Emma is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Media & Communications Disputes teams. She has gained litigation experience with specific involvement advising on high profile media, content and publishing matters.
Emma regularly acts in libel, privacy and data protection cases, advising both individuals and organisations, such as newspapers and book publishers. Emma has gained particular expertise in data protection law, from both a journalistic and regulatory perspective. She has recently carried out a placement at Meta where she conducted litigation across EMEA. Emma also assists on complex commercial litigation matters and corporate disputes, with specific experience in freezing injunctions and search and seizure orders.
Emma is a member of the firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility group.
Legal 500, 2022“Senior Associate Emma Linch is cool under pressure.”
Legal 500, 2023“Emma Linch is a rising star.”
This morning, as I was scrolling through my news feeds, I came across two articles regarding jurors, highlighting just how archaic and dangerous the law in this country and the US can be.
Read moreIn a recent decision, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, delivered its judgment in Sanchez v France. This remarkable decision held a French far-right politician, Julien Sanchez, liable as a "producer" for hate speech published by third parties on his public Facebook page.
Read moreI watched The Masked Scammer on Netflix recently which tells the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the most notorious and successful scam artists in French history. I became intrigued by this conman's audacious scams after listening to the excellent 9-part Wondery podcast 'Persona: The French Deception'.
Read moreOur Media & Communications Disputes team were pleased to act for Channel 4 and ITN in their successful defence of a hard-fought libel claim by Dyson. The win is a victory for investigative journalism and freedom of expression.
Read moreThe Government describes the Online Safety Bill as its way of making the UK “the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression”, but could the Bill’s attempts to protect freedom of expression actually provoke censorship?
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