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Justin Charles Neil Rushbrooke
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Position
Specialises in media and entertainment law, in particular libel (including corporate libels), privacy, confidence, contempt, costs/CFAs, contractual disputes and cases involving the internet. Recent/notable cases include: Baturina v Times Newspapers [2011] EMLR 19 (CA); McLaughlin v Lambeth & Khan [2011] EMLR 8; Polonsky v Figes (the Amazon reviews case); Thornton v Telegraph Media Group [2010] EMLR 25; Ambrosiadou v Coward [2010] 2 FLR 1775; Tesco v The Guardian [2009] EMLR 5; Adelson v Associated Newspapers [2008] 1 WLR 585 (CA); Frank Bruno v News Group Newspapers [2007]; Collins Stewart v The Financial Times [2006] EMLR 5; Jameel (Yousef) v Dow Jones [2005] QB 946 (CA); Jameel (Mohammed) v Wall Street Journal [2005] QC 904 (CA); Polanski v Condé Nast Publications Ltd [2005] 1 WLR 579 (HL); Don King v Lennox Lewis & ors [2005] EMLR 4; Maccaba v Lichtenstein [2005] EMLR 109; McManus v Beckham [2002] 1 WLR 2982 (CA); Burstein v Times Newspapers [2001] 1 WLR 579 (CA); Godfrey v Demon Internet [2001] QB 201; Berezovsky v Michaels [2000] 1 WLR 1004 (HL).
Career
Worked for Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd, London 1986-88; called to the Bar 1992, Middle Temple. Contributor to ‘The Law of Privacy and the Media’ (OUP 2002).
Education
Harrow School; Balliol College, Oxford (1986 BA Classics; 1990 BA Law); Inns of Court School of Law.
Leisure
Music, tennis, watching cricket.
Practice Areas
Defamation and privacy; Intellectual property; Media and entertainment
