Maintaining a positive reputation is crucial for any business, as it influences customer engagement and ultimately impacts profitability. At Achieve Legal, we are dedicated to helping you protect and preserve your business’s reputation.
Defamation laws are designed to shield businesses from false claims that harm their reputation, whether these claims are spoken (slander) or written (libel).
For example, in today’s digital age, where online reviews are constantly being posted, businesses can become targets of false allegations from dissatisfied customers. These false claims can severely impact a business’s cash flow, growth, and overall reputation which can potentially deter new or repeat customers.
Such false allegations might appear on social media, business review platforms like Trust Pilot or Google Reviews, or even in newspaper articles.
Defamation is where statements are made, are such that it damages or harms your personal or business reputation. From ordinary Joe in the street through to dealing with household name celebrities, we have capable experience in dealing with such matters and these can include;
- Unjustly negative, scathing or false feedback left on Trip or so-called ‘watchdog’ websites
- False claims made on online auction or trading platforms
- Online discussion platforms (such as chatgroups, forums, news sites, gossip sites)
- Twitter and Facebook abuse
- Instagram abuse
- Internet trolling
- Unfair or insulting comments, doctored photos, ‘deep fake’ or ‘Memes’
- Revenge Porn postings
- Online stalking
- Digital Hate Mail
- Scandalous and defamatory allegations or statements made in print (reports, letters or news media)
- Unsavoury and untruthful comments, words or inferences made in drawings, films or street art
- Defamatory comments made on radio, in song lyrics, poems or made verbally.
The crucial aspect is to contact us quickly with details of any actions you feel are defamatory and affect your business or personal reputation. We can advise of action you may be able to take, to minimise damage and protect your reputation. There are a number of options available with Cease and Desist notices, take-down notices, intervention with ISPs (internet service providers), domain hosts, publishers and of course, the individuals themselves.
We can advise on the remedies which include setting the record straight, apology and also financial damages (compensation). Our asupport is aimed at gaining the very best outcome for you if you are the victim of defamatory behaviour.
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We also have experience advising on a range of commercial issues, such as prohibition notices, breaches of undertakings in contracts, harassment, action requiring specific performance, halting the publishing of stories or articles, non-molestation orders and stalking. We work alongside other carefully selected legal practitioners, we can introduce if Court action is required.