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Yuli Takatsuki

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Since joining Chambers in 2008, Yuli has been instructed in a number of matters, including acting for Channel Four and The Spectator in defamation claims. She is currently acting as Junior Counsel for Channel Four and production company, Studio Lambert, in relation to a defamation claim by Matthew Fiddes over a documentary about the Jackson family, which is listed for a 4-week trial in June 2010. Yuli also regularly provides pre-publication advice to The Sunday Times, The Observer and The Guardian and has spent 8 months on secondment at Channel Four providing broadcasting legal and compliance advice.

Yuli undertook her pupillage at 5RB, where her pupil supervisors were Adam Wolanski, Jacob Dean, Matthew Nicklin and Jonathan Barnes. During this time, Yuli gained significant experience in all of Chambers’ areas of practice, including Privacy and Confidence, Defamation and Internet Law. She was involved in a number of notable cases including Malik v Newspost Ltd & Ors, Ivereigh v Associated Newspapers Ltd, Blackwell v Bates & Ors, Warren v Random House Group Ltd, and Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd. In the last months of pupillage Yuli also undertook placements at Channel Four and Times Newspapers.

Before pupillage, Yuli worked as a lawyer at Ofcom, specializing in broadcasting contents and standards and breach of privacy cases. She was involved in a number of high profile cases including the Celebrity Big Brother race row adjudication and the “Quiz TV” sanctions investigations. She advised on a number of other matters including political advertising, internet regulation and EU telecommunications and spectrum law.

Yuli has also worked as a legal advisor for the Hoxton Trust and has gained commercial litigation experience working on a complex, multi-million pound professional negligence claim at a leading London law firm.

Career

Called

2007 Called to the Bar

Education

First Class degree, Philosophy / Social & Political Sciences, Cambridge University
GDL, BPP Law School
BVC, BPP Law School

Areas of work

Defamation
Privacy and Confidence
Data Protection
Reporting the Courts
Pre-publication Advice
Contempt
Entertainment Law
General Common Law
Human Rights
Malicious Falsehood
Media Law
Passing off
Publishing

Verbatim

Yuli’s hard work, attention to detail, commitment and sheer enthusiasm were first rate and we look forward to instructing her in the near future.

Prash Naik, Controller of Legal & Compliance, Channel 4

We have co-presented with Yuli at several key TV industry seminars. Her understanding and grasp of complex issues surrounding privacy and the Ofcom codes is admirable. She is approachable and friendly.

Lisa Logan, Partner and Head of Media & Entertainment, Candey LLP