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How to Avoid Getting Sued: Right to Reply/Invitations to Comment

Pre-publication Right to Reply (R2R) and Invitation to Comment (ITC) are a key part of the investigative journalist’s armoury. It is important that journalists are aware of this and how best to deploy them.
In this class you will learn:
– the importance legally and ethically of the R2R and ITC processes;
– how to draft R2Rs and ITCs;
– strategy around timing and responding to them.

 

26 June 2025 – How to Avoid Getting Sued: Right to Reply/Invitations to Comment

10:20–11:20

Gill Phillips

Gill Phillips is a solicitor who works as an editorial legal consultant for a number of NGOs and not-for-profits, advising on a range of content-related matters including defamation, privacy, contempt of court and reporting restrictions.
  • 26 June 2025 10.20–11.20
Location: PSH 326
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