Kirsteen MacDonald

Director
Burness Paull

Kirsteen is a director in our Dispute Resolution team and is an experienced commercial litigator specialising in media law. She advises on all aspects of media law, including defamation, privacy, contempt, and reputation management. Having worked as in-house counsel with BBC Scotland, Kirsteen has a unique insight into managing media matters from the perspective of both broadcasters and corporate clients.

Her practice covers contentious media law and she regularly handles court actions, PCC complaints, mediations, arbitrations and other methods of dispute resolution.

CPD & Training with Kirsteen MacDonald:

Developments in Defamation Law Seminar 2022 On-demand

CPD
On-demand
CPD & training events, Seminar|Alternative dispute resolution, Civil court work, Commercial litigation, Discrimination, Human rights, Local government, Parliamentary, Media and entertainment, Mental health, Public sector
In 2021, several important changes were made to the legal framework of defamation law in Scotland by the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021. In this on-demand seminar, our expert speakers will provide an update on the key legislative provisions; engage in discussion about defamation in the modern world of social media and share their expertise of dealing with defamation disputes.