Defamation

Serafin - Heather Rogers QC, Doughty Street Chambers. What is the practical impact of Serafin on the public interest defence – can publishers ignore the Reynolds "checklist" - and can they publish without getting the claimant's response?

• Date Uploaded: 22 Feb 2021
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Persons unknown - Dan Tench, CMS. Weighing up all the tactical scenarios, how do you take action against "persons unknown", before fake and doctored news is spread on social media?

• Date Uploaded: 22 Feb 2021
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Data Protection Act - Aidan Eardley of 5RB. What is the potency of the DPA for (1) enforcing the right to be forgotten and (2) correcting long-standing 'accuracy' issues on websites (for which a defamation claim is no longer available)?

• Date Uploaded: 22 Feb 2021
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Serious harm cases - Adam Wolanski QC, 5RB. At ground level, how is the serious harm test impacting on publishing and broadcasting decisions? How do you evaluate it, meaningfully?

• Date Uploaded: 22 Feb 2021
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Article 8 - Sara Mansoori, Matrix Chambers. What are the unresolved privacy issues - legal and practical - over the reporting of crime and arrests pre-charge, following the decision in ZXC v Bloomberg?

• Date Uploaded: 22 Feb 2021
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Open justice - Catrin Evans QC, Matrix. What is realistic and achievable for non-parties seeking to access court documents under the principle of open justice following Cape Holdings v Dring?. What is the significance for practice?

• Date Uploaded: 27 Nov 2019
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Social Media - Dan Tench, CMS. What is the potency of techniques for taking down defamatory posts or ones that infringe privacy from social media?. Is Voller v Facebook going to make a difference?

• Date Uploaded: 26 Nov 2019
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Serious harm - Heather Rogers QC, Doughty Street Chambers. What are the unresolved issues - legal and practical - and ramifications for clients of the Supreme Court's decision on serious harm in Lachaux v IPL?

• Date Uploaded: 26 Nov 2019
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Quantum - Adam Wolanski QC, 5RB. Against a backdrop of recent and live cases, how do you quantify - with accuracy - damages in (1) privacy cases and (2) data post GDPR?. What can you achieve?

• Date Uploaded: 26 Nov 2019
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Jurisdiction - Aidan Eardley, 5RB. How do you persuade the English Court to hear a libel claim where there is an international element; how do you persuade it not to?

• Date Uploaded: 26 Nov 2019
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