On 6/23/06, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
This is a surprising interpretation of the
Rehabilition of Offenders
Act 1974, given my well-thumbed copy of Law for Journalists devotes an
entire chapter to warning readers to be careful about it. I'm not
saying it is impermissible, but there are certainly some legal
strictures involved.
As always, I'm glad wikien-l is not a forum for legal advice.
Well there is some fairly solid stuff about how you are allowed to get
hold of the information.
--
geni
If I've read the act correctly the conviction became spent over a year
ago. Yet the BBC is still publishing that to people within the UK.
--
geni