Description
This seminar will examine the Defamation Act 1957 in the context of a rapidly evolving digital landscape, where online platforms present unique legal challenges. It will explore how traditional defamation principles apply to modern digital communication, emphasising the diverse nature of publication across platforms like social media, blogs, and messaging apps.
Key topics include:
The Nature of Online Platforms
- Analyse how platform-specific factors affects issues of identification, publication and re-
publication;
- The meaning of defamatory; and
- The extent of liability of the publisher and the re-publisher.
Speaker
Izral Khairy hails from Jalan Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur where he attended the Cochrane Road School. He won a place to study law in King’s College London under a Public Service Department
sponsorship. He graduated in 1995.
Izral helms Izral Partnership and has been in active practice since 1997. He regularly acts for media organisations in Malaysia on libel and slander matters.
Izral is recognised locally and internationally. He is ranked and recognised as a “Leading Individual” in the dispute resolution practice in Malaysia by Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific in 2023.Izral and his partner Tharminder have grown their firm into a medium-sized practice with a focus in commercial dispute resolution and investigations.
Izral advises multinational corporations, publicly listed companies, and high-net-worth individuals on complex legal issues related to fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, directors and shareholders disputes, contractual conflicts, negligence, defamation, schemes of arrangements, and challenges faced by distressed companies.
Terms and Conditions
Event Policy
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- There will be no refunds for cancellations made fewer than seven working days before the session but substitutions are allowed.
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Transferral
You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details.
Attendance
CPD points will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.
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