Chambers of Desmond Browne QC and Adrienne Page QC
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Position
Specialises in media, entertainment, (tele)communications and sport; cases include: Far Out Productions Inc v Water Music (copying dispute over TV ads); Barrett v Universal-Island Records Ltd (contracts, copyright disputes concerning musical rights of Bob Marley and the Wailers); Universal v Flextech (acting for Universal in dispute over UK rights in ‘The Jerry Springer Show’); Arief v Celador (acting for Celador in a dispute over game show licence); Bedford v The Number (acting for former athlete in dispute over image rights in 118 adverts); Jackson v Granada (acting for Michael Jackson in his dispute with Granada over the Martin Bashir interview and the rights in the film footage); Ludlow v Williams (acting for Robbie Williams in music publishing dispute); A v B plc, sub nom Flitcroft v MGN (acting for Gary Flitcroft in his privacy dispute with The People newspaper concerning his extra-marital affairs); Allason and Anr v Random House UK Ltd (acting for Random House in its copyright dispute with the ex-Tory MP over the memoirs of the late John Cairncross).
Career
Called 1981, Middle Temple; barrister in practice for 25 years; Chartered Arbitrator FCI Arb; mediator on CEDR’s panel of mediators; member of Licensing Committee of the British Horseracing Authority; legal assessor in doctors’ disciplinary cases under Medical Act 1983; co-author ‘The Law of Privacy and the Media’ (OUP).
Education
Westminster School; Cambridge (1979 MA Modern Languages); City University, London (1980 Dip Law); Bar Finals 1981.
Leisure
Sports. Fellow, Royal Geographical Society.
Practice Areas
Media and entertainment; Mediation; Sport
