Practice notes
This Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for...
Produced in partnership with 5RB
13th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Produced in partnership with Ben Gallop and Lily Walker-Parr of 5RB
13th Jan
Practice notes
The tort of misuse of private information is focused on ‘the protection of human autonomy and dignity—the right to control the dissemination of...
Produced in partnership with Ben Gallop and Lily Walker-Parr of 5RB and Daniel Bishop
13th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
Produced in partnership with Squire Patton Boggs
13th Jan
Practice notes
The tort of defamation is governed by a mixture of statute and common law. The relevant statutory law is contained in:•the Defamation Act 1952 (DA...
Produced in partnership with 5RB
13th Jan
Practice notes
IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
13th Jan
Practice notes
Employees, workers, contractors and othersIn Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society, Lord Phillips famously stated at para [19]:‘The law...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson
8th Jan
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The internet and, in particular, social media is a high risk area for defamation litigation. Content posted on blogs, internet forums, online...
Produced in partnership with 5RB
8th Jan
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DefencesThere are a number of substantive defences to a defamation claim, the majority of which are now, since the Defamation Act 2013 (DA 2013),...
Produced in partnership with 5RB
8th Jan
Precedents
1ContextThese ‘Arrangements’ set out how you may make a complaint that an elected or co-opted member of this authority [or of a parish council within...
Produced in partnership with Peter Keith-Lucas of Bevan Brittan
8th Jan
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Defamation Act 2013Before the implementation of the Defamation Act 2013 (DA 2013), defamation actions acquired a reputation for technicality and...
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8th Jan
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1IntroductionThis Code of Conduct applies to you whenever you are acting in your capacity as a member of [council name], including:1.1at formal...
Produced in partnership with Peter Keith-Lucas of Bevan Brittan
8th Jan
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A personal injury claimant will typically be seeking to establish the fault, whether negligence or breach of a statutory duty, of the identified...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Wilson
8th Jan
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This Practice Note examines the role of publication in an action for defamation or malicious falsehood. It reviews key case law and legislation, and...
Produced in partnership with 5RB
8th Jan
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This Practice Note refers only to the law in England; note that different provisions apply to Wales.The public has a right to expect high standards of...
Produced in partnership with Peter Keith-Lucas and Anthea Lowe of Bevan Brittan and North West Leicestershire District Council
8th Jan
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Address of Website OperatorDear [insert organisation name]Notice and take-down letterWe act for [insert client details], on whose instructions we are...
6th Jan
Practice notes
Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, s 78. For further...
7th Dec
Precedents
These training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more training seminars on defamation law. The...
29th Nov
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This tracker is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation, guidance, parliamentary briefing notes and other sources of interest...
27th Nov