Freedom of Expression: Acceptable Limitations on the Media?

The Human Rights Law Centre will host a lunchtime talk by Mark Stephens, media lawyer, on Wednesday 2 March at the University Staff Club, Conference Room (upstairs). He is currently defending Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his extradition case to Sweden.

Mark Stephens is a partner at Finers Stephens Innocent (FSI) in London. He regularly undertakes libel, newsgathering, reporting restrictions, media and anti-counterfeiting work; he has advised clients on taking and defending copyright tribunal cases; comparative work and advice for multinationals and cross jurisdictional media law and regulation, IP rights; moral rights cases and advice including the first in the UK (for Deanna Petherbridge). He has a deep interest and commitment to fundamental human rights and regularly practises before the European Court of Human Rights - principally on freedom of expression issues.

For further information, see Mark Stephen's profile at FSI Law.