Mathilde Groppo

Carter-Ruck

Mathilde is a Senior Associate in the Media Litigation team at Carter-Ruck. Her practice encompasses all aspects of media law. She advises both claimants and defendants, individuals, charities and corporations, often acting against multiple defendants. She has been the lead associate in a number of recent media cases, obtaining the publication of various apologies and corrections, and several payments of 5 figure and 6 figure damages for her clients; and she assisted on various successful injunctions which were converted into permanent undertakings to the Court and into a permanent injunction. She is highlighted as a key lawyer and a rising star in the Legal 500.

Practice Area

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2017

Experience

Carter-Ruck (2017 - Present)
Linklaters LLP (2016 - 2016)
Bird & Bird (2016 - 2016)

Membership

Franco-British Lawyers Society

Qualifications

CAPA (2017)
PhD (2015)
LLM in Comparative Law (2011)
Maitrise en droit (2010)
LLB in English and French Law (2010)

Education

Ecole de Formation des Barreaux de la Cour d’Appel de Paris (2017)
King’s College London (2015)
McGill University (2011)
Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne (2010)
King’s College London (2010)

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PRACTICE NOTES

Protecting reputation beyond defamation: malicious falsehood, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, data protection, harassment, negligent misstatement, copyright—strategy, jurisdiction and damages (England and Wales)

Relationship between causes of action for reputational damage claims which may provide alternatives to a defamation claim This Practice Note explores how other causes of action connected to reputational harm may operate as alternatives to a defamation claim. It examines malicious falsehood, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, contraventions of data protection legislation, harassment and negligent misstatement. Defamation remains the core route for safeguarding reputation. In essence, such a claim arises where material is communicated to third parties that diminishes the claimant in the eyes of reasonable members of the public, carrying an allegation capable of causing serious harm to their reputation, and where no defence in law applies. For further detail, see Practice Note: Defamation. In certain situations, it can be appropriate—and sometimes necessary—to pursue a different cause of action, potentially against a person other than the original publisher. Care is required to avoid re-labelling what is truly a defamation claim, since that may expose the claimant to strike-out risk. It is nonetheless helpful to understand: the types of claim which are commonly used to protect reputation the relationship ...

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