Tackling Online Anonymous Defendants - A Legal Toolkit

Introduction

This webinar will cover the legal tools to tackle online anonymous defendants. It will explore what the legal options are to tackle what is an ever increasing and advancing technological landscape, with the law trying to keep a pace with those developments of technology.

It will also explore the caselaw and look ahead to the Online Safety Bill.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Norwich Pharmacal Orders and the recent decision in Davidoff and others v Google [2023]
• What is a Spartacus Order
• What options are available via the CPR
• ‘Persons Unknown’ Orders
• Practical issues of service and enforcement involving persons unknown
• What is a take down request and its practical use

This webinar was recorded on 27th February 2024