United Kingdom agencysocial mediavicarious liability

Monir v Wood

[2018] EWHC 3525 (QB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court (Queen's Bench Division)

Year2018

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A person who delegates the operation of a social-media account to another is liable as principal for defamatory publications made by that agent in the course of operating the account, and cannot escape liability by pointing to instructions the agent breached; he is also liable for continued publication once aware of the material until it is removed.

Area of Law

General

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