Company & Staff Harassment Lawyers

Is someone harassing your organisation or staff? Our experts can help you to assess the pattern of behaviour and consider your next steps.

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Our reputation management lawyers are experts in dealing with harassment, online abuse, defamation and threats made by customers, ex-employees and others towards companies and their staff.

Depending on the circumstances, this could involve making contact with the person involved, formulating responses to false allegations, addressing online content, dealing with journalists or considering court action.

We’re here to help you think through the practical consequences of each option. Our experience includes advising businesses, organisations, schools, public figures and professionals facing sustained unwanted attention.

We understand that these situations rarely stay neatly online or offline. A social media post can lead to a physical confrontation. A complaint can become a media story. In times like these, you need clear, practical advice that takes the whole picture into account.

Our team is recognised in the Top Tier of the Legal 500 (the leading legal directory) for media and entertainment matters, thanks to our "strong expertise in defamation and privacy". We also won the award for Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year at The Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards 2026.

If you’re being targeted, don’t delay — reach out to us today for a confidential, no commitment conversation. Simply tell us what’s happened, who’s affected and what you want to achieve. We’ll take it from there and help you to work out the right next steps.

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What counts as company or staff harassment?

Any dispute with a customer, stakeholder or citizen campaigner can become more serious when the contact doesn’t stop.

Repeated messages, hostile posts, confrontations at your premises, vexatious complaints to authorities or approaches to journalists — we’ve seen it all. Such issues can leave your people exposed and it’s hard to know exactly how to respond.

A harassment campaign may involve defamatory allegations, threats, the misuse of private information or a combination of different actions. While criticism and complaints aren’t automatically unlawful, some behaviours can cross the line.

We’ll help you to understand the options available and take action in a way that has the best chance of success. Our priorities are to protect your people and reputation.

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Specialist harassment lawyers

Our team is led by Partner Nick McAleenan — a reputation management and communications law expert who advises on tackling harassment, trolling and disinformation, alongside a range of other disputes that arise from online and social media publications or matters involving broadcasters, newspapers, citizen campaigners, pressure groups and influencers.

Nick successfully represented the headteacher of a high-performing school in a harassment claim against parents of former pupils and secured the UK’s first reported settlement relating to a political 'deepfake'.

Nick is a member of the Legal 500’s prestigious Hall of Fame, which recognises lawyers at the very top of the profession. He has also featured in The Lawyer’s ‘Hot 100’, a list of “the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers”.

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“Known for its strong expertise in defamation and privacy, Brabners handles a broad suite of cases involving malicious falsehood, invasion of privacy, harassment and online abuse. Nick McAleenan is an expert in reputation management, having acted in cases involving newspapers, trade unions and campaigners.”
The Legal 500

“Nick McAleenan has significant knowledge of media and communications claims, with experience in handling cases concerning phone-hacking, data protection, smear campaigns and submissions to the Leveson Inquiry.”
The Legal 500 2025

“Brabners' [commercial litigation] team earns praise for its involvement in high-profile matters, including the 'Wagatha Christie' trial. The team is headed up by the ’bright, proactive and commercially savvy’ Paul Lunt, who is noted for his focus on media and sports disputes, shareholder disputes, contractual and professional negligence claims.”
The Legal 500 2025