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Yair Cohen
Contact: +44 (0) 207 183 4123. The UK's first internet lawyer, specialising in internet and social media law.
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Who is Yair Cohen
Yair Cohen is an expert international internet law and social media lawyer with the London law firm Cohen Davis
For nearly 25 years, Yair has been championing the rights of women who suffer online abuse by taking on some of the most challenging harassment and online trolling cases and bringing notorious online trolls to justice
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Key cases
The case of Kirat Assi v Simran Kaur Bhogal (Sweet Bobby)
The first successful civil claim relating to catfishing. Yair Cohen acted for Kirat Assi who was catfished for nearly a decade by another woman who created and impersonated more than 50 different characters. Yair won his client damages and a well deserved apology
The case of Lindsey Goldrick Dean
The longest harassment case in UK history, which Yair took on after Mrs Goldrick Dean was harassed online for 13 years by a man she met through a dating website. Yair won his client an damages, vindication and a far overdue apology
The case of Nicola Brookes
The first Facebook injunction in UK history, which Yair took on after Ms Brookes was ruthlessly harassed on Facebook by a group of internet trolls (including an on duty police officer), who intensified their their harassment campaign until their identity was finally unravelled following a ground breaking court order for Facebook disclosure of users’ private information
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2158408/Nicola-Brookes-The-mother-took-trolls.html
The case of GYH v Persons Unknown
The first case in UK history that established that a transgender who was working as an escort to the rich and famous, had a right to keep her transition private in online advertising and on adult reviews websites and discussion forums. Yair took on this case after no other lawyer was willing to. This case remains one of Yair’s favourites
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2018/121.html
The case of DDF v YYZ
The first case in the UK where an injunction against harassment was served on an internet troll via Instagram. The victim in the case was a known figure who had been sent death threats and vile, racist messages.
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/lawyer-in-the-news/online-harassment-injunction-first/5050373.article
The case of pornographer headteacher Mario Rogers
The first case in UK history to disrupt a prolific pornographer who exploited vulnerable homeless men. Yair Cohen took on the case after his client attempted to self-harm, following the posting of pornographic videos of him, which had been taken whilst he was homeless and desperate. As a result of this case a school headteacher, Mario Rogers, was forced to pay compensation and eventually to shut down his entire website network
The case of XLD v KZL
The first case in the UK where the right to a privacy injunction was granted to a Hollywood director after he had been blackmailed by a former personal companion
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/1558.html
The case of Rada-Ortiz v Espinosa-Vadillo
The first case in the UK where the court granted a former female manager at a United Nation’s department in London, an injunction against harassment to stop a former employee who previously had been dismissed by her, to continue harassing her online. She had her own images and personal information published by the defendant who attempted to name and shame her for life
https://www.internetlawcentre.co.uk/online-harassment-injunction-legal-advice
The case of R v Sabine McNeill
The longest sentence ever imposed in the UK on a defendant who was found guilty of online harassment. Yair took on the case under the instructions of two desperate mothers who were under an unprecedented international campaign of online harassment. The police and the CPS refused to investigate or prosecute until a complaint was filed with the DPP who was then forced to take action to protect the women and their children
The case of R v Paul Britton
The first case in UK history where evidence from GoDaddy disclosure order, which was obtained by an independent lawyer, was used to convict an online harasser. It was also the first case in UK history where an online troll was taken to a criminal court for harassment and following his conviction, in the Crown Court he was also sued in a civil court for harassment and defamation. Yair obtained for his client damages and an apology after the defendant was also given prison time
Key speciality
International disclosure orders against website operators and internet companies
Defence against online defamation and privacy breaches
Defence against aggressive campaigns of reputation attacks (personal and corporate)
Background of Yair Cohen
Yair has been involved with the internet since 1997 – first as a web and e-commerce developer and later as a full-time internet law specialist. He is the author of the book ‘The Net Is Closing: birth of the e-police’, which slightly ahead of its time, examined the then current state and the predicted future of the internet in terms of users’ safety and policing.
Yair Cohen is a regular contributor on TV, radio and newspaper and a speaker at national and international internet law conferences, including the Internet Law Leadership Summit, a prestigious discussion group of elite internet law attorneys who meet regularly to exchange views and ideas about the hottest topics, cases and legal developments in internet law around the world.
The latest from Yair
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Upcoming Events
May 2020
The Internet Law Leadership Summit 2020
14 May 2020 - 15 May 2020
The annual gathering of the most prominent internet law lawyers and attorneys from across the world
From 09:00 until 17:00
At Aria Hotel, Las Vegas
April 2020
The Data Protection Practitioners' Conference 2020
06 Apr 2020
The annual ICO conference with Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham CBE
From 08:30 until 17:00
At Manchester Central Convention Complex
https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/is-catfishing-a-crime?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
When you watch a man or a woman being abused-hit- harmed-smacked-degraded or inflicted with pain, in a pornographic film, be sure that they are abused, hit and harmed for real & that they are likely victims of coercion & abusive relationships. @LailaMickelwait #abuseagainstwomen
This is reminiscent of the highly sophisticated and manipulative behaviour in the Sweet Bobby podcast (which I’m half way through). Quite chilling.
Coercive behaviour: Carwyn Roberts controls girlfriend https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60045286
@CyberLawExpert https://youtu.be/Nh8iZ6_mQlQ
If you blame social media for the rise of conspiracy theories, you may want to doublecheck the millennia-long history of anti-Semitism https://bit.ly/33Wdo2E
I feel very humbled to have been asked to act for the family of #ShanannWatts. They are being #harassed on social media by a bunch of #trolls. The family has set up a #crowdfunding page https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice-for-suffering-family/ https://twitter.com/CyberLawExpert/status/1456718523720421384
#ShanannWatts' Brother Has Set Up A Crowdfunder To Support Her Family After Online #harassment
https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-shanann-watts-brother-has-set-up-a-crowd-funder-to-support-her-family-20211105
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