IBC Media Law Summer School – 27 to 29 August 2014, 50% for discount for Inforrm Readers

IBC Legal has organised the inaugural Media Law Summer School at Downing College, Cambridge.  This is a three day residential school, with separately bookable days, providing a thorough review of the key legal issues relevant to the media industry, with practical sessions, workshops, case studies and lectures to be presented by industry leaders.  There is a special discount of 50% available to Inforrm readers, details of which are set out below.

A total of 17 hours CPD are available for all three days.  The course is intended to be suitable as a refresher course for those working in-house and to introduce new practitioners to the latest media law issues.

The speakers include the following:

• Jeremy Clarke-Williams, Slater Gordon.
• Jonathan Coad, Lewis Silkin.
• Ashley Hurst, Olswang LLP
• Peter Jukes, author of Beyond Contempt: the Inside Story of Phone Hacking Trial
• Alasdair Pepper, Carter-Ruck
• David Price QC of David Price, Solicitors and Advocates;
• Mark Stephens, Howard Kennedy FSI
• Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix

Visit the website to view the latest agenda here.  The programme is as follows

Day 1, 27 August: Claimant Toolkit

• The Fundamentals of Defamation Law
• The New Defamation Act 2013
• Legal and Regulatory Strategies for Protecting Brand and Corporate Reputation   International Media Law
• The Post-Leveson Landscape & Media Regulation
• Mock Privacy Injunction Exercise

Day 2, 28 August: Defendant Toolkit

• Data Protection and FOI
• Pre-Publication Skills Workshop
• News Gathering in a Post-Snowden World
• Social Media: Online Defamation, Reputation and Privacy
• Privacy and Freedom of Expression in the UK
• Public Service Broadcasting
• In-Depth Analysis and Comment on the Phone Hacking Trial
• Contempt and Reporting Restrictions

Day 3, 29 August: Commercial Toolkit

• An Introduction to Intellectual Property
• Understanding Copyright in the UK, EU & US
• Developments in Copyright, IP and the Internet   Copyright Online: Key Developments
• Media and Entertainment Contracts
• Licensing and Other Structures in the UK Copyright-Based Industries

You can register online, by email or by calling +44 (0)20 7017 5503. To access this 50% discount for Inforrm readers use VIP code FKW82482INFORRM or visit the website at this link.