Media, Communications & Reputation

As the leading defendant focused Media Litigation team in Northern Ireland, we act for the many local, regional, London and Dublin based news publishers operating in Northern Ireland.

The team also advise a significant number of US headquartered social media platforms on legal issues in Northern Ireland, working in partnership with media lawyers across the globe.

We handle the full spectrum of media and content disputes including defamation, data protection, private information and confidential information claims, as well as supporting our clients where reporting restrictions, anonymity orders and matters of contempt of court or regulatory complaints arise.

We work closely with in-house legal teams for the largest publishers to provide 24/7 support where required. Whether defending emergency pre-publication injunction attempts or via Northern Ireland’s only specialist prepublication content clearance service, staffed by content lawyers with extensive experience.

We also represent and defend a number of journalists who, through their professional activities, have become the subject of criminal or civil proceedings, including prosecutions, third party disclosure orders and production orders.

Outside of this, we advise and represent numerous high profile individuals, business figures, corporations and SMEs on maintaining, defending and vindicating their reputations. We have secured considerable damages, apologies, retractions and the payment of costs for our clients from other companies, review websites and prominent individuals.

We also provide crisis communications and reputation management advice, including assisting with press releases, comment requests and taking and defending emergency injunctions, where appropriate.

If you have a pre-publication or pre-broadcast query, please email prepublication@carson-mcdowell.com.