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Alexandra Marzec
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Alex practises in all areas of media law and has been instructed in numerous high-profile and/or significant libel, privacy and confidence cases including representing media defendants in cases brought by Jonathan Aitken, Mohammed Fayed, Marco Materazzi (Italian defender suing on alleged comments to Zinedine Zidane in World Cup Final), Eastenders actor Mohammed George, ex-BB contestant Lisa Jeynes, Ashley Cole and Richard Desmond. She has also represents claimants, and has acted, amongst others, for David Blunkett, Britney Spears, Nicole Appleton and for a little-known Albanian journalist, Mohammed Veliu, who was awarded the highest-ever award of compensation under the Offer of Amends regime.
Career
Called
1990 Called to the Bar
Education
Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith
University of Warwick: LL.B. First Class Honours
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
Areas of work
- Defamation
- Privacy and Confidence
- Public Access
- Contempt
- Human Rights
- Malicious Falsehood
- Media Law
Verbatim
… ‘a good communicator’ and gets hers points across effortlessly and thanks to her ‘sensitivity and clear thinking’ Chambers 2008.
“Highly regarded in libel and privacy issues” Chambers 2009.
Testimonials
As junior counsel in Curistan v Times Newspapers "is increasingly prominent in this area." Legal 500 2008
"...clearly tenacious and an incredibly slick operator - she knows what she is doing and gets on with it" Chambers 2010
Languages
Conversational Polish.
Publications
(26 Jan 2006)
Cases
Defamation
Bowman v MGN Ltd
[2010] EWHC 895 (QB) 26/04/2010
Crossley & Crossley v Newsquest (Midlands South) Limited
[2008] EWHC 3054 (QB) 11/12/2008
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
[2008] EWCA Civ 432; The Times, 6 May 2008 30/04/2008
Jeynes v News Magazines Limited & Anor
[2008] EWCA Civ 130 31/01/2008
McBride v Body Shop International plc
[2007] EWHC 1658 (QB) 10/07/2007
Turkot & Global GOLD Holding v Oxus Gold & Trew
[2006] EWHC 3361 (QB) 15/12/2006
Veliu v Mazrekaj
[2006] EWHC 1710 (QB); [2007] 1 WLR 495 11/07/2006
Crossland v Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd
[2005] EWHC 481 (QB) 23/03/2005
Bataille v Newland & Ors
[2002] EWHC 1692 (QB) 31/07/2002
Aitken v Preston and Others
[1997] EMLR 415 15/05/1997
Privacy and Confidence
P & Others v Quigley
[2008] EWHC 1051 (QB) 16/05/2008
Sports Law
R (Mullins) v Appeal Board of the Jockey Club
[2005] EWHC 2197 (Admin); [2006] ISLR, SLR-30; (2006) ACD 2; The Times, 24 October 2005 17/10/2005
Harassment
Crossland v Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd
[2005] EWHC 481 (QB) 23/03/2005
Human Rights
R (Mullins) v Appeal Board of the Jockey Club
[2005] EWHC 2197 (Admin); [2006] ISLR, SLR-30; (2006) ACD 2; The Times, 24 October 2005 17/10/2005
Injunctive Relief
P & Others v Quigley
[2008] EWHC 1051 (QB) 16/05/2008
Malicious Falsehood
Crossland v Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd
[2005] EWHC 481 (QB) 23/03/2005
Media Law
Bowman v MGN Ltd
[2010] EWHC 895 (QB) 26/04/2010
Crossley & Crossley v Newsquest (Midlands South) Limited
[2008] EWHC 3054 (QB) 11/12/2008
P & Others v Quigley
[2008] EWHC 1051 (QB) 16/05/2008
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
[2008] EWCA Civ 432; The Times, 6 May 2008 30/04/2008
Jeynes v News Magazines Limited & Anor
[2008] EWCA Civ 130 31/01/2008
McBride v Body Shop International plc
[2007] EWHC 1658 (QB) 10/07/2007
Turkot & Global GOLD Holding v Oxus Gold & Trew
[2006] EWHC 3361 (QB) 15/12/2006
Aitken v Preston and Others
[1997] EMLR 415 15/05/1997
Public Law
R (Mullins) v Appeal Board of the Jockey Club
[2005] EWHC 2197 (Admin); [2006] ISLR, SLR-30; (2006) ACD 2; The Times, 24 October 2005 17/10/2005
News
26 Apr 2010
Les Mis star wins libel compensation
But actor Simon Bowman ordered to pay majority of costs after rejecting settlement offers
4 Nov 2009
Cole settles privacy claim
Footballer’s claim over “kiss-and-tell” newspaper articles ends with settlement
24 Sep 2009
5RB's juniors: the Legal 500 verdict
What the legal directory had to say about 5RB's junior barristers
23 Jul 2009
Tom Bower wins Desmond libel case
Jury verdict in favour of defendant author over comments about Express owner
7 Jul 2009
Richard Desmond libel trial stopped
Trial of claim against Conrad Black biographer to restart on Monday
1 Feb 2008
Big Brother's Lisa loses libel appeal
Court of Appeal dismisses appeal on 'transsexual' meaning
8 Nov 2007
5RB tops Chambers & Partners review
20 Barristers rated and recommended in the new annual survey
20 Sep 2007
5RB tops Legal 500
20 Barristers rated and recommended in Defamation, Privacy, Intellectual Property, Sport and Media & Entertainment Law
24 Oct 2005
Chambers' Review: 5RB top again
20 barristers recommended for Media, Entertainment, Defamation, Privacy, Intellectual Property & Sports Law