Breach of Confidence - NCTJ Essential Media Law

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What is a possible defence for a breach of confidence?
There is a public interest in the information being disclosed
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Would you have an "obligation of confidence" to your employers?
In most circumstances, yes.
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What happened in the famous "Spycatcher" case?
An injunction was lifted as the content of the book was so widely reported around the world
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If a permanent injunction is put in place who does it apply to?
Everybody including the media and public
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Is disobeying an injunction a contempt of court?
Yes
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What was the outcome of the Watford Observer case?
The injunction was lifted as there was a public interest in telling the workers of Sun Printers that they may lose their job and the information had an "insufficient quality of confidence" because much of the information about job losses was known.
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What was the outcome of the Lion Laboratories case?
CoA held that publication of information about breathalyser machines used by the police not working was in the public interest.
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What does Section 10 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 do?
Gives statutory protection to the public interest in allowing journalists to protect their sources.
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What does Clause 14 of the IPSO Code say journalists have a "moral obligation" to do?
Protect sources
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What did the ECtHR rule in the Goodwin case?
That Goodwin was correct to not disclose his source about an engineering company going out of business as protection of sources is a basic condition of press freedom.
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What act must a police force apply to a judge under to obtain information about sources?
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
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Would you have an "obligation of confidence" to your employers?

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In most circumstances, yes.

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What happened in the famous "Spycatcher" case?

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If a permanent injunction is put in place who does it apply to?

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Is disobeying an injunction a contempt of court?

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