Our Defamation and Privacy practice is led by Kenan Furlong, partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department.
We offer expertise in all aspects of defamation and privacy law and have a proven track record of protecting our clients’ business interests and reputations, both pre and post publication. We have extensive experience in advising our clients re:
- a wide range of defamation cases. These usually involve damaging publications by either the print media and/or television/radio stations but we have also advised our clients re anonymous email defamation and internet defamation;
- complaints to the Press Ombudsman and Broadcasting Authority of Ireland;
- breaches of individual client’s right to privacy or confidentiality;
- obtaining injunctive relief to prevent the media publishing potentially damaging material re our clients;
- intellectual property law, and data protection issues.
Our clients include high profile business figures, some of Ireland’s leading companies, newspapers, television stations, trade magazines, advertising companies, film production companies, and other media entities.