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Defamation/Reputation Management - Scotland

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What the Team is Known For

Brodies is a highly reputable firm with a broad defamation practice, acting for a range of broadcasters, publishers and public bodies. The team provides further experience to high-profile individuals, including MPs and journalists.

Work Highlights

  • Brodies continued to provide legal advice to BBC Scotland journalists and current affairs staff.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Christine O'Neill
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Christine O'Neill
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Christine O'Neill KC is one of Scotland's most august lawyers. She acts for leading names in broadcasting and online media as well as individuals and public authorities on the full span of media law and reputation management matters.

Christine is the leading Scottish public lawyer of her generation for litigation. She is good on her feet during advocacy; she is such an intellectual but is also very intuitive.

Christine is a great lawyer.

Niall McLean
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Niall McLean
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Niall McLean is a partner in the firm's risk, government and compliance team. He is noted in particular for his representation of corporations and public sector institutions in sensitive reputation management, social media and defamation matters.

He nailed it.

Niall was excellent at handling a very difficult and sensitive case.

We could not ask for better from Niall.

Niall is super, very knowledgeable and experienced in Scottish procedure, a specialist that understands case law and the nuances.

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Christine O'Neill KC
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Christine O'Neill KC
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Niall McLean
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Niall McLean
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