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Nigel Abbas
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Position
Defamation, privacy and confidence; intellectual property; reporting the courts; pre-publication advice; contempt; copyright; general common law; malicious falsehood; passing off; publishing. Nigel is one of the most experienced and sought-after television content lawyers in the country. Clients range from terrestrial broadcasters, publishers and large international television production companies with in-house legal departments, to small start-up companies, individual writers and artistes. Nigel advises on all aspects of media law (including defamation, privacy, confidence, copyright and contempt) and regulation (PCC, Ofcom), as they affect publishing and the making and broadcasting of television programmes and films in the UK.
Career
Called 1995; Lincoln’s Inn; pupillage 5RB (defamation) and 10 King’s Bench Walk (crime) 1995-96; in-house counsel Channel 4 Legal and Compliance Department 1996-2002; sole practitioner barrister 2002-11; 5RB 2011. Nigel has written a number of articles on media-related issues over the years and is the primary author of Channel 4’s and Channel 5’s ‘Independent Producer Handbook’, a comprehensive practical guide to the best practice, regulation and the law as they apply to the making and broadcasting of both broadcasters’ programmes. Equal in scale and ambition to the ‘BBC Guidelines’, it is now the benchmark for best practice training and is made available in hard copy and online.
Member
Century Members Club.
Education
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle; King’s College, London (1990 BA Hons Maths and Philosophy 2(1)); Guildhall University (1993 CPE); Inns of Court School of Law (1994 BVC).
Leisure
Socialising, exercising, art, design, foreign travel. Assists London-based charities; former Trustee of Crusaid.
Practice Areas
Defamation and privacy; Intellectual property; Media and entertainment
