Rupert Cowper-Coles

Media and Data Disputes partner at RPC, specialising in defamation, data protection and privacy litigation.

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

The High Court today handed down a Worldwide freezing order against Craig Wright, in the sum of £1.548m, to support the recovery of my legal fees.

https://t.co/M76fT684S6

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

#Malaysia: Deeply troubling news that a magistrate in Terengganu has issued a prison sentence in absentia for Clare Rewcastle Brown.

https://t.co/m7hjDSeQJp

@sarawak_report @RewcastleBrown

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

In our latest OSA Friday Download, Jessica Kingsbury provides an overview of Ofcom's first consultation under the Online Safety Act outlining how in-scope services should approach their new illegal content duties.

💡https://t.co/aT5OzNerT8.

#OnlineSafety #RegulatoryRPC

[Foreign Policy Centre @FPCThinkTank]

Day 1 - Panel 4: 'The Cost of a SLAPP: Financially, Personally and for Society'

📣 Speakers: @MarksLarks, @carolecadwalla, @muscatcar, @EliotHiggins & @mediarupert

🗓️ 27 NOV 🕙15:45-17:00 UK

Learn more ▶️https://t.co/sm5S6AFao0 #SLAPPS23 6/7

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

Jessica Kingsbury provides an overview of what steps can be taken to ensure personal and corporate compliance under the Online Safety Act.

🔗 https://t.co/ISHLwMLKfw .

#OnlineSafetyAct #Compliance #Regulatory #RegulatoryRPC

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

We are delighted to have 46 practice areas & 135 lawyers ranked & recommended in the 2024
@thelegal500 UK Directory.🥇

To read more about our rankings, visit https://t.co/544ET2yOFM.

#Legal500 #Legal500UK #Legal5002024

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

Jessica Kingsbury explores the implications of the Online Safety Bill which will shortly become law in the UK, including: what measures will be introduced and who needs to comply.

🔗https://t.co/OC04SyN9so

#OnlineSafetyBill #Tech #Cybersecurity #MediaLaw

[Susan Coughtrie @skcoughtrie]

In an open letter to the #UK justice secretary Alex Chalk, more than 60 editors, journalists, writers and experts called on the government to include an ‘Anti-#SLAPP Bill’ in the forthcoming King’s Speech.

#SLAPPs https://t.co/gu2I8GI08G

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Lot of nonsense spouted about “trial by media” re Russell Brand.
The media has no power to try and/or convict. Rightly. But it has a responsibility to research, reveal and expose wrongdoing. Which it has in the Brand investigation by @Channel4 @thetimes — responsibly and thoroughly in this case. It is proper journalism which so-called alternative media (like Brand himself these days) has neither the patience nor resource nor expertise to carry it. It just bloviates and spreads conspiracies based on fake news while the much-despised mainstream media still does the necessary heavy lifting.

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

Helen Armstrong, Charles Buckworth and Joshy Thomas bring us up to date on where the UK stands on AI following the release of the #AI White paper in March and looking forward to the AI summit in November.

🔗 https://t.co/VQ36MKWt1Z.

#CommercialDisputes #DisputesPowerhouse

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

In the latest edition of #Take10, our media team take a look at some of the key media law cases of the last few weeks, including Apple suggesting iMessage and FaceTime may be withdrawn from the UK market and more.

👉 https://t.co/zDNev9Z0nM

#MediaLaw #PressFreedom #OpenJustice

[Matrix @MatrixChambers]

The CoA has dismissed the appeal of Dr Wright awarding him nominal £1 damages for libel.
Catrin Evans KC and Ben Silverstone (assisted by Mariyam Kamil) acted for the defendant, Peter McCormack, instructed by @RPCLaw https://t.co/VTELEJEQx2

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

Dr Craig Wright v Peter McCormack

In the Court of appeal - Dr Wright has LOST his appeal and it has been dismissed.

The judges agreed with the decision of Justice Chamberlain to reduce his damages to £1 for putting forward “deliberately false” evidence on serious harm.

[Susan Coughtrie @skcoughtrie]

🚨 Another red letter day for anti-#SLAPP in the UK!

The UK Government has announced an amendment to the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Bill, that would provide protection in England and Wales against #SLAPPs relating to economic crimes. 1/

https://t.co/by0c52qI7T

[ARTICLE 19 @article19org]

👏 We welcome the UK Government's anti-#SLAPP amendment as a promising first step for the country in protecting #FreedomOfSpeech and public interest.

While a positive move, it falls short of safeguarding against all SLAPP actions.
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https://t.co/Oe0hartBRj

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

In the latest edition of #Take10, our media team takes a look at some key media law cases of the last few weeks, including MGN Hacking Litigation, Hugh Grant v News Group and more.

👉 https://t.co/IdEkXXcsXl.

#MediaLaw #PressFreedom #FreedomOfExpression #OpenJustice #MGN

[Rupert Cowper-Coles @mediarupert]

A great result for Charlotte Leslie, but the summary in para 239 of how high the threshold is for striking out abusive libel litigation in common law explains why there is a need for a statutory anti-SLAPP mechanism.

[Rupert Cowper-Coles @mediarupert]

For those following the 'SLAPP' debate, paras 233 - 241 of Mr Justice Nicklin's judgment yesterday striking out Mohamed Amersi's defamation claim against Charlotte Leslie and refusing him the opportunity to replead are worth reading: https://t.co/gZwdwlG9fe

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

ANNOUNCEMENT: OCCRP, @VanceCenter, and partners launch #ReportersShield, a new membership program that will defend media outlets and investigative reporting around the world from legal harassment, including SLAPPs. #WorldPressFreedomDay

https://t.co/hYMkrVcKo4

[RPCLegal @RPCLegal]

In the latest edition of #Take10, our media team takes a look at some key media law cases of the last few weeks, including Prince Harry (again) versus the Media, WhatsApp and Signal's reactions to #OnlineSafetyBill and more.

👉 https://t.co/ww4UkIRCK7

#MediaLaw #PrinceHarry