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LPC Law Notes Media Notes

Ofcom And Pcc Notes

Updated Ofcom And Pcc Notes

Media Notes

Media

Approximately 79 pages

A collection of the best LPC Media Law notes the director of Oxbridge Notes (an Oxford law graduate) could find after combing through twenty-nine LPC samples from outstanding students with the highest results in England and carefully evaluating each on accuracy, formatting, logical structure, spelling/grammar, conciseness and "wow-factor".

In short these are what we believe to be the strongest set of Media Law notes available in the UK this year. This collection of notes is fully updated for r...

The following is a more accessible plain text extract of the PDF sample above, taken from our Media Notes. Due to the challenges of extracting text from PDFs, it will have odd formatting:

Ofcom and PCC Ofcom Broadcast Code PCC Editors' Code What is its legal basis? Ofcom is statute based What sanctions can it impose? Able to fine broadcasters Is there any defence to breaches of the code? Where an infringement is 'warranted' * If is 'warranted' by public interest then will have to show this outweighs the other rights (e.g. to privacy) What is its legal basis? PCC is based upon self-regulation What sanctions can it impose? As is a voluntary body, the powers of redress are limited Does it have any impact upon court cases? When considering an application for an injunction in privacy the court will consider the terms of the PCC Code when making its decision What materials / publications does it apply to? The same standards are applied to articles appearing on website and blogs as to those for print articles Is there any defence to breaches of the code? Any paragraphs of the code with a * have the public interest defence available which includes: a) Detecting or exposing crime or a serious misdemeanour b) Protecting public health and safety b) Any editor has to demonstrate fully they believed the publication, or journalistic activity undertaken with a view to publication, is in the public interest and how that was established at the time Who can be liable under the code? a) The journalist themselves b) The editor for their own actions, or for the actions of their journalists / staff c) Preventing the public from being misled by some statement or action of an individual or organisation

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