Mediation examples:

• defamation and malicious falsehood claims arising out of a radio broadcast;

• a dispute arising out of publication in print and online of allegations of professional misconduct;

• a dispute arising out of comments posted on a website;

• a dispute between two competitors in a small market sector arising out of an alleged malicious falsehood;

• an unfair dismissal claim brought by a senior employee arising out of alleged protected disclosures, also involving a defamation claim;

• a dispute arising out of the publication, in print and online, by a faith based organisation, of an article suggesting that certain beliefs were held by a high profile member of a community;

• a defamation action against an operator of a website following a preliminary issues hearing on the natural and ordinary meaning of a number of statements and whether they were statements of fact or expressions of opinion (and whether the basis of the opinion was indicated), raising issues of whether the defendant was an author, editor or publisher; 'serious harm' and various other issues under the Defamation Act 2013 and the Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013.
  a defamation claim arising out of a number of posts on a website met by a closely related counterclaim for harassment given that a number of imputations complained of related to allegations of harassment;

• a defamation claim arising out of a number of posts on a website met by a closely related counterclaim for harassment given that a number of imputations complained of related to allegations of harassment;