I recently made a "mean" remark to a well known person with significant media profile on Twitter. They responded by tweeting about me, in which:
- They made a wildly inaccurate claim that presented me in a very poor light
- They tagged my company (a publicly listed company with several thousand employees)
- They tagged the CEO of my company
The following day the CEO, having seen the tweet, contacted my boss and told him to tell me not to engage with this person on Twitter again, because this person was a friend of theirs. Please note that I have never referred to my employment or employer on Twitter. It is not in my profile. The person looked me up on LinkedIn. They have 100k+ followers.
I contacted several solicitors about this.
Two of them came back to me and said the action was defamatory, but there was no guarantee I could win a case, and that I would have to accept 50/50 odds.
A third (who seemed a bit odd) told me I shouldn't be annoying people on Twitter ( I ignored him ).
Of the former two, one indicated that he had a barrister interested in the case. I didn't hear from him for several weeks. He then got back to me to say the barrister hadn't responded, but he now had another barrister involved. That was 3 weeks ago, and I haven't heard anything. I emailed looking for an update last week, but got no reply.
This week I tried a few more defamation solicitors. One got back with a 1 liner: we are unable to help you. No reply from the others.
Can anyone give me any advice here? I have a good job and good income and have no difficulty in paying legal fees. I have said this to all the solicitors.
I keep reading about people going to High Court because they were called a name by a bus driver or thrown out of pub. My reputation with my employer, my CEO and my boss has been seriously impaired, and I can't seem to get any help. I'm not looking for a pay out. I just want this person to correct their tweet, apologise and inform my employer.
- They made a wildly inaccurate claim that presented me in a very poor light
- They tagged my company (a publicly listed company with several thousand employees)
- They tagged the CEO of my company
The following day the CEO, having seen the tweet, contacted my boss and told him to tell me not to engage with this person on Twitter again, because this person was a friend of theirs. Please note that I have never referred to my employment or employer on Twitter. It is not in my profile. The person looked me up on LinkedIn. They have 100k+ followers.
I contacted several solicitors about this.
Two of them came back to me and said the action was defamatory, but there was no guarantee I could win a case, and that I would have to accept 50/50 odds.
A third (who seemed a bit odd) told me I shouldn't be annoying people on Twitter ( I ignored him ).
Of the former two, one indicated that he had a barrister interested in the case. I didn't hear from him for several weeks. He then got back to me to say the barrister hadn't responded, but he now had another barrister involved. That was 3 weeks ago, and I haven't heard anything. I emailed looking for an update last week, but got no reply.
This week I tried a few more defamation solicitors. One got back with a 1 liner: we are unable to help you. No reply from the others.
Can anyone give me any advice here? I have a good job and good income and have no difficulty in paying legal fees. I have said this to all the solicitors.
I keep reading about people going to High Court because they were called a name by a bus driver or thrown out of pub. My reputation with my employer, my CEO and my boss has been seriously impaired, and I can't seem to get any help. I'm not looking for a pay out. I just want this person to correct their tweet, apologise and inform my employer.