RPC houses a data protection team with standout expertise in regulatory compliance and contentious proceedings, drawing instructions from UHNW individuals, public entities, and blue-chip companies alike. Cavan Fabris leads the offering and is an expert in emerging digital regulation, having transferred from Deloitte LLP in June 2025. Jon Bartley is the main contact for procedures involving the information regulator. Rupert Cowper-Coles and Alex Wilson are recommended for highly contested data protection claims. Amy Blackburn provides key advisory services.
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Key clients
- Associated Newspapers Limited
- Meta
- Frasers Group
- Channel 4
- X
- Medik8
- Hiscox
- Premiership Women's Rugby
- CNA Hardy
- Chubb
- BBC
Work highlights
Acted for Associated Newspapers Limited in successfully striking out a libel claim and defeating a related UK GDPR claim brought by Dale Vince concerning the use of his name and image in political reporting.
Acted for Mike Ashley in a successful High Court claim against HMRC for the unlawful handling of a data subject access request, securing a declaration that HMRC breached his UK GDPR rights.
Acting for Channel 4 and The Garden Productions in a privacy and UK GDPR claim arising from incidental filming during production of the documentary series 24 Hours in Police Custody, testing the scope of the journalistic exemption.
Practice head
Cavan Fabris
Other key lawyers
Jon Bartley; Rupert Cowper-Coles; Alex Wilson; Amy Blackburn