{"id":611,"date":"2024-04-09T03:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/topic\/cyber-bullying-civil-procedures\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:57:54","slug":"civil-procedures","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/topic\/cyberbullying\/civil-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where cyberbullies  commit a civil wrong, such as intimidation, trespass or  defamation,  in carrying out their campaign of harassment, the victim may bring a civil  suit, including a claim for an injunction, in tort. A successful action in tort  will result in an award of damages, and an injunction may be granted to prevent  a repetition of the harassment. <\/p>\n<p>As the term \u201ccyberbullying\u201d is used when the  parties involved are children or teenagers, actions in tort are generally not  an appropriate response to cyberbullies. Victims under 18 years of age cannot start  proceedings in their own names, so the proceedings are conducted in the name of  the victim\u2019s next friend, usually the parent. Questions arise as to whether the  next friend has the time, resources, competence and capacity to pursue the  proceedings. Retaining a solicitor to conduct the proceedings is expensive  unless Legal Aid can be obtained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where cyberbullies commit a civil wrong, such as intimidation, trespass or defamation, in carrying out their campaign of harassment, the victim may bring a civil suit, including a claim for an injunction, in tort. A successful action in tort will result in an award of damages, and an injunction may be granted to prevent a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[9],"class_list":["post-611","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-cyberbullying"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}