Part 1: The Landscape of Law, Ethics and Regulation
1 Introduction
2 Press regulation
3 Broadcast regulation
Part 2: Crime, Courts and Tribunals
4 News-gathering avoiding unjustified intrusion
5 Crime - media coverage prior to any court case
6 Crimes - categories and definitions
7 Magistrates' courts - summary cases
8 Magistrates' courts - the most serious criminal cases
9 Crown courts and appeal courts
10 Juveniles in court proceedings
11 Sexual offences, human trafficking and female genital mutilation
12 Court reporting - other restrictions
13 Civil courts
14 Family courts
15 Open justice and access to court information
16 Challenging the courts
17 Coroners' courts
18 Tribunals and public inquiries
19 Contempt of court
Part 3: Defamation and Related Law
20 Defamation - definitions and dangers
21 The claimant and what must be proved
22 Defences
23 The public interest defence
24 The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
25 Slander, malicious falsehood and obscenity
Part 4: Confidentiality, Privacy and Copyright
26 Breach of confidence
27 Privacy
28 Data protection
29 Copyright
Part 5: Information and Expression
30 The Freedom of Information Act 2000
31 Other information rights and access to meetings
32 Reporting elections
33 Official secrets
34 The journalist's sources and neutrality
35 The risks of being charged with bribery, misconduct, hacking or intercepting
36 The right to take photographs, film and record
37 Northern Ireland
Part 6: Online Chapters
38 The incitement of hate
39 Scotland
40 Terrorism and the effect of counter-terrorism law