ReviewSolicitors' policy on reporting defamatory content

Statements that are true or that reflect an honest opinion (e.g. negative review) are not usually themselves a basis for defamation. You should carefully consider the facts before you make a claim (and take legal advice if in doubt), as a false claim may expose you to liability.

ReviewSolicitors reserves the right to ask for verification of your identity and to seek further information from you to clarify the basis of your claim. Please note that ReviewSolicitors may not be able to investigate claims that are anonymous or incorrectly addressed or do not provide sufficient information in the form of the Notice set out below. We will use reasonable efforts to identify defamatory content when notified but cannot be responsible where you have failed to provide all the relevant facts or where these facts cannot be ascertained. Any personal data you provide to us will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy; please review this before sending personal data to us.

Warning: Any statement you make may be used in court proceedings. Any false, misleading or inaccurate information provided by you may result in civil and criminal liability.

If you wish to notify ReviewSolicitors of an allegedly defamatory statement contained on this website please complete the ‘Notice to ReviewSolicitors of Defamatory Content’ below, and send a signed and dated copy to:

ReviewSolicitors
Aspect House
Bennerley Road
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG6 8WR

Or email a scanned copy to - support@reviewsolicitors.com

You must also include a postal address, your daytime telephone number and an e-mail address so that ReviewSolicitors may respond to the Notice.

Notice to ReviewSolicitors of Defamatory Content

I [state your full name] of [state your postal address, daytime telephone number and email address], say as follows:

  1. I refer to the website [**please insert the relevant ReviewSolicitors website (e.g. www.reviewsolicitors.co.uk)**\] (the “Website”) and now give notice to ReviewSolicitors that via its Website it is causing or contributing to the publication of a defamatory statement.
  2. The relevant statement appears on the Website at [URL required. please cut and paste the posting in which the relevant statement appears and the address of the relevant web page from the Website where the defamatory words appear].
  3. The words I consider to be defamatory are: [please repeat the exact words appearing on the Website which you are complaining about].
  4. I submit that these words are defamatory because [please state why you consider these words to be defamatory].
  5. The defamatory words are untrue because [please state why the words complained of are untrue and what you believe the true position is].
  6. I confirm that I do not have sufficient information about the person who posted the statement to bring proceedings against that person
  7. I do/do not [delete as appropriate] consent to my name and/or email address being provided to the poster
  8. [If the person making the statement is acting on behalf of the claimant, please include the following statement: I am authorised to act on behalf of the claimant. The [person/entity] claiming that words are defamatory is [please state the name and address of the person/entity] (“Complainant”). I am [please explain the relationship of the signatory to the Complainant]].

I declare that the above claim to be true, and understand that this notice may be used in any subsequent court proceedings relating to the above defamation complaint.

Signed:

Dated: