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Schillings

41 BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, WC1B 3HX, ENGLAND

What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Dispute resolution

Within Defamation and privacy, Schillings is a first tier firm,

A ‘firm of choice for celebrities’, Schillings is renowned for its strong reputation management practice, fielding a ‘high-quality team’ of five partners with ‘excellent knowledge of defamation and privacy law’; it is ‘highly qualified’ and ‘delivers excellent results’. Its high-profile client base includes names such as Madonna, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Russell Brand, David Walliams and Christiano Ronaldo, and it also acts for corporate clients such as HBOS, Gap, Harrods, Royal Mail Group and Syco. Recommended partners include the ‘expert’ Rachel Atkins; Gideon Benaim; Rod Christie-Miller; John Kelly; and the ‘renowned’ Keith Schilling.

Private client

Within Family, tier 7

Schillings is well known for its celebrity client base, for which it handles divorce and private children matters. Keith Schilling and Rachel Atkins are recommended.

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Media and entertainment, tier 4

Schillings handles image rights, privacy and reputation matters for high-profile recording artists and celebrities. Clients include Madonna and Matt Lucas. Litigator John Kelly specialises in protecting reputations.

Within Sport, tier 6

Schillings, which has a leading practice in defamation and privacy work, represents a number of high-profile sports professionals, and also advises agencies and sponsors.

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  • Fleet Street phone-hacking scandal: a legal perspective

    In the wake of the News of the World ( NoW ) phone-hacking controversy, this article analyses the law on journalistic newsgathering, and the prevalence of illegal activities more widely on Fleet Street, the applicable criminal and civil law, and the remedies available to the wide range of public and non-public figures who suspect they may have been targeted.

    - Schillings

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  • COUNCIL TAX

    In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.
    - 11KBW

  • QUEEN’S SPEECH

    Bills already introduced pursuant to the Queen’s Speech on 9 May 2012 include Local Government Finance Bill and Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, both accompanied by Explanatory Notes, which in each case address ECHR compatibility.
    - 11KBW

  • Standards

    In R (Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin) Mr Calver was a member of Manorbier Community Council who successfully challenged the decision of the Panel to dismiss his appeal against a decision by Prembrokeshire County Council Standards Committee censuring him for a number of comments or blogs posted by him on a website he owned and controlled.
    - 11KBW

  • A justified retrospective

    Clive Sheldon - QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation
    - 11KBW

  • Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)

    In R (Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich LBC [2012] EWCA Civ 496 the Court of Appeal held that the Council had had “due regard to the PSED when making changes to its funding of community legal advice services”. At para 30 Elias LJ said:
    - 11KBW

  • Public Sector Equality Duty

    Surrey County Council conducted a review of its Library Service. This culminated in a Report to the Council’s Cabinet. The Recommendations in the Report included that there should be consultation about a community-partnership approach at selected Libraries.
    - 11KBW

  • Judicial Review

    The Judgment of Lindblom J in The Manydown Co Ltd v Basingstoke and Deane BC [2012] EWHC 977 (Admin) repays attention. The Claimant sought to challenge by judicial review 2 decisions of the Council: (1) the Council’s refusal to reconsider its position on the development of a site that it owns (and is the subject matter of a Joint Development Partnership Agreement with the Claimant); and (2) a decision of the Council’s Cabinet approving a selection of sites for development which did not include this site.
    - 11KBW

  • The Health and Social Care Act 2012: impact on adult social services

    After its torrid passage through Parliament, the Health and Social Care Bill received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012. The Act deals principally with healthcare reform, but it also contains some amendments to the legislative framework for social care. It will come into force on a day yet to be appointed by the Secretary of State.
    - 11KBW

  • Immigration update May 2012

    In this issue:
    - Penningtons Solicitors LLP

  • Premium service for tier 2 and 5 sponsors to be launched

    A premium service for sponsors will be launched by the UKBA on 6 April 2012. The service is designed specifically for companies that sponsor international employees under tier 2 and 5 of the points based system and aims to provide them with enhanced support.
    - Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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