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Position
Specialises in media and commercial litigation, including defamation, malicious falsehood, contract, agency, publishing, intellectual property, confidence, data protection, privacy, freedom of information and protection from harassment. Cases of note: Bunt v Tilley & ors [2006] 3 All ER 336 – liability of ISPs for libel; Al Amoudi v Brisard & anor [2006] 3 All ER 294 – whether internet posting presumed published; Wakefield v Channel 4 and Ors [2006] EWHC 3289 (QB) – collateral use of documents served during GMC enquiry; Boehringer Ingelheim & ors v Vetplus Limited [2007] FSR 28 & 29 – comparative advertising injunctions, libel and trade marks; Murray v Express Newspapers plc & anor [2008] EMLR 399 – JK Rowling pushchair privacy case; The Author of a Blog v Times Newspapers [2009] EWHC 1358 (QB) – legal enforceability of blogger anonymity; BBC v HarperCollinsPublishers [2010] EWHC 2424 (Ch) – revelation of the identity of Top Gear’s ‘The Stig’.
Career
Articled clerk Richards Butler 1991-1993; solicitor Richards Butler 1993-99; called to the Bar 1999, Lincoln’s Inn; pupil Five Raymond Buildings 1999-2000; tenant 2000 to date; contributor (on data protection) to ‘The Law of Privacy and the Media’, (Oxford University Press 2011); Bar Pro Bono Unit; member, Council of the Inns of Court Disciplinary Tribunal; Deputy District Judge.
Education
University College, Oxford (1990 BA Jurisprudence); College of Law, Chester (1991 LSF); Bar Council Aptitude Test 1999.
Practice Areas
Defamation and privacy; Litigation - commercial; Media and entertainment
