Legal Implications of Disclosure in the Public Interest: An Analysis of the Prohibitions and Protections with Particular Reference to Employees and Employers - Hardcover

Cripps, Yvonne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0906214408 ISBN 13: 9780906214404

Publisher: ESC Publishing, 1986

Synopsis

This second edition identifies and analyses the diverse issues involved in employees' disclosures of confidential information when those disclosures are alleged to be in the public interest. The Spycatcher litigation is fully analysed, as are all important recent developments affecting media coverage of leaks and scoops based upon confidential sources. Detailed attention is devoted to recent case law and new legislation on employment law, copyright and official secrecy. There is also an analysis of The National Health Service's Guidance for staff on relations with the public and the media.

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Review

Dr Cripps is to be congratulated on producing a unique and exhaustive examination of a difficult area of law. EIPR (of the second edition).

Synopsis

This second edition identifies and analyses the diverse issues involved in employees' disclosures of confidential information when those disclosures are alleged to be in the public interest. The Spycatcher litigation is analysed, as are all important recent developments affecting media coverage of leaks and scoops based upon confidential sources.

Edition details

• Publisher: ESC Publishing
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0906214408
• ISBN 13: 9780906214404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 299