Harassment Law and PracticeOffering an examination of harassment, this work looks at such areas as the common law harasssment, the civil and criminal provisions of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, the domestic violence provisions of the Family Law Act 1996, and the anti-social neighbour injunctions under theHousing Act 1996, and includes the provisions of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Bill.l The inter-relationships between the various remedies and their respective advantages and disadvantages are explained. Examples are given of various types of harrassment: racial, sexual, in the workplace or fromneighbours, journalists or stalkers. All the relevant legislation and case law is provided together with precedents and checklists. |
Contents
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 | 86 |
Rules of court governing proceedings under the Protection | 105 |
Legal aid in harassment cases | 120 |
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alarm or distress amounts to harassment anti-social behaviour order application authority breach cause harassment charge child safety order civil courts civil proceedings committed common law county court course of conduct Crime and Disorder criminal courts criminal harassment criminal offence Crown Court damages Deanna Troi defendant Disorder Act 1998 dwelling dwelling-house employee evidence Family Law Act fixed penalty notice granted Harassment Act 1997 High Court Housing Act 1996 imprisonment incidents injunction Khorasandjian v Bush magistrates noise non-molestation order Northern Ireland notice occupation order offence contrary Order Act 1986 paragraph period person guilty plaintiff police power of arrest premises Press Complaints Commission prohibited prosecution Protection from Harassment prove provisions public nuisance Public Order Act purposes racially aggravated reasonable excuse relation relevant child remand residential occupier respondent restraining order rule specified stalking statutory tort summary conviction tenant term not exceeding tort of harassment trespasser varied or discharged victim warrant