Caroline Thompson

Litigation and Arbitration.

Caroline's practice is varied and covers both commercial disputes and media law issues, acting for international and domestic clients.

On the commercial side, Caroline has a particular focus on professional negligence claims and acts for claimants and defendants. This is fairly unusual in the professional negligence field, and ensures that she is well-placed to anticipate and understand how an opponent's legal team intend to approach a dispute. On the defendant side, she specialises in defending barristers facing negligence actions, acting on a number of high value cases for Bar Mutual’s insureds. Caroline has experience of litigating in both the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal.

As part of the media and reputation team, Caroline regularly advises individuals and companies in relation to media and information law issues including: defamation; misuse of private information; breach of confidence and data protection. She acted for a number of high profile claimants in the ‘phone-hacking’ litigation against both News Group Newspapers and Mirror Group Newspapers and continues to have a particular focus on privacy law issues and the legal issues accessing from unauthorised accessing of private and confidential information.

In 2017, Caroline was listed as a Next Generation lawyer in the Legal 500 professional directory in the field of professional negligence and has subsequently been listed as a Rising Star in that category. Previous feedback for Caroline in the Legal 500 includes the following: 'the experienced and practical Caroline is one to watch', ‘one to watch, providing really skilful and measured input’ and she has been recognised for her ‘quick grasp of the detail’.

Caroline frequently works with clients to seek to resolve disputes before any formal legal proceedings are commenced. Where legal action is ongoing, she retains focus on settlement and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options, including mediation, where appropriate and in line with the client’s objectives.

Caroline speaks Italian and Spanish, and regularly acts for Italian clients.