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Mindmap von Declan Wiseman, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Intro to media law
- Branches of law
- Civil
- Hierarchy
- Magistrates
->
County
->
High
Court
->
Court
of
appeal
- Magistrates
->
County
->
High
Court
->
Court
of
appeal
- Terms
- Sue
- Held liable
- Claimant and defendant/respondent
- Damages
- Smith vs Coca Cola
- Settlement
- Two sides may
settle before court
without judgement
- cannot report guilt even if settlement occurs
- cannot report guilt even if settlement occurs
- Two sides may
settle before court
without judgement
- Injunction
- Court order to do
something or stop you
doing something
- restraining order
- can't publish something
- restraining order
- Court order to do
something or stop you
doing something
- Sue
- Torts
- Civil wrongdoing/offence for which the court
may award monetary damages
- Rio failed when trying to sue for privacy invasion
- press endeavour deemed it was of public interest
- press endeavour deemed it was of public interest
- Rio failed when trying to sue for privacy invasion
- Civil wrongdoing/offence for which the court
may award monetary damages
- Hierarchy
- Criminal
- Hierarchy
- Magistrates -> Crown Court -> Court of appeal
- Magistrates max sentence 1 year
- 95% of cases dealt with by mags, 5%
goes to crown, 1% with jury
- 95% of cases dealt with by mags, 5%
goes to crown, 1% with jury
- Magistrates max sentence 1 year
- Magistrates -> Crown Court -> Court of appeal
- Terms
- Found guilty
- Prosecutor and defendant
- Convicted
- Fines
- R vs smith
- regina, queen
- regina, queen
- Found guilty
- 3 categories
- indictable only
- Either-way
- defendant can choose
for case to be dealt
with by mags or crown
with jury
- defendant can choose
for case to be dealt
with by mags or crown
with jury
- Summary
- for offences like
speeding etc, dealt
with by mags
- for offences like
speeding etc, dealt
with by mags
- indictable only
- Hierarchy
- Supreme court highest England
and Wales
- Civil
- Human Rights
- Passed 1998, comes into action 2000
- Article no.s
- 2: Right to life
- 3: Freedom from torture
- 8: Right to privacy
- 10: Freedom of expression
- to impart and receive info without inteference by pub auth
- to impart and receive info without inteference by pub auth
- 6: Right to fair trial
- 2: Right to life
- Passed 1998, comes into action 2000
- The court
- Lawyers: Solicitors, barristers, QC
- Barristers wear wigs etc but not in magistrates court
- group or sole barrister known as counsel
- Barristers wear wigs etc but not in magistrates court
- in camera; court is held in private
- journos can listen but not write on it
- journos can listen but not write on it
- contempt of
- can't publish
something that
might influence
jury/witnesses
- can't publish
something that
might influence
jury/witnesses
- Lawyers: Solicitors, barristers, QC
- Sources of law
- EU
- Custom
- Precedent/case law
- Statutory
- EU
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