FSI Business
Libel, Defamation & Reputation
Our IP Media team regularly advise individuals, companies and not-for-profit organisations on defamation (libel and slander) malicious falsehood and reputation protection and management. They have appeared before the Supreme Court and Privy Council for libel cases.
Our services include:
Recent experience advising:
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Steam Motion & Sound on the production of documentaries, particularly on defamation and libel issues regarding the documentaries’ content and also copyright
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On the first case in the Supreme Court which was dubbed “alphabet soup” in an application to unmask 5 individuals who had sought and obtained anonymity orders following freezing orders from HM Treasury. We are instructed by the Guardian, Times, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Associated Press and Index on Censorship
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Greenpeace on the oil trading company Trafigura in a reputation management claim, which involved a super injunction notice to MPs and advising on contempt of Parliament to restrain free speech in the House