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Media and Reputational Management

Our commercial dispute resolution and avoidance specialists understand that increasingly both people and their businesses have an online presence and the use of social media has become more prevalent in the commercial sphere. Whilst marketing your business online may be considered essential by many today, unfortunately there is a negative aspect to this in that it is now easier to locate information or make false statements where they can be seen by the world.

Our specialists are able to advise you of your potential courses of action if you discover that your reputation is being damaged by false statements (whether online or otherwise). We are experts on the law of defamation, both in its written form (known as libel) or spoken form (known as slander). We are able to provide prompt and clear legal advice on the options available to safeguard your or your business’s reputation.

Our team has experience in preparing media statements and advising on positive PR campaigns in an effort to take back control of negative news stories or to take steps to mitigate threats to publish private information. Where appropriate, we are also able to advise you on the civil law aspects of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

Additionally, we are able to support you in the following ways:
  • Advising you pre and post publication on defamatory statements
  • Advising on malicious falsehood
  • Reputation management
  • Applying for or responding to applications for injunctions
  • Advising you in relation to confidential information
  • Civil harassment
  • Data subject access requests

To speak to our commercial dispute resolution and avoidance specialists please call us on 01772 258321 or make an enquiry below to see how we can assist you and your business.

Meet our Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance team

Alex Fowler

Apprentice Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 374656

Eleanor Fellows

Paralegal Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 984 550

Hannah Pinder

Associate Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 429332
m: 07425 114099

Helen Griffin

Legal Director Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 395187
m: 07585 447937

Jessica Casson-Grave

Associate Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01524 954502

Jessica McBride

Paralegal Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 374327

Martin Stafford

Consultant Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01524 954240
m: 07425 254923

Nick Booth

Partner Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 429025
m: 07799 005073

Paul Brook

Consultant Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
m: 07900 169370

Sean Gibbs

Partner Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01772 429024
m: 07719 797775

Stuart Farr

Partner Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01539 312497
m: 07350 412273

William Hornby Phillips

Apprentice Solicitor Commercial Dispute Resolution & Avoidance
t: 01524 954420

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