is a leading set of barristers specialising
in all areas of media and entertainment law, defamation and freedom of expression.
Most of the leading cases in recent times have
involved members of Chambers. There are over 300 case reports on the site including cases in this area.
The case reports include very recent ones and in many cases,
copies of the judgments are appended.
You can also register on the site for email briefings with monthly round-ups
of key issues and new cases covered on the site.
Discrimination and Disability
- The Equality and Human Rights Commission
is the statutory body set up to protect, enforce and promote equality across the seven "protected"
grounds - age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
- Disability is a section
on the Government's Direct Gov site, providing information on the legal situation, policy, programmes and links to other bodies.
- rehabwindow lists providers of disability
and rehabilitation related services and products. There is a good set of links to
bodies working in this area.
- Deaf Lawyers UK covers issues relating to
Deaf lawyers, as well as Deaf issues within the legal system. The website was set up by a group of Deaf
solicitors, barristers, law students and people trying to qualify as lawyers. It aims to respond to access
issues, publicise specialised information and raise awareness of issues Deaf people face within the legal system.
The site includes a
Deaf Blawg. This is updated frequently
and includes contributions from a number of people. Prime topics appearing so far are immigration, citizenship and asylum,
and special problems for deaf people in these contexts, covered generally, but not entirely, from a legal point of view.
- Employment Tribunal Claims: tactics and precedents is a blog
from barrister Naomi Cunningham to update and supplement her recently published book of the same name.
The site also contains links to all the statutory discrimination questionnaires in particular, Disability, Equal Pay,
Orientation, Race, Religion or Belief and Sex, which can otherwise be quite hard to track down.
- The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting provide
"Industrial Cases Reports Express". This gives previews of the Industrial Cases
Reports before they are available in printed form. The Express service takes the form of summaries
giving the ratio of the decision and these will be updated as soon as headnotes become available. The reports
cover employment law, discrimination, competition and associated topics.
- Disability Discrimination is a new website related to
a book written by Richard Oulton and Spencer Keen on disability discrimination. It covers legislation and recent
case law related to this topic.
- Judicial Review is the topic covered by London-based solicitors
Pierce Glynn who specialise in
public law, discrimination law and human rights. They work with campaign groups and advice agencies, as well
as individuals, particularly relating to judicial reviews. They have set up a resource
on their site relating to judicial review including case studies on Post Office closures, access to healthcare,
playground redevelopmentand the Hounslow Language Service. There are also two guides: one explaining when judicial
review may be relevant, and the other providing an overview of judicial review procedure.
(see also under Employment Law, below)
