Legislation vs Regulation Legislation a law or set

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Legislation vs. Regulation Legislation- a law or set of laws suggested by a government

Legislation vs. Regulation Legislation- a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament Regulation- a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. Legislation and regulation are both sets of rules that people have to follow. A regulation is a specific requirement within legislation that is held by authority to ensure it is enforced within a particular situation. A legislation is a group of laws that are considered as a collective. Milly Dowler case 2002 Milly Dowler went missing and was killed in 2002. The News of the world illegally targeted the missing schoolgirl and her family during March 2002. They hacked into her phone and deleted voicemails from it in order to make room for new ones to come through. The news of the world did this before the police saw the voicemails in Milly’s phone which then therefore may have affected the progression of the police investigation. The news of the world was eventually closed down in the wake of the revelations of Milly Dowler’s phone hacking. The hacking of the schoolgirls phone caused great distress for her friends and family at the time and the news of the world apologised for causing it. In April of 2002 the news of the world contacted the police to say they had information from Milly’s voicemail. The man who oversaw the Milly Dowler murder investigation says the justice system will be undermined if victims are not treated sensitively in court. Surrey Police Chief Constable Mark Rowley said he was "shocked" by their treatment and called for changes. The director of public prosecutions said the case had raised "fundamental questions" that needed answering.

How the case was influenced by legislation/ regulation. • • The Milly Dowler case

How the case was influenced by legislation/ regulation. • • The Milly Dowler case influenced legislation as before the phone hacking scandal by News of the World happened there was no specific law against what happened and was not illegal. The news of the world invaded the privacy of the girl and her family and also made the case more difficult for the investigators. They put the case at a disadvantage as voicemails were deleted before the investigators heard them. However after the News of the World hacked her phone and removed potential evidence a law was made to prevent this from happening again as it may have affected the case’s progression. A law was made because of the events that happened with the News of the world in order for it to be against the law to do anything similar to that. People who oversaw the case said that the victims and families are treated sensitively and changes needed to happen in order to make sure it didn’t happen again to anther family. Due to there not being an official rule or law regarding phone hacking in general before this case happened there was no authority that could enforce or regulate any rule about it. People were unaware that something like this could lead to such a severe outcome about the case. There was not any kind of regulation before Milly Dowler’s case to do with phone hacking. As the news of the world is a big corporation there are now laws in place as well as people in authority that can help to enforce the laws onto the public to prevent it from affecting another case like this one.

What needs to happen in the future to protect the public? I think that

What needs to happen in the future to protect the public? I think that in order to protect the public in the future individuals need to be aware about the dangers of phone hacking and also now the laws put in place to help to make sure it doesn’t happen again and cause more distress. As well as this, rules and laws need to be put in place and made clear about the hacking of phones to prevent it from happening in the future to anyone else. There needs to be authority that help to regulate and enforce these laws/ rules to the public. Also the public need to be more aware about the phone hacking that happens so they are not oblivious to it.