Thursday, 20 March 2025
Chair
Andrew Munro, Partner, Wardell Chambers
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Defamation Issues in an Entertainment Context
- Key considerations when legalling films, podcasts and books
- Overview of recent cases in Australia and overseas
- How will the proposed privacy tort apply?
Presented by Marlia Saunders, Partner, Thomson Geer
Presenters
Andrew Munro, Partner, Wardell ChambersAndrew holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Waikato and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law in New South Wales. With nearly 15 years of experience as a Principal Lawyer at Slater & Gordon, he has developed extensive expertise in civil, commercial, and consumer litigation. Now a barrister, Andrew has a broad practice that includes commercial disputes, estate litigation, professional negligence, and niche areas like strata disputes and defamation. He appears before all levels of Australian Courts and Tribunals, including regional and remote locations, and is known for his adaptable approach to legal challenges.
Marlia Saunders, Partner, Thomson Geer
Marlia is an experienced media/entertainment, intellectual property and privacy lawyer who has extensive top-tier law firm expertise and a unique client perspective after working as a senior in-house lawyer for many years. She is a Partner in the Media team at national firm Thomson Geer, where she acts for and advises most of Australia’s major media organisations, social media and streaming platforms, large corporates and government bodies. Marlia specialises in defamation, contempt of court, suppression orders, freedom of information and court access applications, confidential information claims, prepublication advice, copyright, consumer law and privacy matters. She has acted in a large number of high profile media and intellectual property disputes; advised on sponsorship, production and licensing deals; and given prepublication advice in relation to newspaper and online articles, television programs, podcasts and marketing/advertising materials. Marlia is on the Executive Committee of the Communications and Media Law Association and the Copyright Society of Australia, and is the National Chair of the Media & Communications Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.
