MALICIOUS FALSEHOODS

Our lawyers have extensive and high-level experience at protecting individual and business reputations. They are adept at protecting against, often related, matters of: breaches of confidence, breaches of Data Protection regulations, malicious falsehoods, harassment and unlawful invasions of privacy.

In the event of threatened breaches of the above, it may, in certain circumstances, be possible to urgently obtain a High Court injunction to prevent the invasion before it becomes public. If the law will not assist with that then there is an array of remedies that are available to seek to rectify the position after the event.

Our lawyers also have a successful record of defending clients faced with defamation claims, to include the recent Court of Appeal victory of Economou v De Freitas, a test case on the use of the new Defamation Act 2013 public interest defence. With the prevalence of social media, it is becoming more and more common to find oneself at the wrong end of a libel claim and we are well-equipped to advise on this.

Our lawyers can assist with;

• Privacy actions for injunctions and/or damages
• Defamation/libel/slander actions for injunctions and damages
• Defending defamation claims
• Data protection actions
• Actions in relation to malicious falsehoods
• Actions in relation to unlawful harassment
• Complaints to regulators
• Cross border actions and remedies in relation to the above