Practice Areas

We offer a wealth of experience and expertise across junior and QC ranks in advising and representing clients in the following areas of law:

• Defamation
• Malicious Falsehood/Trade libel
• Privacy and Confidence
• Injunctions
• Harassment
• Reporting Restrictions
• Contempt of Court
• Protection of Sources
• Data Protection
• Freedom of Information
• Regulation of Investigatory Powers
• Access to Court Documents
• Production Orders
• Pre-publication Advice
• Copyright
• Passing off
• Trade Marks
• Obscenity laws & Censorship 
• Negligent Misstatement
• Media-related judicial review
• Human Rights Law, particularly articles 8 and 10 of the ECHR

In addition individual members practise in passing off, copyright, contract and obscenity laws.

Members of chambers act for corporate, media and individual claimants and defendants, as well as government departments, local authorities, NGOs and trade unions. We appear in county courts, all divisions of the High Court, the Court of Appeal, House of Lords and Privy Council. We regularly receive instructions from solicitors worldwide, including Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Members of chambers make representations on reporting restrictions and other media-related issues in all tribunals, including the Crown Court, coroners’ courts and employment tribunals. We also advise on and appear in cases before media regulatory bodies.

We offer a fast and competitive pre-publication advice service, for which we are able to receive instructions direct from media clients, and can provide out-of-hours and weekend cover for urgent injunctions.