5RB the ‘pre-eminent media set’ in Legal 500
Legal directory The Legal 500’s edition for 2018 has the following praise for Chambers: 5RB is a ‘go-to’ media law set ‘with great depth’ and is ‘unsurpassable’. 5RB’s members are ‘superb’, ‘switched on’ and ‘first-class’ barristers… Read More »
Chambers Bar Awards 2018
5RB is pleased to announce that Adrienne Page QC has been named Defamation Silk of the Year at the annual Chambers & Partners Bar awards held on 25 October 2018. Adrienne is currently representing Bruno… Read More »
ABC v Telegraph – CA grants injunction
The Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls, Underhill V-P LJ, and Henderson LJ) handed down judgment on Tuesday 23rd October 2018 granting an interim injunction and allowing the Claimants’ appeal, overturning… Read More »
Court of Appeal Upholds Morrisons Data Breach Claim
The Court of Appeal has dismissed Morrisons’ appeal of the decision of Langstaff J that the supermarket chain was vicariously liable for the leak of data by one its employees. The claim, brought in data… Read More »
Joint statement in Brown v Bower
A joint press statement has been issued by the parties in Nick Brown MP v Tom Bower and Faber & Faber, set out below. The case has been the subject of two previous decisions by Media… Read More »
Ben Hamer joins 5RB
5RB welcomes Ben Hamer as a new member of Chambers after a successful pupillage. During his pupillage Ben was supervised by Adam Wolanski, Jonathan Barnes, Richard Munden and Adam Speker. He worked on numerous cases… Read More »
Information Commissioner apologises
An appeal against a Monetary Penalty Notice imposed on a business for an alleged breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) has been resolved after the Information Commissioner said she would not… Read More »
Conference5RB 2018
Conference5RB was held on 26 September 2018 at IET Savoy Place. Emma Bate, General Counsel for the ICO, delivered the keynote speech, discussing the most significant issues facing the ICO and industry. These included issues… Read More »