REPUTATION MANAGEMENT AND DEFAMATION

Your reputation is among the most valuable assets you can hold as an individual or a business. It takes a long time to be earned, but only a moment to be damaged by false or misleading information being published.

Protecting that reputation, and deciding if and how to challenge potentially defamatory publications, demands speed, discretion and sound judgement.  

Protecting your imagE, safeguarding your reputation

If you face an actual or threatened damaging publication that is untrue or a potential breach of your privacy , you need experienced advisers you can trust to act quickly, with a clear understanding of the best way to approach the situation. Sound judgment is required in each case, as pouring fuel on the fire can sometimes lead to further damage.

We assist high-profile individuals, businesses and charities in addressing their reputation management issues. In many cases, matters can be resolved through negotiations. In others, court action may be required.

Our advice is always clear, practical and commercially minded so that, even if your reputational challenge does escalate, you have a strategy in place, focused on the outcomes you want.

expertise

Our specialist lawyers advise across the full range of reputational issues, including:

• • Defamation: covering libel (defamatory statements in permanent form such as in newspapers, TV and radio broadcasts, videos, social media messages and pictures) and slander (spoken or more fleeting statements)
  • Malicious falsehood: where untrue statements are made deliberately to cause financial loss, and that loss follows
    • Misuse of private information: where you hold a reasonable expectation of privacy and there is no justification for disclosure
      • Pre-publication advice: for those preparing to publish and those facing publication
      •  Cease and desist letters and take down requests: To insist on retractions and removal of defamatory online content

HIGHlights

• Acting for boxing promoter, Frank Warren, in his claim for defamation against the boxer, Chris Eubank Jr (Warren v Eubank [2025] EWHC 828 (KB)).

• Acting for two private individuals in a misuse of private information claim and successfully securing the removal of content, concerning their private information, from mainstream media outlets including The Times, The Daily Mail and the Sun.

• Acting for a group of individuals in securing the removal of a website which contained defamatory allegations about those individuals and their involvement in alleged fraud.

• Acting for an individual in securing the removal of various posts on social media containing serious and defamatory allegations about that individual.