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Jonathan Barnes KC

Jonathan Barnes KC

5RB, London

Position

Specialises in media and commercial litigation, including defamation, malicious falsehood, contract, agency, publishing, intellectual property, confidence, data protection, privacy, freedom of information and protection from harassment.

Career

Articled clerk Richards Butler 1991-1993; solicitor Richards Butler 1993-99; called to the Bar 1999, Lincoln’s Inn; pupil Five Raymond Buildings 1999-2000; tenant 2000 to date; contributor (on data protection) to ‘The Law of Privacy and the Media’, (Oxford University Press, 2016); contributing author to Blackstone’s Guide To The Defamation Act 2013; Bar Pro Bono Unit; Deputy District Judge; Recorder (Crime), MCIArb.

Education

University College, Oxford; 1990 BA (Hons) Jurisprudence.