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Chapter 36 Self-test questions
The right to take photographs, film and record
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A police officer refuses to allow a photographer to walk nearer to the scene of a road accident, so she returns to her car, and because she was barred from the accident scene she can successfully sue the officer's police force for false imprisonment.
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At tense events, police sometimes threaten media photographers or video journalists with arrest under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. What must be the nature of their behaviour to justify such an arrest?
Disorderly and likely to cause 'harassment, alarm or distress'
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Disorderly and likely to cause 'alarm and concern for privacy'
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Disorderly and obstructive to justice
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Disorderly and likely to 'interfere with another person's lawful activity'
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If a journalist, having been invited into a house, picks up a document without permission and photographs it, he/she may be sued for a type of trespass. What is the name given to this type of trespass?
Trespass to a person
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Trespass to a dwelling house
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Trespass to chattels
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Trespass to goods
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The criminal offence which occurs if a person trespasses in property or on land, and intentionally disrupts the lawful activity of people there, is known as '_______' trespass.
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