case studies

Our Defamation team has produced a list of case studies for you.

• Successfully defending a client in a six-day High Court jury trial which involved complex issues of qualified privilege and malice
• Acting for a senior city councillor in respect of a libel claim arising from an article written in a party political leaflet, which raised issues of justification, qualified privilege and malice
• Acting for an international pharmaceutical client in relation to a trade libel claim
• Providing pre-publication advice to a publishing client concerning a controversial academic article
• Successfully preventing various national newspapers from publishing potentially libellous articles 

• Successfully obtaining an urgent privacy injunction to prevent a regional newspaper from publishing a news story

• Acting for a large transport operator in relation to a libel claim against a rival operator following a defamatory press release published on a website and reported in various national and regional newspapers

• Successfully representing a company following anonymous defamatory postings published on a financial website bulletin board. This required an urgent application to the court for the disclosure of the identities and IP addresses of those posting the defamatory material in order that proceedings could be commenced against them

• Advising a publisher on libel issues arising from various controversial articles, pre-publication

For further information, please contact Elaine Heywood, partner in Blake Lapthorn's Defamation team on 023 8085 7124 or email elaine.heywood@bllaw.co.uk.