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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
16 June 2023
Insights from a media litigator: key considerations for dealing with blackmail
Blackmail cases often involve threats to reveal personal and intimate information, accompanied by demands for payment. As a highly experienced media litigator specialising in this field since 2002, and having successfully handled many blackmail cases in the past five years alone, here are some key points to consider if you are being blackmailed
22 May 2023
How to keep family affairs out of the papers
This article first appears in Spear's 22nd May 2019
13 March 2023
Allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace: innocent until proven 'guilty'?
This week Tony Danker stepped down from his role as director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) while an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct takes place.
23 July 2021
When charities are under the media spotlight - how is reputation best protected?
With charities under unprecedented media interest in recent years, the consequences of not dealing with reputation matters well are myriad. Negative press coverage threatens the faith that the public have in a charity which can result in a significant downturn in donations and affect recruitment and morale. Any charity’s reputation once damaged can be difficult to restore. The resources a charity must commit to responding to media enquiries and to any regulatory inquiry can be significant and is time spent away from pursuing the objectives of the charity.
26 May 2021
Reputation and Media Quarterly Round-Up: Q1 2021
This quarterly media and reputation management update provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period January to March 2021.