Order Description
One of the following questions to be answered on the:

Official Secrecy:

In August 2013 Bradley Manning was found guilty of breaching the US Espionage Act for sharing a large quantity of classified information with a third party (Wikileaks). His conviction was reported
on by The Guardian and The Washington Post.

Had Manning worked for the UK military instead of for the US military would the Attorney General have been able to bring a successful prosecution against him for breach of the Official Secrets Act
1989 in relation to the revelations he made?

In your answer you are to refer to sections of the Official Secrets Act 1989, previous prosecutions, and relevant case law.

OR

Protection of Personal Information:

In September 2016 various newspapers and media organisations published articles about Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East, regarding allegations about his use of prostitutes and purchase of illegal
drugs:

(a) Summarise the key facts relating to these allegations and resulting publications;

(b) Based on the facts and the key legal principles in relation to the protection of personal information, to what extent is the information concerned private?

(c) Based on the facts and the key legal principles, to what extent could publication be argued to be in the public interest?

(d) Overall, was publication of the allegations lawful?