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

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Agenda

Registration
09:00

Chairperson's Welcome
09:30

Charlotte Harris, Partner
Brown Rudnick

Highlighting Ongoing Cases and Key Decisions in the Last Year of Media Litigation
09:40

  • An overview of the cases before the Media and Communications List and their focus
  • Procedural innovations to the Media and Communications List
  • The media disputes landscape today

Jeffrey Smele, Head of Media and Communications Disputes, Partner
Simons Muirhead Burton

Exploring Claimant and Defendant Perspectives on SLAPPs: Overblown or Under-Recorded?
10:10

  • 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

Gideon Benaim, Partner
Simkins

Samantha Thompson, Senior Associate
RPC

Adam Cannon, Director of Legal - The Sun Newspaper
News UK

Franz Wild, Editor
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Networking & Refreshment Break
10:55

Addressing What Constitutes Serious Harm in Media Litigation
11:15

  • Navigating unsettled litigation territory
  • Identifying serious harm to character
  • Relevance of pre-existing reputation to determining serious harm

David Glen, Barrister
11KBW

Jacob Dean, Barrister
5RB

Adapting to the Multi-Claim Crack Down on Defamation, Data Protection and Breach of Privacy
12:00

  • Courts moving away from multi-claims
  • Determining the best claim and route to justice
  • Relevance and role of meaning in different claims

Matthew Dando, Partner
Wiggin

Catrin Evans KC, Barrister
Matrix Chambers

Mark Henderson, Barrister
Doughty Street Chambers

Helena Shipman, Lawyer
Kobre & Kim

Networking & Lunch Break
12:45

Navigating Client Reputation Management: Combined PR and Legal Considerations
13:45

  • 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

Claire Gill, Partner
Carter-Ruck

Dan Tench, Partner
CMS

Kate Miller, Partner
DRD Partnership

Tim Maltin, Managing Partner
Maltin PR

Assessing Routes to Justice in Relation to Swift Resolution and Managing Client Costs
14:30

  • Who can afford to fight cases?
  • Methods to make legal fees affordable for clients
  • The current state of resolution: settlement and litigation
  • The rise of individuals crowdfunding court fees

Gia Thom, Development Director
IMPRESS

Tamsin Allen, Senior Consultant, Head of Media and Information Law
Bindmans

Michael Tyler, Partner, Head of Costs
Kingsley Napley

Networking & Refreshment Break
15:15

Examining the Rise of AI and Determining Culpability for Privacy, Defamation, and Data Protection Breaches
15:35

  • 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

Christopher Leung, Senior Associate
Fieldfisher

Ali Khan, Web 3.0 / DeFi Principal
AS Legal Consultants (UAE)

Charlotte May KC, Barrister
8 New Square

Adapting to Impending Challenges in the Media Disputes Regulatory and Client Landscape
16:20

  • 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

Emily Cox, Partner
Pinsent Masons

Hanna Basha, Partner
Payne Hicks Beach

David Mitchell, Barrister
39 Essex Chambers

Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
17:05

Charlotte Harris, Partner
Brown Rudnick

09:00
Registration
09:30
Chairperson's Welcome
Charlotte Harris - Partner - Brown Rudnick
09:40
Highlighting Ongoing Cases and Key Decisions in the Last Year of Media Litigation
  • An overview of the cases before the Media and Communications List and their focus
  • Procedural innovations to the Media and Communications List
  • The media disputes landscape today
Jeffrey Smele - Head of Media and Communications Disputes, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton
10:10
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
Gideon Benaim - Partner - Simkins
Samantha Thompson - Senior Associate - RPC
Adam Cannon - Director of Legal - The Sun Newspaper - News UK
Franz Wild - Editor - The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
10:55
Networking & Refreshment Break
11:15
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
David Glen - Barrister - 11KBW
Jacob Dean - Barrister - 5RB
12:00
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
Matthew Dando - Partner - Wiggin
Catrin Evans KC - Barrister - Matrix Chambers
Mark Henderson - Barrister - Doughty Street Chambers
Helena Shipman - Lawyer - Kobre & Kim
12:45
Networking & Lunch Break
13:45
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
Claire Gill - Partner - Carter-Ruck
Dan Tench - Partner - CMS
Kate Miller - Partner - DRD Partnership
Tim Maltin - Managing Partner - Maltin PR
14:30
Assessing Routes to Justice in Relation to Swift Resolution and Managing Client Costs
  • Who can afford to fight cases?
  • Methods to make legal fees affordable for clients
  • The current state of resolution: settlement and litigation
  • The rise of individuals crowdfunding court fees
Gia Thom - Development Director - IMPRESS
Tamsin Allen - Senior Consultant, Head of Media and Information Law - Bindmans
Michael Tyler - Partner, Head of Costs - Kingsley Napley
15:15
Networking & Refreshment Break
15:35
Examining the Rise of AI and Determining Culpability for Privacy, Defamation, and 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
Christopher Leung - Senior Associate - Fieldfisher
Ali Khan - Web 3.0 / DeFi Principal - AS Legal Consultants (UAE)
Charlotte May KC - Barrister - 8 New Square
16:20
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
Emily Cox - Partner - Pinsent Masons
Hanna Basha - Partner - Payne Hicks Beach
David Mitchell - Barrister - 39 Essex Chambers
17:05
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
Charlotte Harris - Partner - Brown Rudnick

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