Set Profile > Hogarth Chambers > London, England
Hogarth Chambers Offices
Hogarth Chambers
5 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3RJ
England
Hogarth Chambers > The Legal 500 Rankings
IT and telecoms
IT and telecoms (excluding regulatory) - Leading Juniors
Intellectual property Tier 2
Hogarth Chambers is a specialist IP set that acts in relation to all aspects of the enforcement of IP rights; its members regularly appear in courts at the highest level, including significant recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). For example, Andrew Norris QC, who took silk in 2020, represented Tullianan Burlington in a leading trade mark case that was appealed to the CJEU. Elsewhere in chambers, Roger Wyand QC represented ATB Sales in a logo copyright infringement action, and Nicholas Caddick QC acted in TBD (Owen Holland) v Simons & others, which involved High Court proceedings for infringement of IP rights and conspiracy.
Leading Silks
2020 Silks
Leading Juniors
Jonathan Moss - Hogarth Chambers ‘Very personable and well informed.’
Jamie Muir Wood - Hogarth Chambers ‘More than a match for more senior counsels.’
Media and entertainment (including art and cultural property) Tier 2
A 'go-to set for IP-related matters', Hogarth Chambers is particularly adept at handling copyright, merchandising rights, recording contracts and publishing agreements disputes arising out of the music, publishing, film and television industry. Chambers is praised particularly for its 'good range of counsel', which includes Andrew Norris QC who took silk in 2020 and acted for the BBC in Molavi v BBC, a High Court screenplay copyright claim initially brought against ITV. In another highlight, Jeremy Reed was instructed by Phil McIntyre Entertainment in two High Court claims brought by Faulty Towers in relation to the defendant's production of an interactive "Fawlty Towers" dining experience.Media and entertainment - 2020 Silks
Media and entertainment - Leading Juniors
Defamation and privacy
Leading Juniors
Set overviews: England and Wales
Specialist intellectual property set Hogarth Chambers also has expertise in the IT and media spaces. The set celebrated the elevation of Andrew Norris QC to Queen’s Counsel in March 2020.
Clerks:
Ian Bowie (Chambers Director); Clive Nicholls (Senior Clerk); John Davies (Assistant Clerk); Alistair Luckman (Junior Clerk)
Hogarth Chambers > Set Profile
Hogarth Chambers is reputed for the outstanding legal knowledge and commercial acumen of its members and its friendly and responsive clerking team. It is consistently ranked as a leading set for intellectual property (and media and entertainment) and its members have acted in recent seminal IP cases in the UK.
Hogarth also has a longstanding reputation for chancery and commercial law, as well as expertise in ADR, mediation and arbitration. At Hogarth, the team is committed to providing a high-quality, cost-effective service. Chambers accepts instructions from solicitors, in-house lawyers, patent and trade mark attorneys, foreign lawyers, public access clients and other approved bodies.
The set: Hogarth is one of the largest intellectual property sets in the UK, with QCs and juniors barristers at all levels of seniority and expertise. They appear as advocates in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, the High Court, the Patents County Court, the criminal courts, the UK IPO, the Copyright Tribunal and Lands Tribunal. Members also have in-depth experience of EU courts, regularly appearing before the Court of Justice of the European Union and the General Court in Luxembourg, and the European Patent Office in Munich.
Types of work undertaken: Hogarth specialises in all aspects of IP including patents, copyright, designs, trade marks, passing off, and entertainment and media. Chambers also specialises in related areas such as confidential information, privacy, IT litigation, domain name disputes, franchising, character merchandising, trade libel, freedom of information, counterfeiting, EU and UK competition law, IP insurance and commercial matters requiring technical competence. Chambersâ expertise in customs/criminal proceedings connected with IP rights is unparalleled.
Chancery/commercial work includes: insolvency (corporate and personal); company; partnership; banking and securities; e-commerce; commercial contracts; professional negligence; land law and landlord and tenant; charities; trusts, wills, probate, and Inheritance Act applications.
Leading practitionersâ books edited in chambers include: Copinger and Skone James on Copyright; Moral Rights; Intellectual Property in Europe; The Modern Law of Patents; The Modern Law of Trade Marks; A Practical Guide to Trade Marks Law; A Userâs Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Chambers Director | Ian Bowie | ||
| Senior Clerk | Clive Nicholls | ||
| 1st Junior Clerk | John Davies | ||
| Junior Clerk | Alistair Luckman | ||
| Administration and Marketing Assistant | Sasha Holland | ||
| Members of Chambers | MORCOM QC, Christopher (1963) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WILSON QC, Alastair (1968) | ||
| Members of Chambers | WYAND QC, Roger (1973) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CADDICK QC, Nick (1986) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DAVIES, Gillian (1961) | ||
| Members of Chambers | STEWART, Alexander (1975) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HICKS, Michael (1976) | ||
| Members of Chambers | BRAGIEL, Edward (1977) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MICHAELS, Amanda (1981) | ||
| Members of Chambers | HARBOTTLE, Gwilym (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | TRITTON, Guy (1987) | ||
| Members of Chambers | DAVIS, Richard (1992) | ||
| Members of Chambers | NORRIS, Andrew (1995) | ||
| Members of Chambers | REED, Jeremy (1997) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ZWECK, Nick (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | ST QUINTIN, Tom (2006) | ||
| Members of Chambers | LONGSTAFF, Ben (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MOSS, Jonathan (2009) | ||
| Members of Chambers | SCOTT, Charlotte (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MUIR WOOD, Jamie (2012) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CARTER, Sam (2014) | ||
| Members of Chambers | CRONAN, Edward (2018) |
Barrister Profiles
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Charlotte Blythe | Barrister specialising in soft intellectual property, including trade marks, passing off, design… | View Profile |
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Edward Bragiel | Barrister specialising in: intellectual property including copyright, passing off, trade marks, breach… | View Profile |
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Nicholas Caddick QC | Barrister specialising in (1) intellectual property – copyright, designs, trade marks, breach… | View Profile |
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Sam Carter | Sam is a barrister practising in all areas of intellectual property law,… | View Profile |
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Edward Cronan | Barrister practising in Intellectual Property and Media & Entertainment | View Profile |
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Dr Gillian Davies | Barrister specialising in international and European intellectual property law predominantly patents and… | View Profile |
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Richard Davis | Richard practises from Hogarth Chambers, a leading set of specialist IP trial… | View Profile |
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Gwilym Harbottle | Specialist in intellectual property (excluding patents) and media and entertainment. Cases of… | View Profile |
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Michael Hicks | Barrister specialising in intellectual property, information technology and other disputes concerning technology.… | View Profile |
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Ben Longstaff | Barrister specialising in all areas of intellectual property, including patents, trade marks,… | View Profile |
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Amanda Michaels | Barrister specialising in intellectual property and media and entertainment law, dealing widely… | View Profile |
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Christopher Morcom QC | Previous head of Hogarth Chambers. Barrister specialising in intellectual property with trade… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Moss | Specialist in advisory and litigation work in all aspects of intellectual property… | View Profile |
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Jamie Muir Wood | Barristers specialising in Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment, Privacy | View Profile |
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Andrew Norris | Specialist in advisory and litigation work in all aspects of intellectual property… | View Profile |
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Jeremy Reed | Barrister specialising in all areas of intellectual property law (patents, trade marks,… | View Profile |
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Tom St Quintin | Barrister specialising in all areas of intellectual property and information technology, including… | View Profile |
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Alexander Stewart | Barrister specialising in all aspects of corporate insolvency, personal insolvency and company… | View Profile |
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Guy Tritton | Barrister dealing with intellectual property, competition, media and entertainment, franchise, information technology… | View Profile |
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Alastair Wilson QC | Joint head of chambers. Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property,… | View Profile |
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Roger Wyand QC | Barrister specialising in: patents including the whole range of technology from pharmaceutical… | View Profile |
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Nick Zweck | Barrister, Middle Temple. Practices in all areas of intellectual property law and… | View Profile |
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