Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide is for those advising or assisting in bringing or defending Media Law civil claims arising out of online publication.
The book's aim is to provide a 'road map' for what is an expanding but, for many, unfamiliar area of litigation.
It deals with private tort claims in which claimants seek to assert their article 8 rights to reputation or privacy in the courts of England and Wales - In particular defamation, harrassment, breach of confidence, misuse of private information and data protection.
Key topics addressed in this book include:-
- Using online notice and takedown procedures as an alternative to bringing legal proceedings
- The 'right to be forgotten'
- Court Procedures for identifying anonymous defendants
- Establishing who is legally repsonsible for online publication.
- Jurisdiction and choice of law
- A guide to the media law torts as they apply to online publication
- The Liability of internet intermediaries
- Remedies at the interim and final stages of proceedings
- Guidance for both cliaments and defendants on the practicalities of bringing, and defending, cliams.
