The solicitor’s duty to check their own client’s social media accounts was considered in Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports & Anor (Re Wasted Costs Order) [2024] EWHC 2415 and has been considered by the courts in Lock v Ravi-Shankar [2021] EWHC 3247 (QB) and been considered in other cases.

This webinar looks at three things in detail:

1. The duty of the lawyer in relation to social media issues;
2. The role of social media in the courts and in evidence in personal injury cases;
3. The ways in which PI lawyers can use social media as a resource to keep up to date in both law and procedure

(Links to useful, blogs, social media accounts and other useful online sources will be provided)

• The solicitor’s duty to the client and the court in relation to social media accounts.
• The use of social media in the courts and how it is being deployed as evidence
• Examining the case law relating to how social media impacts upon both liability, damages and credibility
• How LinkedIn destroyed a witness (and could destroy yours).
• Your client’s social media profile
• Twitter could leave your client bitter
• Facebook in the courts
• Social media and credibility
• What can you tell your client about social media?
• A social media strategy for a personal injury lawyer