Media Law News
Latest Media Law News & Publications
By its very nature, the majority of Carter-Ruck’s pre-publication and privacy-related work is confidential and must remain so. However, a selection of recent media and defamation work highlights which are in the public domain is set out below.
‘POLITE NOTICE’ Biker wins libel case
A motorcycle enthusiast has won his libel claims against four mass circulation newspapers that falsely claimed he attempted to deceive the public into believing he was a police officer.
Mr Emanuel was represented by Nigel Tait, Persephone Bridgman Baker and Mathilde Groppo of Carter-Ruck.
The full Statement in Open Court is attached.
Rachel Nickell allegations: former police commander secures apology and compensation from Mirror
Mirror Group Newspapers has issued an unreserved apology and agreed to pay substantial compensation and legal costs to former police Commander Roy Ramm, after the Mirror newspaper published false and defamatory allegations about him on its website in March 2018.
Mr Ramm was advised by Nigel Tait, Helena Shipman and Katherine Hooley of Carter-Ruck.
The Times article (Paywall).
Time to step up the war against online abuse: Nigel Tait and Persephone Bridgman Baker in The Times
Carter-Ruck Head of Media Law Nigel Tait and Senior Associate Persephone Bridgman Baker give their legal perspective to The Times following the recent Mumsnet case.
Read more here (paywall).
Announcing the birth of the ‘Social Media User’ - Oliver Cox in The Times
Carter-Ruck Senior Associate Oliver Cox has been quoted in Edward Fennell’s legal column in The Times on how new legal personae are evolving for defamation proceedings in the internet age.
Read more here (paywall).
Victoria Anderson recognised in the 2019 “Lawyers Who Are Changing the World For the Better” List
Carter-Ruck is delighted to confirm that Victoria Anderson, a solicitor with the firm, has been highlighted in The 2019 "Lawyers Who Are Changing the World for the Better" list, compiled by award winning news platform The Attic, Obelisk's ‘thinking space’.
To read more click here
Nigel Tait’s 60 second interview with April French Furnell of Citywealth
April French Furnell of Citywealth speaks to Carter-Ruck's Managing Partner Nigel Tait, about the rise in UHNW clients being blackmailed and still getting a buzz from stopping intrusive or defamatory articles about clients being published.
To read the full article click here.
‘He tried to strangle me’: Supreme Court says judges must ‘inhabit the world of the Facebook reader’
On 3 April 2019 the Supreme Court gave its judgment in the case of Stocker v Stocker. Five judges unanimously overturned the 12 February 2018 Court of Appeal decision. Carter-Ruck Senior Associate Oliver Cox looks at the decision on Inforrm’s Blog and examines key points of interest for practitioners going forward.
Read more here.
Carter-Ruck in Legal Week
Following a series of various high profile scandals, where NDAs have received negative press, Persephone Bridgman Baker shares her thoughts with Legal Week on why we must not allow cases like Weinstein and Green to create an atmosphere in which the existence of an NDA implies evidence of guilt.
To read the full article click here (Paywall).
Carter-Ruck in the Law Society Gazette
A prescient article by Carter-Ruck associate, Helena Shipman on the issue of regulation of social media organisations.
Following an 11-month study, Dame Frances Cairncross announced the findings of her independent review into the sustainability of high-quality journalism. Her 154-page report included a sharp indictment of the power imbalance between Google and Facebook and media publishers, and made a number of recommendations on how to safeguard the future of journalism.
To read the full article click here.
Law Society Gazette - “Lawyer in the News”
Carter-Ruck senior associate, Persephone Bridgman Baker has been featured in the Law Society Gazette following the firm's representation of the Labour MP and Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon in his successful libel case against the Sun.
Read the article here.
Nigel Tait listed in the 2019 Spear’s Wealth Management Top 10 Reputation Leading Lawyers List
Carter-Ruck-s Head of Media Law, Nigel Tait has once again been listed in the 2019 Spear's Wealth Management Top 10 Leading Reputation Lawyers List.
Click here to read.
Carter-Ruck in The Law Society Gazette
Senior Associate, Dominic Garner’s article, published in the Law Society Gazette, on the challenges ahead for social media giant, Facebook.
Read the article here.
Richard Burgon MP -v- News Group Newspapers
In a major victory against The Sun newspaper, the MP for Leeds East and Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Lord Chancellor Richard Burgon MP was today awarded substantial damages of £30,000 in the High Court for libel. The tabloid is expected to pay his legal costs, and an injunction was issued preventing the false statements from being published again.
Mr Burgon was represented by Nigel Tait and Persephone Bridgman Baker of Carter-Ruck and Adam Speker of 5RB
Also on this case:
- Mirror Online, 6 February 2019
- The Guardian, 6 February 2019
- BBC, 6 February 2019
- Sky News, 6 February 2019
- ITV, 6 February 2019
- Inforrm's Blog Case Study
Libel actions - England and Wales or in the United States? Carter-Ruck in the Law Society Gazette
With Tesla CEO Elon Musk facing libel claims from a British diving instructor, Carter-Ruck senior associate Persephone Bridgman Baker asks which jurisdiction one should choose for libel actions: the US or England and Wales?
To read the full article click here.
