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Claire Overman
Work Department
Position
Claire specialises in all aspects of media and information law, including defamation, privacy, data protection and harassment.
She is ranked as a defamation and privacy junior in both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. She accepts instructions on behalf of claimants and defendants.
Career
Year of Call: 2014
Claire has represented clients in the County Court, the High Court, and the Supreme Court. She has also acted in ECtHR and international media cases. Recent clients include: a Premiership football club, several award-winning investigative journalists and journalistic organisations, and a FTSE 100 company.
In addition, Claire has significant experience of providing pre-publication legal and Ofcom advice to publishing houses and a range of national media organisations. She has advised The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, the BBC and Channel 5.
In 2018, Claire was awarded a Pegasus Scholarship to participate in the Paris Bar Exchange. She spent one month attending a variety of court and arbitration hearings, and sat with the media and information team at leading French law firm, Herald.
Before commencing pupillage, Claire was editor and communications manager of the Oxford Human Rights Hub. In 2014, she co-edited the Hub’s inaugural published anthology, “Global Perspectives on Human Rights” and its annual report.
Languages
French
Education
BA (Law with Law in Europe) (First Class Honours), University of Oxford (Keble College)
BCL, University of Oxford (Keble College)
Residential Scholar, Gray’s Inn
Bacon Scholar, Gray’s Inn, 2013-2014
Certificat Supérieur de Droit Français et Européen, Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Defamation and privacy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Claire Overman –Doughty Street Chambers ‘Claire is simply excellent. Her written work is meticulous – crisp and cogently argued. Totally at the top of her game in terms of her intellect and skills.’
London Bar > Data protection
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Claire Overman – Doughty Street Chambers ‘She has in-depth knowledge of data protection and provides level-headed advice.’