Jurisdiction: United Kingdom.

Pages removed from: Interactive Investor

Date of removal: 19 October 2013.

Number of web pages removed: 6.

Additional information: In this project our internet and social media lawyers represented a global gold mining company that became to subject of defamation by a disgruntled shareholder who posted false allegations about the company and its chairman. Initially the PLC responded to the defamatory allegations on the forum but very quickly its board felt that this was only increasing the visibility of the defamation on search results. Some shareholders who viewed the poisonous forum comments started to sell their shares, which became almost worthless. Following our social media solicitor's intervention the posts were removed and the culprit was force to issue an apology. At the same time, our lawyers cleared the internet of dozens of other defamatory posts from other investors forums. The company's shares recovered almost immediately after.