5RB

Specialises in media work generally: defamation; malicious falsehood; privacy/confidence; data protection; contempt of court/reporting restrictions; internet; recent cases include: Cliff Richard v BBC [2017] EWHC 1291 (Ch); Lachaux v Lachaux [2017] 4 WLR 57; Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd [2016] QB 402, [2015] EWHC 3677 (QB), [2015] EWHC 915 (QB), [2015] EWHC 620 (QB); BES Ltd v Scrivener [2015] EWHC 2948 (QB); QRS v Beach [2015] 1 WLR 2701, [2015] EWHC 1489 (QB); Dar Al Arkan v Al Refai [2014] EWCA Civ 749; Tamiz v Google Inc [2013] 1 WLR 2151; Cammish v Hughes [2013] EMLR 13. For more details, see www.5rb.com.

Called 1994, Lincoln’s Inn; publications: senior contributing editor ‘Gatley on Libel and Slander’ (12th ed 2013); contributor to ‘The Law of Privacy and the Media’, ed Tugendhat and Christie (OUP 2002; 2015); co-editor, Entertainment & Media Law Reports; accredited mediator. Visiting senior fellow in Law at University of Melbourne, Australia.

French, some Italian.

Stonyhurst College, Lancashire; Jesus College, Cambridge (1991 BA; 1992 MPhil; 1996 MA); City University, London (1993 Dip Law); ICSL.