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30.09.22
Brett Wilson LLP’s departments and lawyers recognised by Legal 500
Brett Wilson LLP has again been recommended in three categories in the prestigious Legal 500 directory of leading law firms:- Reputation Management Professional Discipline Crime The firm is praised for its ‘…client-orientated approach, vigorous representation of its clients interests’ and delivery of results. Its reputation management practice is described as ‘exceptional in every regard’. Media and…
Read more23.08.22
Press Release: Anna Palus to take legal action against Nick Kyrgios over Wimbledon final outburst
Brett Wilson LLP has been instructed to bring defamation proceedings against Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios over allegations he made against spectator Anna Palus during the 2022 Wimbledon final. Ms Palus has issued the below press statement:- “On Sunday 10 July 2022 I attended the final of the Wimbledon tennis championships with my mother. It…
Read more9.08.22
The Bill of Rights Bill – what is the effect on reputation management claims?
Percy Preston considers the Bill of Rights Bill (‘the Bill’) introduced into Parliament on 22 June 2022. This analysis provides insight into the impact of the Bill in a wider European landscape and in relation to privacy law, defamation law and freedom of speech. The Bill of Rights, the Supreme Court and the European…
Read more25.07.22
Alleged defamatory comments made in course of pre-action protocol covered by absolute privilege
Percy Preston of Brett Wilson LLP is interviewed about the High Court’s decision in Jabbar and another v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd and others [2022] EWHC 1383 (QB). Analysis: This judgment concerned the defendants’ application for an order striking out the claims for unlawful means conspiracy, conspiracy to injure and tortious interference with contract, on…
Read more22.07.22
Tinder stalker sentenced for contempt of court
In Dew v Mills-Nanyn [2022] EWHC 1925 (QB) Mrs Justice Collins Rice sentenced the Defendant Oliver Mills-Nanyn to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for a period of two years for 20 sample breaches of undertakings to the court. The Judge also ordered Mr Mills-Nanyn to pay the Claimant Scarlett Dew the sum of £30,000 in damages…
Read more1.07.22
Haviland v Lownie: Libel claim against publisher dismissed
The High Court has today dismissed a libel claim brought against publisher Andrew Lownie and his literary agency by former associate David Havilland. Mr Haviland alleged that Mr Lownie had libelled him in seven emails sent to the writers’ website Reedsy.com. In an earlier decision (Haviland v The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency Ltd & Anor…
Read more28.06.22
Privacy claim requires ‘positive act’ by the defendant to demonstrate misuse of private information
Percy Preston of Brett Wilson LLP is interviewed about the High Court’s decision in Smith and others v TalkTalk Telecom Group plc [2022] EWHC 1311 (QB) Information Law analysis: This judgment concerned several applications in a claim based on alleged mass data breaches. The claimants sought damages from the defendant in the tort of misuse…
Read more23.05.22
SLAPPs: A real problem or a defendant’s wildcard?
Brett Wilson LLP partner Iain Wilson argues that problems regarding so-called SLAPPs are overstated and that further defamation reform is unnecessary In our blog In defence of privacy and the judiciary we discussed how the press had misreported the decision in HRH the Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1810 and,…
Read more18.05.22
Blacklisted: Removing a marker from a fraud database
Fraud databases effectively act as blacklists for financial institutions. An individual with a fraud marker against their name on a fraud database will normally only discover its existence after they have had to deal with the adverse effects that it can cause, such as being refused credit, or an abrupt (and often unexplained) closure of…
Read more11.05.22
Depp v Heard: the perils of live-streaming and trial by TikTok
Following on from recent blogs on derogations from the principles of open justice and closed materials, we look today at the other side of that coin: wide-open justice. At the time of writing, the US defamation case of John C. Depp II v Amber Laura Heard (CL-2019-2911) is just past its half-way point in Fairfax,…
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