Persephone Bridgman Baker

Carter-Ruck

Persephone is a media and reputation management specialist. Her work encompasses defamation and privacy in pre-publication and post-publication disputes against major newspapers and other publishers. Her practice also deals with blackmail, harassment, data protection and intellectual property.

Persephone has a particular interest in social media issues including online harms and privacy surrounding the key platforms. She appeared in The Times providing her legal insight into online abuse.

Persephone is a Senior Associate at Carter-Ruck, who have acted in many of the recent leading cases in these fields including the landmark cases of PJS v. News Group Newspapers [2016], (1) NT1 and (2) NT2 v. Google LLC [2018] and Richard Burgon MP v. News Group Newspapers [2019]. Persephone’s experience also includes numerous unreported confidential cases as well as breach of confidence and trade secrets disputes including cases involving corporate fraud.

Persephone has been highlighted as an ‘Associate to Watch’ by Chambers and Partners where Carter-Ruck is ranked Band 1: “"Persephone is superb - she knows her mind and gets on very well with clients. She's just excellent in this field." "Highly professional and very client-focused." Persephone is also ranked in the Legal 500 and the Spears Reputation Management Index 2021. She recently appeared as a panellist at the 2021 Spears Wealth Insight Forum providing her insights on reputation management and privacy issues surrounding modern families and the future of HNW divorce.

Persephone regularly comments on current legal affairs in the press, and appears on television and radio for the BBC.

Persephone trained and qualified at Allen & Overy LLP and read Law at the University of Cambridge.

Practice Area

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2012

Experience

Allen & Overy LLP (2010 - 2015)
Maurice Turnor Gardner (2009 - 2010)

Qualifications

Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings) (2017)
Postgraduate Diploma, Intellectual Property Law and Practice (2013)
Legal Practice Course (2009)
Master of Arts MA Law (2008)

Education

University of Oxford (2013)
University of Cambridge (2008)

1 Contributions by Persephone Bridgman Baker

PRACTICE NOTES

Social Media: UK Criminal Offences, Civil Remedies and Platform Liability—OSA 2023, CPS Guidance, Defamation, Privacy, Data Protection, IP, DMCCA 2024, CAP Code, and EU DSA Considerations

The opening part of this Practice Note identifies criminal offences linked to content posted on social media platforms, such as: trolling cyberbullying virtual mobbing cyberstalking flaming creating fake social media accounts It further covers communications offences, CPS Guidance, substantive offences that may involve social media, and certain offences under the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023). The second part addresses civil causes of action that might arise, including: defamation misuse of private information civil harassment data protection infringement of intellectual property (IP) rights consumer protection and advertising regulations disinformation practical ways to bring an action the ‘right to be forgotten’ and to ‘erasure’ Brexit This Practice Note concentrates on UK social media offences and claims, while indicating where the European position is relevant for UK-based practitioners and noting key areas of divergence. It also refers to EU judgments to the extent they relate to the UK position. For guidance on whether judgments of the Court of Justice bind UK courts, see Practice Note: Assimilated law. The OSA 2023 and the EU...

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