Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide

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.