Blake Lapthorn solicitors' Defamationand Privacy team
has produced a list of case studies for you.
- Successfully bringing a claim on behalf of a professional
following the wide circulation of a defamatory email about
him.
- Advising and working with a charity to manage its reputation
and minimise damage to this following the publication of various
defamatory and damaging articles in the national press and
online.
- Advising a corporate client in relation to the removal and
management of numerous anonymous defamatory and damaging postings
on various websites, including US websites.
- Advising a high profile individual in relation to the removal
and management of numerous defamatory postings about him on various
campaign websites.
- Advising for private clients in relation to the removal of
online content which invaded their privacy after it had gone
viral.
- Acting for an individual in relation to an application to have
a hearing in private to prevent jigsaw identification of the
individual by the press.
- 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.
- Advising a publisher on the risks of contempt
pre-publication.
- Acting for an international pharmaceutical client in relation
to a trade libel claim.
- Successfully preventing various national newspapers from
publishing potentially libellous articles.
- 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.
- Advising commerical clients following publication of defamatory
articles in national newspapers.
- Providing pre-publication advice to publishers and commercial
clients on articles, books, online material, broadcasts and web
broadcasts in respect of libel, privacy, data protection and
contempt of court.
- Successfully obtaining an urgent privacy injunction for a
private client to prevent a regional newspaper from publishing a
news story.
- Advising Royalty Magazine in a landmark libel case
brought by a member of the Romanian royal family.
"The firm harbours significant expertise in a good range
of other disciplines, including privacy and
defamation."
Chambers
UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession
2010
