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Chapter 27 Self-test questions
Privacy
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What is a 'super-injunction' in privacy law?
The name given to an injunction which stops TV and radio, as well as newspapers, publishing material
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An injunction which includes a clause banning the media from identifying who applied to the court for the injunction
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An injunction which includes a clause banning the media and anyone else from publicising the fact that the injunction has been made
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A court order which combines several injunctions
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What does Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights say?
'Every person needs respect for their private and home life, their communications, and financial and health information'
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'The rights of privacy outweigh the rights to freedom of expression if publication of material could cause humiliation, distress or harm to the person whose privacy is violated'
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'Each human being has the right to expect intimate and family matters, and health and monetary matters, to be kept private'
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'Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence'
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A claimant seeking an injunction to stop the media from publishing information about his/her private life must first demonstrate that he/she has a 'reasonable expectation of privacy' in relation to the information.
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A media organisation accused of publishing material which intrudes into someone's privacy or breaches a confidence can - if the material exposes wrongdoing or hypocrisy - use the defence that the journalism is 'in the '_____' interest
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In a privacy case in which media intrusion is alleged, a judge should consider what the Editors' Code of Practice or the Ofcom Broadcasting Code says, because section 12 of the Human Rights Act says that a court considering a matter affecting freedom of expression must have regard to any '_____' privacy code.
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