Includes index

s.1. Law and the legal system -- How law is made -- The legal system -- Criminal courts and procedure -- Civil courts and procedure -- Human rights and English law -- s.2. Writing about the courts -- Contempt of court -- Access to the courts -- General reporting restrictions -- Reporting restrictions in criminal cases -- Reporting restrictions concerning children -- Reporting the family court -- Report inquests -- Reporting tribunals and inquiries -- Challenging reporting restrictions -- s.3. Defamation and malicious falsehood -- Defamation -- Defences and remedies for defamation -- Malicious falsehood -- s.4. Privacy, confidentiality and copyright -- Breach of confidence -- Privacy -- Trespass, harassment and unethical behaviour -- Protecting sources and source material -- Data protection -- Copyright -- s.5. Codes of practice and ethics -- IPSO and the Editors' Code of Practice of the Press Complaints Commission -- The Ofcom Code -- s.6. Reporting government and business -- Official secrets -- Reporting local government -- Reporting elections -- Freedom of information -- Writing about business -- s.7. Race, religion and public order -- Race and religion -- s.8. Photography -- Photography.