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Reputation management

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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The reputation management and privacy team at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP encompasses a wide range of focus areas, including defamation, misuse of private information, harassment and data protection. Social media is another growing area of expertise. Jeremy Clarke-Williams advises on defamation, breach of confidence and misuse of private information matters, and co-leads the team with Adele Ashton, who has a strong track record acting for both claimants and defendants on issues concerning privacy, defamation and data protection.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Penningtons is a leading claimant firm for media and data protection matters, with a good depth of solicitors and know-how in bringing claims in this sector. They are an impressive group.’

  • ‘Jeremy Clarke-Williams and Adele Ashton are both seasoned media professionals with top notch judgment.’

  • ‘Adele Ashton is a standout person and our main contact there. Very accessible, knowledgeable and down to earth.’

  • ‘Jeremy Clarke-Williams and his team have extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of media law, and they are easy to deal with.’

  • ‘Jeremy Clarke-Williams and Adele Ashton are both technically very good, and as individuals, they are both likeable and helpful.’

  • ‘Adele Ashton - superb lawyer and gives clients expert knowledge and advice. Able to consider and deploy the wider issues in a case that will assist in settlement and best resolving the client's ultimate aims.'

  • 'Jeremy Clarke-Williams - a doyen in the field of media law and widely respected by all. Huge experience which he puts to great use.’

Key clients

  • Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW)
  • Christ Church, Oxford
  • Communications Workers Union (CWU)
  • TWI Ltd
  • Wellington College

Work highlights

  • Represented a number of corporate defendants, primarily based in the US, who had been the subject of claims in respect of the placing of cookies on claimants' systems.
  • Acting in a number of group claims on behalf of individuals who have had their privacy and data protection rights infringed.

Lawyers

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Jeremy Clarke-Williams
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Jeremy is head of the reputation management team specialising in defamation, privacy, data protection, confidentiality and harassment.Acted for PC Toby Rowland in his successful libel action against Andrew Mitchell MP (the ‘Plebgate’ case); for Peter Cruddas, CEO of CMC Markets and former Treasurer of the Conservative Party in his successful libel action against the Sunday Times and two of its journalists; for Carmarthenshire County Council in its successful defence of a libel action brought by Jacqueline Thompson and in the successful counterclaim for libel damages by its Chief Executive, Mark James; and for Robert Murat in successful libel claims against the Sun on Sunday, Daily Mail, Express and Daily Star. Has advised the Police Federation, the NASUWT and the League Managers’ Association and their members on defamation and privacy matters for many years. Publications of note: ‘A Practical Guide to Libel and Slander’ (with Lorna Skinner) (2003 – Butterworths/Lexis Nexis); defamation contributor to ‘Civil Court Service’ (published annually by Lexis Nexis)

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jeremy Clarke-Williams, Adele Ashton

Other key lawyers

Elisabeth Mason

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