Chambers of Andrew Caldecott QC
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Andrew Caldecott QC
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Position
Specialises in defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, contempt of court and media law generally. Frequently advises clients in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Recent cases include: Spiller v Joseph (Supreme Court – libel – representing media interveners); Batturina v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA – libel); Ajinomoto v Asda (CA malicious falsehood – Supreme Court granted permission to appeal); R v Morley & ors (CA reporting restrictions – MP’s expenses trial); Dee v Telegraph (libel); Horlick v Associated Newspapers (libel – meaning); Shovell & anor v Adventis Group plc & anor (libel); Budu v BBC (libel); North London Central Mosque v Policy Exchange & anor (libel); Sir Stelios Haji-Ionnou v Dixon & Regus Group (libel); AG v MGN Ltd (contempt); Bray v Deutsche Bank AG (libel); Tesco Stores Ltd v Guardian Newspapers (libel, offer of amends); Dahlan v Al Jazeera Satellite Television (libel); Bond v BBC (libel); Briscoe-Mitchell v Briscoe and Hodder and Stoughton (libel); V M Morrisons v Office of Fair Trading (libel); Martinez v Associated Newspapers (privacy); Dahl v Northern and Shell (data protection, passing off); R v VAC (ex parte BBFC) (judicial review); Moyes v Rooney and Harper Collins (libel); British Board of Film Censorship v The Video Appeals Committee (judicial review); Jeynes v News Group Newspapers (CA libel-meaning); Sir Martin Sorrell & anr v FullSix & ors (libel and privacy); X & Y v Person Unknown (privacy); The Law Society v Department of Constitutional Affairs (Civil Procedure Rules); AG v Pelling (contempt); Armstrong v Times (CA – qualified privilege); Henry v BBC (trial justification and qualified privilege); A v B and C (privacy injunction); AG v Express (contempt); Strachan v Gleaner Co Ltd (Privy Council – qualified privilege); Green Corns Ltd v Claverley Group Ltd (privacy); Naomi Campbell v MGN (House of Lords – privacy/confidence); Bonnick v The Gleaner Company (Privy Council – libel); King v Telegraph (libel/CFAs); Greene v Associated Newspapers (libel injunctions); Armstrong v Times Newspapers (libel); Kearns v General Council of the Bar (libel qualified privilege); the Hutton Inquiry; Lord Ashcroft v Foreign Office (confidence and data protection); Lord Foster v Associated Newspapers (libel); Mawdsley v Guardian Newspapers (libel offer of amends); Blue Underground v British Board of Film Censorship (obscenity); MacIntyre v Kent Police (libel); Alan Campbell v News Group Newspapers (libel damages appeal); Attorney General v Mirror Group Newspapers (Leeds footballers aborted trial) – contempt; Al-Fagih v HH Saudi Research (libel qualified privilege); Carlton Television v News Group Newspapers (libel – justification); Attorney General v Manchester Evening News (re: Thomson and Venables – contempt); MacIntyre v Chief Cons of Kent; Venables v News Group Newspapers (confidence injunction to protect identity of Jamie Bulger’s killers); In Re: X v Y (confidence injunction to protect Mary Bell); Attorney General v BBC (contempt); other cases include: Reynolds v Times Newspapers; Taylor v SFO; Tsikata v News Group Newspapers; Clare v Mirror Group Newspapers; Regan v Taylor.
Career
Qualified 1975, Inner Temple; QC 1994, Bencher 2004; head of chambers since 2007.
Education
Eton College; New College, Oxford.
Practice Areas
Defamation and privacy; Media and entertainment
