Smith v Trafford Housing Trust [2012] EWHC 3221 (Ch)

Social Media: Twitter trouble

In light of recent case law, Stephanie Creed considers ways to minimise the risk of reputational damage to organisations from comments posted online by employees ‘Employees often fall into the trap of thinking that, when tweeting from a personal account and not mentioning their employer, those tweets are outside the scope of their employment obligations. …

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Social Media: Confidential – read all about it

David von Hagen and Louise Lawrence offer advice on how to avoid problems with social media ‘Legal advisers should ensure employers have an effective social media policy. This needs to set out clearly, with examples, what behaviour outside work they consider is and is not acceptable, to ensure their reputation is protected.’ We like to …

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