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Clara Hamer
Position
Defamation and Malicious Falsehood; Privacy and Confidence; Data Protection and Information Law; Media and Entertainment Law; Reporting the Courts and Contempt; Harassment and Blackmail; Human Rights; Pre-Publication Advice; and General Common Law
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Data protection
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Defamation and privacy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Clara Hamer –5RB ‘In many ways the perfect junior – incredibly smart and diligent, with a hugely impressive eye for detail. Others cannot think of another junior they would rather have on the team for a trial.’
A pre-eminent set for media and communications law, 5RB members are regularly instructed on complex cases concerning defamation, privacy, data protection, harassment, media regulation and human rights. Adrienne Page KC, leading Ben Gallop, successfully represented the news publisher in Sir James Dyson v MGN Limited, with the inventor losing his libel claim following comments by a Mirror columnist criticising his championing of Brexit before relocating his global head office to Singapore. Jane Phillips acts for the defendant in Karsten v Dunhill-Turner, a harassment by publication claim before the High Court brought against an heir to the Dunhill family by his former business partner. In Clarke v Guardian News and Media Ltd, Adam Speker KC representing the claimant, and Alexandra Marzec and Gallop representing the defendant, in actor Noel Clarke in a high-profile libel action concerning allegations of sexual harassment. Justin Rushbrooke KC, Adam Wolanski KC and Clara Hamer successfully defended a harassment claim, including by media publication and speech, brought against the former King of Spain Juan Carlos I, with the High Court deciding the English Court had no jurisdiction to hear the claim.