MALTIN PR
The Media Disputes: Defamation, Privacy & Reputation Management Forum
The only event dedicated to bringing together top-level claimant and defendant
experts to give key considerations and practical case insights across
Print, Digital, and Social Media Litigation
In-person | 16th May 2024 | One Whitehall Place, Central London
Join your media law peers at the UK’s only Litigation forum to focus solely on defamation, privacy & reputation management. Hear from solicitors, barristers, PR consultants and media insurers discuss the challenges and implications of recent and current cases.
Hear those actively involved in live cases address recent and forthcoming developments in this increasingly changing world of media litigation
Over this one-day conference you’ll gain insights in key areas of media litigation
9x interactive sessions designed by our Advisory Board directly engaged in today’s key live cases
20+ media law specialists sharing their personal insights and experiences
Regulatory Authority updates on the latest investigations into controversial actions within media litigation
Your Chair
Your Expert Advisory Panel
Charlotte Harris
Partner
Brown Rudnick
Brown Rudnick
Gideon Benaim
Partner
Simkins
Simkins
Samantha Thompson
Senior Associate
RPC
RPC
Dan Tench
Partner
CMS
CMS
Emily Cox
Partner
Pinsent Masons
Pinsent Masons
Matthew Dando
Partner
Wiggin
Wiggin
Providing an In-House Perspective
Giving a Regulator's View on the Costs Landscape
Adapting to Impending Challenges in the
Media Disputes Regulatory and Client Landscape
- The increase of individuals as defendants as well as claimants
- Online Safety Act implications over the next few years
- Media disputes in an increasingly social media focused world
Adapting to the Multi-Claim Crack Down on
Defamation, Data Protection and Breach of Privacy
- Courts moving away from multi-claims
- Determining the best claim and route to justice
- Relevance and role of meaning in different claims
Addressing What Constitutes
Serious Harm in Media Litigation
- Navigating unsettled litigation territory
- Identifying serious harm to character
- Relevance of pre-existing reputation to determining serious harm
Navigating Client Reputation Management:
Combined PR and Legal Considerations
- Avenues to justice minimising reputational damage
- Advocating for clients in the court of public opinion
- Developing online strategies for clients throughout and following disputes
- Managing reputation internationally in a 24/7 media eco-system
Exploring Claimant and Defendant Perspectives
on SLAPPs: Overblown or Under-Recorded?
- Improving early dismissal provisions while maintaining access to justice
- The effectiveness of current Court provisions to curtail SLAPPs
- The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
Examining the Rise of AI and Determining Culpability
for Privacy, Defamation & Data Protection Breaches
- The state of play for reputational concern from AI generation
- Adapting to the risk of IP infringement by AI
- Determining culpability for privacy, defamation, and data protection breaches
- Avenues for litigation under current laws
Latest Confirmed Speakers Include:
Tamsin Allen
Partner, Head of Media and Information Law
Bindmans
Bindmans
David Glen
Barrister
11KBW
11KBW
Claire Gill
Partner
Carter-Ruck
Carter-Ruck
Franz Wild
Editor
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Hanna Basha
Partner
Payne Hicks Beach
Payne Hicks Beach
Mark Henderson
Barrister
Doughty Street Chambers
Doughty Street Chambers
Charlotte May KC
Barrister
8 New Square
8 New Square
Jeffrey Smele
Head of Media and Communications Disputes, Partner
Simons Muirhead Burton
Simons Muirhead Burton
Tim Maltin
Managing Partner
Maltin PR
Maltin PR
Catrin Evans KC
Barrister
Matrix Chambers
Matrix Chambers
David Mitchell
Barrister
39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers
Michael Tyler
Partner, Head of Costs
Kingsley Napley
Kingsley Napley
Kate Miller
Partner
DRD Partnership
DRD Partnership
Jacob Dean
Barrister
5RB
5RB
Christopher Leung
Senior Associate
Fieldfisher
Fieldfisher
Abigail Healey
Partner
Quillon Law
Quillon Law
Ali Khan
Legal Consultant / Web3 & DeFi Lead
AS Legal Consultants (Dubai)
AS Legal Consultants (Dubai)
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