Programme Detail
International approaches to reputation management
Committee(s)
Media Law Committee
(Lead)
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Session Co-Chair |
Steven Loble
|
| Law Firm |
Finers Stephens Innocent LLP
|
| Location |
London, England
|
| Session Co-Chair |
Nigel Tait
|
| Officer Title |
Publications Officer
Media Law Committee
|
| Law Firm |
Carter-Ruck
|
| Location |
London, England
|
Description
In this session leading media lawyers will explore the different approaches that can be adopted by lawyers in various jurisdictions to protect the reputations of their clients, whether individual or corporate.
Amongst the topics that the panel will examine during this lively interactive session are 'libel tourism', the challenges presented by online publication and the consequences for freedom of speech now that the European Court of Human Rights has declared that reputation is a human right.
Mr Gerry McCann will be the keynote speaker. Mr McCann and his wife Kate found themselves facing the unrelenting glare of the world's media following the abduction of their daughter, Madeleine, in May 2007. Mr McCann will speak about their fight to hold the press to account following the publication of defamatory allegations and their securing of unprecedented front page apologies from four national newspapers, together with £550,000 in damages (which were paid to the fund set up to search for Madeleine).
Speakers
| Speaker |
Herman Croux
|
| Officer Title |
Chair
Copyright and Entertainment Law Subcommittee
|
| Law Firm |
Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners
|
| Location |
Brussels, Belgium
|
| Speaker |
Roger Mann
|
| Law Firm |
Damm & Mann
|
| Location |
Hamburg, Germany
|
| Speaker |
Gerry McCann
|
| Law Firm |
Carter-Ruck
|
| Location |
London, England
|
| Speaker |
Julian Porter
|
| Law Firm |
Julian Porter QC
|
| Location |
Toronto, Canada
|
| Speaker |
Kelli Sager
|
| Officer Title |
Vice-Chair
Media Law Committee
|
| Law Firm |
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
|
| Location |
Los Angeles, USA
|
| Speaker |
Paul Tweed
|
| Law Firm |
Johnsons Solicitors
|
| Location |
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
Location
Auditorium, Lower Level -4
Date
Tuesday 06 October (10:00) - (13:00)