Event Details
The webinar will focus on what a Personal Injury lawyer should know about the legal framework under which tort liability for online harms will be assessed, the circumstances in which a social media site might be liable for harms suffered by its users, and the changes which future legislation might bring.
Provisional agenda
The nature and extent of online harms, including:- Ofcom’s 2019 research on internet users experiences of harms online
- Medical research
- Individual case studies
- Judicial commentary
- The e-Commerce Directive
- Stress at work
- Assumption of responsibility
- Misuse of personal information
- Intentional infliction of psychiatric injury
- The Online Harms White Paper
Agenda
14:00 – 15:00
Speakers
- Adela Carrasco, Senior Associate, DWF
- Jack Macaulay, Barrister, Crown Office Chambers