Defamation Law Forum
Issues covered include: defamation, serious harm test, reputation, third party liability, online publication, freedom of expression, search enginges, Voller, misleading and deceptive conduct, misuse of personal images
Description
From small defamation matters to more complex situations, this program will give you a thorough understanding of how to navigate any defamation claim, big or small. The proposed changes to the defamation law legislation will be the first major overhaul since the arrival of social media and the proliferation of online news sites. More than half of recent defamation cases involved something that happened online. Thus it’s critical that you attend this seminar to scrutinise these particular areas of the law.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Lyndelle Barnett, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
9.00am to 10.00am: The National Review of Defamation Laws
- The serious harm test: what it will mean for the reform package
- Comparing UK and Australian frameworks: practical takeaways for Australian practitioners
- Liability changes
- Online safety and harms regulation in Australia and the UK: developments and discussion of consistency with broader media law frameworks and principles
Presented by Sophie Dawson, Partner and Jarrad Parker, Senior Associate, Bird and Bird
10.05am 11.05am: Defamation and Reputation
- Pre and post publication
- Misleading and deceptive conduct
- Injurious falsehood
- Misuse of personal images
Presented by Justine Munsie, Partner, Addisons
11.10am to 12.10pm: Third Party Liability for Defamation
- Search engines, platforms, web page hosts
- Primary and secondary publishers
- Case updates: Voller, Trkulja, Duffy & more
- Law reform and the single publication rule
Presented by Hannah Marshall, Partner and Daisy von Schoenberg, Senior Associate, Marque Lawyers
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Damages in the Age of COVID-19: Are the Proposed Reforms Adequate?
- Principles of damages
- Damages post Rebel Wilson
- Reform proposals: Are they congruent with the serious harm test?
Presented by Robert Todd, Partner, Ashurst