Good Law Project is hosting a defamation advice session for activists, organisations and campaigners

Good Law Project

Hi Dr Peter F

On Tuesday lunchtime, Good Law Project is hosting a defamation advice session for activists, organisations and campaigners.

We will provide tips about how you can best to protect yourself from publishing something (be that an article or social media post) that might leave you vulnerable to the threat of libel proceedings.

We will discuss the defences to defamation proceedings – in particular the “public interest defence” – which is the one you are most likely to rely on. We will consider the steps you should be taking to do everything you can to make this defence work for you.

And we will talk about what you can do if you receive a threatening letter after publishing something online or in print.

If you would like to find more about how to speak truth to power, and how to lessen your risk when doing so, you can watch our live panel discussion.

The panel of speakers include Jo Maugham, Director of Good Law Project, Gracie Bradley, Director of Liberty, Tamsin Allen, Partner at Bindmans and head of the Media and Information Law team and Jonathan Price, Barrister at Doughty St Chambers and libel law specialist.

Here are the details of the event:

When:  1pm – 2pm, Tuesday 11 May

Where: Facebook and Twitter

RSVP: Eventbrite

You don’t need to download anything to watch the event – just log on to Facebook or Twitter at 1pm on Tuesday!

All attendees will be sent a copy of our new guide, produced by Doughty St Chambers: ‘Defamation law for activists: a guide to speaking truth to power’.

Thank you for your support,

Good Law Project team