Field Court Chambers

John Critchley specialises in media & entertainment law together with other business law disputes.  This includes copyright & related rights, trade marks, fine arts, contempt of court, music business, film & television, publishing, passing off, confidential information, privacy/misuse of private information, defamation and sports law.

The hallmark of this work is its great variety. John represented London-based independent film production company, the Recorded Picture Company in its successful defence of a contractual claim concerning rights related to 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'. He advised on the ownership of the physical property in the fossil of a dinosaur (for the Russian Academy of Sciences). He also acted in a case concerning title to the physical property in certain letters written by the late Princess of Wales (for James Hewitt).

In addition to representing or advising corporate media rights owners (from television broadcasters to music publishers), periodicals (from The Guardian to The Lawyer) and the like, he has advised or represented many prominent individuals.

Call: 1985

Head of Chambers since 2010

Bencher of Gray’s Inn

LLB (Bristol)