# Defamation, Privacy, Data: Shaping New Law into Solution-Focused Answers for Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 of the Biggest Legal Challenges facing Experienced Media Law Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight KCs, Senior Juniors and Solicitors

- Format: In-person
- Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance £249.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/defamation24

## Programme

- 09:30 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 Chair's Introduction: Defamation, Privacy, Data: Shaping new law into solution-focused answers for clients
  - Chaired by Nigel Tait, Carter-Ruck
- 10:10 Public Interest Defence: How far can you push the court over the Public Interest Defence, given the differing outcomes in Aaronson v Stones (2023) and Hay v Cresswell (2023), including the wider social media implications?
  - Answered by Jonathan Price
- 10:45 AI-Generated Content: In data protection and privacy cases, how do you control - and overcome - the legal and practical challenges of voice/image/deep fakes created by AI, and how do you give clients an edge in disputes?
  - Answered by Lorna Skinner KC
- 11:20 Morning Coffee
- 11:35 Harassment Claims: What is the latest judicial thinking on harassment claims in cases involving privacy and reputational issues? Does the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 add anything to such claims?
  - Answered by Adam Wolanski KC
- 12:10 Preliminary Issue Strategy: How has the Blake & ors v Fox (2023) litigation changed existing thinking on which preliminary issues to apply for in media cases, such as "natural and ordinary meaning", and with what prospects of success?
  - Answered by Sara Mansoori KC
- 12:45 Overrun
- 13:00 Lunch
- 13:45 Defining Serious Harm: What - right now - amounts to 'serious harm' after the spate of recent cases, including (1) Mueen-Uddin v SSHD and (2) the relative situation of corporate bodies trading for profit?
  - Answered by William Bennett KC
- 14:20 SLAPPs: How do you effectively contend with and/or curtail “strategic lawsuits against public participation” as now legislated in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act?
  - Answered by Lord Garnier KC
- 14:55 3rd party hosts: What are the critical success factors for compelling third-party hosts to take down websites that breach privacy/copyright or contain defamatory content, and pursue claims against persons unknown?
  - Answered by Sarah Palin
- 15:30 Over-run
- 16:00 Close of conference

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