Position

Barrister with a wide range of experience and practices in all areas of media and information law (including defamation, privacy and confidence, data protection, freedom of information, harassment, contempt, reporting restrictions, pre-publication advice and copyright).   She has represented a wide range of clients, including the Core Participant Victims in the Leveson Inquiry, Actors, Sports men/women, Members of Parliament, Local Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Law Firms,  and media publishers. 

Recent Cases include:

Rebekah Vardy v Colleen Rooney [2021] EWHC 1888 (acting for the Claimant in her high profile libel claim); Various Claimants v NGN (acting for the Claimant Group in the phone hacking litigation in relation to The News of the World and The Sun); Sicri v Associated Newspapers [2020] EWHC 3541 (acting for Claimant in his successful privacy claim against the Mailonline); ZXC v Bloomberg [2020] EWCA 611 (acting for Claimant is his successful privacy claim which established the general right not to be named as a suspect of crime); Banks v Cadwalladr [2019] EWHC 3451 (acting for Arron Banks in his libel claim against the journalist Carole Cadwalladr in respect of allegations made in her Ted Talk).”

Education

Leeds University (LLB (Hons) (First Class)).

Mentions

London Bar

Data protection

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Sara Mansoori KC – Matrix Chambers 'A leader in her field. Clients love her and judges listen to her.'

London Bar

Defamation and privacy

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Sara Mansoori KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Extremely hard-working and brilliant drafter, very good with clients and a pleasure to work with.’