Reporting Restrictions - The Loathe Local Governments Have For Filming

That's right, another Obiter Media Law podcast from myself and my friends at Blah Blah Media Law and Overseas In My Briefs!



This week our podcast overlapped with the previous one on children and sexual offences reporting restrictions - this time we focused on contempt of court and reporting on local governments, eg. local councils.

Do you think that your local council should be held accountable for the decisions that they make? Do you want to attend a meeting and have documentary evidence of what they have said? Well, as the law currently stands, you should be well within your rights to attend and film them in the process of making decisions for your borough. What is contempt of court and what are the restrictions placed under this area of law? Listen to find out!

Here is the video regarding Huntingdonshire District Council, which we refer to in the podcast. They do not seem happy about the filming at all, do they? How would your local government react?



"We have got to make sure that there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability..." - Nick Clegg

Children & Sexual Offences: The Restrictions Placed On The Press

This week, my friends at Blah Blah Media Law and Overseas In My Briefs and I recorded another legal podcast. This time the topic concerns reporting restrictions on the press in relation to children and victims of sexual offences.



Do you want to know about the restrictions placed on journalists when they report on cases involving children, or sexual offences, such as rape? Do young witnesses of crimes receive any protection? What kind of protection do people receive, is it just anonymity? How much do you know about the offence of contempt of court? Listen to our Obiter Media Law podcast to find out more on these questions!

"A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss