BBC Legal
BBC Legal handles legal issues affecting the BBC, with different departments dealing with different issues.
The Programme Legal Advice department gives pre-transmission advice on the main content related issues including:
- defamation
- privacy
- contempt of court
- victims of sexual offences
- reporting restrictions.
Advice on other issues should be sought from the relevant department. See below.
Programme Legal Advice has a duty lawyer on call 24 hours a day for urgent news enquiries.
For advice on Scottish media law consult the BBC lawyers in Glasgow.
Advice on foreign law can be obtained through BBC Legal, which keeps a list of lawyers in various countries.