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Adam Wolanski KC
Position
Specialises in media law, including defamation, breach of confidence/privacy and reporting restrictions. For list of recent cases, please see www.5rb.com.
Career
Called 1995, Lincoln’s Inn. Co-author ‘Privacy and the Media’ (OUP 2011), ‘Family Courts: Media Access & Reporting’ (published July 2011 by the Family Division of the High Court, Judicial College and Society of Editors).
Education
MA (Cantab); Lincoln’s Inn CPE scholarship.
Leisure
Windsurfing, cycling, piano.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Defamation and privacy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Adam Wolanski KC –5RB ‘Adam has extremely good judgement and is very practical. Clients trust him entirely. His advocacy is straightforward and focused.’
5RB is considered ‘the leading set in this area by some distance’, with the chambers being known for housing a significant number of barristers who specialize in defamation and privacy cases. William Bennett successfully acted for Dinah Rose KC in Rose v Ames & Times Media Limited, concerning an article published in The Times alleging she wrongly claimed she had been professionally obliged to represent the Cayman Islands government in a case concerning the jurisdiction’s lack of provision in law for same-sex marriage – the matter settled with an apology in open court from the newspaper. In the Sir James Dyson v Channel Four Television Corporation & Anor, Adam Wolanski KC defended Channel Four in the libel claim made by Sir James concerning allegations made on Channel 4 News concerning working conditions at Dyson’s factories in Malaysia.