Ms Jessica N? Mhain?n:

Absolutely. It is easiest to get cases from journalists so a lot of what we see is from them. Very often, journalists who write to a business to offer a right of reply, saying that they have concerns and asking the business to speak to them, will get a reply from the legal team or a law firm. Several law firms are associated with this practice, particularly in the UK. They will come back and tell the journalists to be aware that, if they continue with their line of investigation, they will face a legal case. That is part of the reason it is very difficult to bring such cases to light. The story is stopped in its tracks right then and there.