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Ian Mill KC KC
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial law; media and entertainment law; sports law; intellectual property. Full professional career details can be found at www.blackstonechambers.com.
Career
Qualified 1981; Middle Temple; QC 1999; joint head of Chambers 2004-2012.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Intellectual property
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Ian Mill KC – Blackstone Chambers ‘Ian has a great presence, brilliant analysis, and magnificent judgement.’
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Ian Mill KC – Blackstone Chambers ‘A titan of advocacy who reduces witnesses to rubble.’
London Bar > Media and entertainment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1‘A pre-eminent set in media and entertainment law’, Blackstone Chambers offers ‘a range of high quality practitioners’ who regularly represent major film, theatre and record companies, music and newspaper publishers, and high profile performers. Ian Mill KC, leading Hollie Higgins, is representing the defendant in Holmes v Coldplay, a dispute between the band, which alleges its world tour was mismanaged, and its former manager, which alleges unpaid commissions. Jason Pobjoy is acting for the BBC as the broadcaster continues its internal inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct by DJ Tim Westwood. In Studiocanal v Wild Bunch International, James Segan KC acted for the major French film producer and distributor in the High Court dispute regarding the licensing of Studio Ghibli films to Netflix.
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Ian Mill KC –Blackstone Chambers ‘Tremendously experienced, intelligent, and strategic. Great presence in court.’