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Adam Speker
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Adam specialises in all aspects of media and communications law including defamation, privacy, harassment and data protection. Many of his cases involve the Human Rights Act and the interplay between articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention. In addition to advising and acting in cases involving the mainstream media, he is regularly instructed to act for or against public authorities and in cases involving data breaches. He has also built up an overseas practice being instructed in claims in Dominica, Singapore, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, the Bahamas, and Malaysia.
Adam is rated as a ‘star individual‘ junior in defamation and privacy in the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2019.
Adam is regularly instructed to appear led and unled at trial, on appeals, on applications for injunctions and at other interim hearings, as well as to advise on the law and strategy.
Significant recent and ongoing instructions include:
- successfully acted unled for Richard Burgon MP at trial against News Group Newspapers in January 2019 before Dingemans J: [2019] EWHC 195. Mr Burgon was awarded £30,000 damages for libel and an injunction;
- currently defending the Campaign against Antisemitism in libel proceedings brought by Tony Greenstein. Successful at a preliminary issue trial before Nicklin J on meaning and opinion in February 2019: [2019] EWHC 281;
- acted for the actress Tina Malone, leading Greg Callus, in committal proceedings before the LCJ and Warby J in March 2019. Successful in avoiding an immediate prison sentence for Ms Malone;
- Instructed to appear unled on an appeal to the Privy Council in June 2019 for a newspaper and editor from Trinidad & Tobago to challenge the scope of the Hayward v Thompson exception in libel (whether post-publication facts can be relied upon to establish identification);
- acting for a company in a breach of confidence and harassment claim involving surreptitious recordings (ongoing);
- obtained injunctions in breach of confidence for companies that suffered data breaches and had been the subject of blackmail threats. The cases included novel derogation from open justice orders (Clarkson v Persons Unknown and PML v Persons Unknown);
- junior counsel for Dan Poulter MP, in his successful libel and breach of confidence claim against the publisher of The Times, including at a meaning hearing in December 2018, now settled;
- junior counsel for the successful claimant at the trial of claims for deceit, misuse of private information and harassment: AXB v BXA;
- obtained an injunction in a misuse of private information claim for an individual being blackmailed: NPV v QEL;
- acted for the applicant in successful committal proceedings for breaches of an undertaking: Galloway v Ali-Khan;
- junior counsel for the defendant, a K2, firm of private investigators, in a long-running breach of confidence, data protection and misuse of private information claim (now settled): Bains v Moore.
- junior counsel for Brevan Howard Asset Management in successful application for an injunction in breach of confidence, upheld on appeal in 2017.
- sole counsel at first instance and led on appeal in Mionis v Democractic Press SA on whether a defendant can waive its rights to freedom of expression by contract.
Career
Called
1999 Called to the bar
Education
Bristol University (BA History (Hons): First Class) - 1994-1997
Common Professional Examination at College of Law, London - 1997-1998
Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Finals: Very competent) - 1998-1999
Qualifications
2014-15 Chambers and Partners Defamation and Privacy Junior of the Year - 2014
Areas of work
- Defamation
- Privacy and Confidence
- Harassment
- Human Rights
- Data Protection
- Malicious Falsehood
- Injunctive Relief
- Pre-publication Advice
- Public Access
- Reporting the Courts
- Sports Law
Testimonials
Star individual in defamation and privacy [Chambers & Partners 2019]
a “cool, calm favourite”
a “brilliant strategist”
“very good on the law and well able to take on senior silks.”
[Legal 500]
“He is straight-talking, accessible and a safe pair of hands.” “He’s incredibly user-friendly, hard-working and a delight to work with. He has a forensic knowledge of the facts.” “He is phenomenally bright and really at the top of his game.”
[Chambers and Partners 2016]
Recommended in the leading directories as a specialist defamation and privacy junior.
In Legal 500 he is said to be ‘a star of the junior Bar with an excellent understanding of the practicalities of media law’. In the 2010/11 edition of Legal 500 he was described as a “brilliant strategist” and in 2006 as a “cool, calm favourite“. In 2005 he was described as “a careful thinker on legal issues’ who is praised for his ‘excellent attention to detail.”
In the 2010 edition of Chambers and Partners he was described as “wise beyond his years, and will undoubtedly go a long way.” It went on, “He is noted for really going the extra mile and for being “good at turning round complicated matters and giving clear, practical advice.” In 2009 he was said to show ‘incredibly mature insight, well beyond his years of call‘. In previous editions he has been described as “a future star“, “an incredibly decent guy“, “extraordinarily bright and academically minded“; “conscientious, committed and proactive” and several years ago (!!) as “young but has exactly what it takes“.
Jointly short-listed (with Adrienne Page QC and Richard Osborne, then of SJ Cornish) for Liberty/Justice Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2003 for his role as junior Counsel to the Claimants in the 79 day trial Lillie & Reed v Newcastle City Council [2002] EWHC 1600 where Eady J said, “Had it not been for the introduction of [conditional] fee arrangements a few years ago, and the courage and dogged determination of their various legal advisers…. a significant injustice would.. have gone unnoticed”
1998: Harmsworth Scholar of the Middle Temple
1998: Winner of The Times and 1 Essex Court law awards on ‘Press and Privacy’ published in The Times on 17/3/98
1997: Benefactors’ Scholar of Middle Temple
Memberships
British Association for Sport and Law
Justice
Editorial consultant for Middle Templar Magazine
Featured Cases
Thompson v James and Carmarthenshire County Council
[2013] EWHC 515 (QB) 15/03/2013
Lillie & Reed v Newcastle City Council & Others (No.2)
[2002] EWHC 1600 (QB) 30/07/2002
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
[2014] EWCA Civ 39 24/01/2014
Al Amoudi v Brisard & Another
[2006] EWHC 1062 (QB); [2007] 1 WLR 113; [2006] 3 All ER 294 16/05/2006
Crawford v Jenkins
[2014] EWCA Civ 1035 24/07/2014
Thompson v James
[2014] EWCA Civ 600 14/05/2014
Cheshire West and Chester Council v Pickthall
[2015] EWHC 2141 (QB) 23/07/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Cases
Defamation
Greenstein v Campaign against Antisemitism
[2019] EWHC 281 (QB) 08/04/2019
Poulter v Times Newspapers Limited
[2018] EWHC 3900 (QB) 17/12/2018
Mionis v Democratic Press SA and others
[2017] EWCA Civ 1194 01/08/2017
Flymenow Limited v Quick Air Jet Charter GmbH
[2016] EWHC 3197 (QB) 16/12/2016
Mohamed Ali Harrath v (1) Stand for Peace Ltd (2) Samuel Westrop
[2016] EWHC 665 06/04/2016
Hiranandani-Vandrevala v Times Newspapers Limited
[2016] EWHC 250 (QB) 12/02/2016
Abdel-Bari v Nottingham University NHS Trust
[2016] EWHC 154 (QB) 29/01/2016
Pinard-Byrne v Linton
[2015] UKPC 41 12/10/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Crawford v Jenkins
[2014] EWCA Civ 1035 24/07/2014
Thompson v James
[2014] EWCA Civ 600 14/05/2014
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
[2014] EWCA Civ 39 24/01/2014
Thompson v James and Carmarthenshire County Council
[2013] EWHC 515 (QB) 15/03/2013
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2012] EWHC 3721 (QB) 21/12/2012
Qadir v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2012] EWHC 2606 (QB); [2013] EMLR 15 05/10/2012
Foley & Others v Lord Ashcroft
[2012] EWCA Civ 423; [2012] EMLR 25 04/04/2012
Dominic Raab MP v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2011] EWHC 3375 (QB) 15/12/2011
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 2)
[2011] EWHC 2677 (QB) 11/11/2011
Modi & IMG v Clarke
[2011] EWCA Civ 937 29/07/2011
Wright v Caan
[2011] EWHC 1978 (QB) 27/07/2011
Ashcroft v Foley (No 2)
[2011] EWHC 1710 (QB); [2011] EMLR 30 01/07/2011
Modi v Clarke; IMG v Clarke
[2011] EWHC 1324 (QB) 24/05/2011
Ashcroft v Foley
[2011] EWHC 292 (QB) 17/02/2011
Ronaldo v Telegraph Media Limited
[2010] EWHC 2719 (QB) 27/10/2010
Peacock v MGN Ltd (Costs)
[2010] EWHC 90174 (Costs) 30/07/2010
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 3)
[2010] EWHC 967 (QB) 04/05/2010
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited
[2010] EWHC 700 31/03/2010
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
[2010] EWHC 527 (QB) 19/02/2010
Ronaldo v Mirror Group Newsapers Ltd; Ronaldo v Telegraph Media Group Ltd
[2009] EWHC 2862 (QB) 14/10/2009
Bloom v Robinson-Millar
07/10/2009 07/10/2009
Marathon Mutual Ltd & Anor v Waters & Anor
[2009] EWHC 1931 (QB), [2009] All ER (D) 06 (Aug) 31/07/2009
Peacock v MGN Ltd
[2009] EWHC 769 (QB) 08/04/2009
Wakefield v Ford & Anor
[2009] EWHC 122 (QB) 29/01/2009
Tycon Energy Corp v The Motley Fool Limited
Unreported, 9 December 2008 09/12/2008
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd
19/11/2008 19/11/2008
Apsion v The Bar Standards Board
D2006/098&099 10/10/2008
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3) (CA)
[2007] EWCA Civ 972; [2008] 1 AllER 750 11/10/2007
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
[2006] EWHC 2359 (QB) 26/07/2006
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3)
[2006] EWHC 1756 (QB); [2007] 1 All ER 622 13/07/2006
Tufano v Vincenti
[2006] EWHC 1496 (QB) 23/06/2006
Loughton Contracts Plc v Dun & Bradstreet Ltd
[2006] EWHC 1224 (QB) 25/05/2006
Mahfouz and another v Brisard & another
[2006] EWHC 1191 (QB) 25/05/2006
Al Amoudi v Brisard & Another
[2006] EWHC 1062 (QB); [2007] 1 WLR 113; [2006] 3 All ER 294 16/05/2006
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
[2005] EWHC 3064 (Ch) 06/12/2005
Mahfouz and another v Brisard and another
[2005] All ER (D) 174 (Sep) 30/09/2005
Georgallides v Etzin
12/07/2005 12/07/2005
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others
17/06/2005 17/06/2005
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.4)
[2005] EWHC 773 (QB) 22/04/2005
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.3)
[2005] EWHC 557 (QB) 08/04/2005
Matadeen v Associated Newspapers Ltd
17/03/2005 17/03/2005
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
[2005] EWHC 21 (QB) 18/01/2005
Blake v Associated Newspapers Limited
[2003] EWHC 1960 (QB) 31/07/2003
Stallwood & Stallwood v Smith
01/07/2003 01/07/2003
Sharma v Jay & Others
15/04/2003 15/04/2003
Lillie & Reed v Newcastle City Council & Others (No.2)
[2002] EWHC 1600 (QB) 30/07/2002
Lillie & Reed v Newcastle City Council & others
[2002] EWHC 252 (QB) 07/02/2002
Privacy and Confidence
PML v Person(s) Unknown
[2018] EWHC 838 (QB) 17/04/2018
NPV v QEL & ZED
[2018] EWHC 703 (QB) 17/04/2018
AXB v BXA
[2018] EWHC 588 (QB) 22/03/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
[2018] EWHC 417 (QB) 06/03/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
ex tempore 14/12/2017
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
[2017] EWCA Civ 950 07/07/2017
Blue v Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
[2017] EWHC 1553 (Comm) 26/06/2017
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd, Maiya Keidan & Persons Unknown
[2017] EWHC 644 (QB) 28/03/2017
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
[2017] EWHC 242 (QB) 14/02/2017
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (SC)
[2016] UKSC 26 20/05/2016
PJS v News Group Newspapers (2)
[2016] EWCA Civ 393 18/04/2016
Mahmood v BBC
[2014] EWCA Civ 1567 11/11/2014
Abbey v Gilligan
[2012] EWHC 3217 (QB) 20/11/2012
RJA v AJR
22/03/2011
Data Protection
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
[2017] EWHC 242 (QB) 14/02/2017
Hiranandani-Vandrevala v Times Newspapers Limited
[2016] EWHC 250 (QB) 12/02/2016
Abdel-Bari v Nottingham University NHS Trust
[2016] EWHC 154 (QB) 29/01/2016
Tycon Energy Corp v The Motley Fool Limited
Unreported, 9 December 2008 09/12/2008
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
[2006] EWHC 2359 (QB) 26/07/2006
Harassment
Monarch Airlines Ltd v Yaqub
unreported 15/03/2016
Cheshire West and Chester Council v Pickthall
[2015] EWHC 2141 (QB) 23/07/2015
Crawford v Jenkins
[2014] EWCA Civ 1035 24/07/2014
Thompson v James
[2014] EWCA Civ 600 14/05/2014
Thompson v James and Carmarthenshire County Council
[2013] EWHC 515 (QB) 15/03/2013
RJA v AJR
22/03/2011
Bloom v Robinson-Millar
07/10/2009 07/10/2009
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
[2006] EWHC 2359 (QB) 26/07/2006
Georgallides v Etzin
12/07/2005 12/07/2005
Sharma v Jay & Others
15/04/2003 15/04/2003
Reporting the Courts
Galloway v Ali-Khan
[2018] EWHC 780 (QB) 20/04/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
[2018] EWHC 417 (QB) 06/03/2018
Blue v Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
[2017] EWHC 1553 (Comm) 26/06/2017
Rhodes (previously “MLA”) v OPO
[2015] UKSC 32 20/05/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Qadir v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2012] EWHC 2606 (QB); [2013] EMLR 15 05/10/2012
Foreign Jurisdictions
Pinard-Byrne v Linton
[2015] UKPC 41 12/10/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Mahfouz and another v Brisard & another
[2006] EWHC 1191 (QB) 25/05/2006
Al Amoudi v Brisard & Another
[2006] EWHC 1062 (QB); [2007] 1 WLR 113; [2006] 3 All ER 294 16/05/2006
Mahfouz and another v Brisard and another
[2005] All ER (D) 174 (Sep) 30/09/2005
General Common Law
Mionis v Democratic Press SA and others
[2017] EWCA Civ 1194 01/08/2017
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
[2017] EWCA Civ 950 07/07/2017
Blue v Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
[2017] EWHC 1553 (Comm) 26/06/2017
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
[2017] EWHC 242 (QB) 14/02/2017
Monarch Airlines Ltd v Yaqub
unreported 15/03/2016
Abdel-Bari v Nottingham University NHS Trust
[2016] EWHC 154 (QB) 29/01/2016
Cheshire West and Chester Council v Pickthall
[2015] EWHC 2141 (QB) 23/07/2015
Rhodes (previously “MLA”) v OPO
[2015] UKSC 32 20/05/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Crawford v Jenkins
[2014] EWCA Civ 1035 24/07/2014
Thompson v James
[2014] EWCA Civ 600 14/05/2014
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 3)
[2010] EWHC 967 (QB) 04/05/2010
Wakefield v Ford & Anor
[2009] EWHC 122 (QB) 29/01/2009
Tycon Energy Corp v The Motley Fool Limited
Unreported, 9 December 2008 09/12/2008
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
[2005] EWHC 3064 (Ch) 06/12/2005
Georgallides v Etzin
12/07/2005 12/07/2005
Sharma v Jay & Others
15/04/2003 15/04/2003
Human Rights
PML v Person(s) Unknown
[2018] EWHC 838 (QB) 17/04/2018
AXB v BXA
[2018] EWHC 588 (QB) 22/03/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
[2018] EWHC 417 (QB) 06/03/2018
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
[2017] EWCA Civ 950 07/07/2017
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (SC)
[2016] UKSC 26 20/05/2016
Hiranandani-Vandrevala v Times Newspapers Limited
[2016] EWHC 250 (QB) 12/02/2016
Pinard-Byrne v Linton
[2015] UKPC 41 12/10/2015
Cheshire West and Chester Council v Pickthall
[2015] EWHC 2141 (QB) 23/07/2015
Rhodes (previously “MLA”) v OPO
[2015] UKSC 32 20/05/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Mahmood v BBC
[2014] EWCA Civ 1567 11/11/2014
Crawford v Jenkins
[2014] EWCA Civ 1035 24/07/2014
Thompson v James
[2014] EWCA Civ 600 14/05/2014
Thompson v James and Carmarthenshire County Council
[2013] EWHC 515 (QB) 15/03/2013
Abbey v Gilligan
[2012] EWHC 3217 (QB) 20/11/2012
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 2)
[2011] EWHC 2677 (QB) 11/11/2011
Modi v Clarke; IMG v Clarke
[2011] EWHC 1324 (QB) 24/05/2011
RJA v AJR
22/03/2011
Ronaldo v Telegraph Media Limited
[2010] EWHC 2719 (QB) 27/10/2010
Tycon Energy Corp v The Motley Fool Limited
Unreported, 9 December 2008 09/12/2008
Apsion v The Bar Standards Board
D2006/098&099 10/10/2008
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3) (CA)
[2007] EWCA Civ 972; [2008] 1 AllER 750 11/10/2007
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
[2006] EWHC 2359 (QB) 26/07/2006
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3)
[2006] EWHC 1756 (QB); [2007] 1 All ER 622 13/07/2006
Georgallides v Etzin
12/07/2005 12/07/2005
Blake v Associated Newspapers Limited
[2003] EWHC 1960 (QB) 31/07/2003
Lillie & Reed v Newcastle City Council & Others (No.2)
[2002] EWHC 1600 (QB) 30/07/2002
Lillie & Reed v Newcastle City Council & others
[2002] EWHC 252 (QB) 07/02/2002
Injunctive Relief
PML v Person(s) Unknown
[2018] EWHC 838 (QB) 17/04/2018
NPV v QEL & ZED
[2018] EWHC 703 (QB) 17/04/2018
Galloway v Ali-Khan
[2018] EWHC 780 (QB) 20/04/2018
AXB v BXA
[2018] EWHC 588 (QB) 22/03/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
[2018] EWHC 417 (QB) 06/03/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
ex tempore 14/12/2017
Mionis v Democratic Press SA and others
[2017] EWCA Civ 1194 01/08/2017
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
[2017] EWCA Civ 950 07/07/2017
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd, Maiya Keidan & Persons Unknown
[2017] EWHC 644 (QB) 28/03/2017
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
[2017] EWHC 242 (QB) 14/02/2017
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (SC)
[2016] UKSC 26 20/05/2016
PJS v News Group Newspapers (2)
[2016] EWCA Civ 393 18/04/2016
Monarch Airlines Ltd v Yaqub
unreported 15/03/2016
Cheshire West and Chester Council v Pickthall
[2015] EWHC 2141 (QB) 23/07/2015
Rhodes (previously “MLA”) v OPO
[2015] UKSC 32 20/05/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Mahmood v BBC
[2014] EWCA Civ 1567 11/11/2014
Bloom v Robinson-Millar
07/10/2009 07/10/2009
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
[2006] EWHC 2359 (QB) 26/07/2006
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
[2005] EWHC 3064 (Ch) 06/12/2005
Georgallides v Etzin
12/07/2005 12/07/2005
Malicious Falsehood
Hiranandani-Vandrevala v Times Newspapers Limited
[2016] EWHC 250 (QB) 12/02/2016
Abdel-Bari v Nottingham University NHS Trust
[2016] EWHC 154 (QB) 29/01/2016
Wright v Caan
[2011] EWHC 1978 (QB) 27/07/2011
Marathon Mutual Ltd & Anor v Waters & Anor
[2009] EWHC 1931 (QB), [2009] All ER (D) 06 (Aug) 31/07/2009
Media Law
Greenstein v Campaign against Antisemitism
[2019] EWHC 281 (QB) 08/04/2019
Poulter v Times Newspapers Limited
[2018] EWHC 3900 (QB) 17/12/2018
NPV v QEL & ZED
[2018] EWHC 703 (QB) 17/04/2018
Galloway v Ali-Khan
[2018] EWHC 780 (QB) 20/04/2018
AXB v BXA
[2018] EWHC 588 (QB) 22/03/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
[2018] EWHC 417 (QB) 06/03/2018
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
ex tempore 14/12/2017
Mionis v Democratic Press SA and others
[2017] EWCA Civ 1194 01/08/2017
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
[2017] EWCA Civ 950 07/07/2017
Blue v Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
[2017] EWHC 1553 (Comm) 26/06/2017
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd, Maiya Keidan & Persons Unknown
[2017] EWHC 644 (QB) 28/03/2017
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (SC)
[2016] UKSC 26 20/05/2016
Mohamed Ali Harrath v (1) Stand for Peace Ltd (2) Samuel Westrop
[2016] EWHC 665 06/04/2016
Hiranandani-Vandrevala v Times Newspapers Limited
[2016] EWHC 250 (QB) 12/02/2016
Pinard-Byrne v Linton
[2015] UKPC 41 12/10/2015
Cheshire West and Chester Council v Pickthall
[2015] EWHC 2141 (QB) 23/07/2015
Rhodes (previously “MLA”) v OPO
[2015] UKSC 32 20/05/2015
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
[2014] EWHC 4104 (QB) 04/12/2014
Mahmood v BBC
[2014] EWCA Civ 1567 11/11/2014
Thompson v James
[2014] EWCA Civ 600 14/05/2014
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2012] EWHC 3721 (QB) 21/12/2012
Abbey v Gilligan
[2012] EWHC 3217 (QB) 20/11/2012
Qadir v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2012] EWHC 2606 (QB); [2013] EMLR 15 05/10/2012
Foley & Others v Lord Ashcroft
[2012] EWCA Civ 423; [2012] EMLR 25 04/04/2012
Dominic Raab MP v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2011] EWHC 3375 (QB) 15/12/2011
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 2)
[2011] EWHC 2677 (QB) 11/11/2011
Wright v Caan
[2011] EWHC 1978 (QB) 27/07/2011
Ashcroft v Foley (No 2)
[2011] EWHC 1710 (QB); [2011] EMLR 30 01/07/2011
Modi v Clarke; IMG v Clarke
[2011] EWHC 1324 (QB) 24/05/2011
Ashcroft v Foley
[2011] EWHC 292 (QB) 17/02/2011
Ronaldo v Telegraph Media Limited
[2010] EWHC 2719 (QB) 27/10/2010
Peacock v MGN Ltd (Costs)
[2010] EWHC 90174 (Costs) 30/07/2010
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 3)
[2010] EWHC 967 (QB) 04/05/2010
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited
[2010] EWHC 700 31/03/2010
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
[2010] EWHC 527 (QB) 19/02/2010
Ronaldo v Mirror Group Newsapers Ltd; Ronaldo v Telegraph Media Group Ltd
[2009] EWHC 2862 (QB) 14/10/2009
Peacock v MGN Ltd
[2009] EWHC 769 (QB) 08/04/2009
Wakefield v Ford & Anor
[2009] EWHC 122 (QB) 29/01/2009
Tycon Energy Corp v The Motley Fool Limited
Unreported, 9 December 2008 09/12/2008
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd
19/11/2008 19/11/2008
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3) (CA)
[2007] EWCA Civ 972; [2008] 1 AllER 750 11/10/2007
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
[2006] EWHC 2359 (QB) 26/07/2006
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3)
[2006] EWHC 1756 (QB); [2007] 1 All ER 622 13/07/2006
Loughton Contracts Plc v Dun & Bradstreet Ltd
[2006] EWHC 1224 (QB) 25/05/2006
Mahfouz and another v Brisard & another
[2006] EWHC 1191 (QB) 25/05/2006
Al Amoudi v Brisard & Another
[2006] EWHC 1062 (QB); [2007] 1 WLR 113; [2006] 3 All ER 294 16/05/2006
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
[2005] EWHC 3064 (Ch) 06/12/2005
Mahfouz and another v Brisard and another
[2005] All ER (D) 174 (Sep) 30/09/2005
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others
17/06/2005 17/06/2005
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.4)
[2005] EWHC 773 (QB) 22/04/2005
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.3)
[2005] EWHC 557 (QB) 08/04/2005
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
[2005] EWHC 21 (QB) 18/01/2005
Blake v Associated Newspapers Limited
[2003] EWHC 1960 (QB) 31/07/2003
Passing off
RJA v AJR
22/03/2011
Professional Discipline
Apsion v The Bar Standards Board
D2006/098&099 10/10/2008
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
[2005] EWHC 3064 (Ch) 06/12/2005
Public Law
Thompson v James and Carmarthenshire County Council
[2013] EWHC 515 (QB) 15/03/2013
Publishing
Ashcroft v Foley (No 2)
[2011] EWHC 1710 (QB); [2011] EMLR 30 01/07/2011
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3)
[2006] EWHC 1756 (QB); [2007] 1 All ER 622 13/07/2006
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others
17/06/2005 17/06/2005
Sports Law
Modi & IMG v Clarke
[2011] EWCA Civ 937 29/07/2011
Articles
Recent Issues in Person Unknown cases
By Adam Speker. 5 Jun 2018
Restrictions on Media Communications in the Interests of Truth and Privacy
By Adam Speker. 19 Sep 2017
Protecting Public Officials and Corporates - Q&A
By Adam Speker. 7 Jul 2016
How much is too much? Privacy damages and phone-hacking
By Adam Speker. 29 Oct 2015
A Libel Revolution?
By Adam Speker. 14 Oct 2014
News-Gathering and the Protection from Harassment Act
By Adam Speker. 10 Apr 2014
Reynolds privilege and Jameel v Wall Street Journal
By Adam Speker. 24 Apr 2007
Publications
The Law of Privacy and the Media 3rd Edition
OUP
By Adam Speker. 22 Jan 2016
Clerk & Lindsell on Torts, 21st edition
Sweet & Maxwell
By Adam Speker. 4 Nov 2014
Gatley on Libel & Slander, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th editions
Sweet & Maxwell
By Adam Speker. 31 Dec 2013
Tugendhat & Christie: The Law of Privacy and the Media, Second Edition
Oxford University Press
By Adam Speker. 17 Mar 2011
The Law of Privacy and the Media
Oxford University Press
By Adam Speker. 17 Oct 2002
News
21 Jun 2018
Foster carer settles anonymous letter claim
24Seven Fostering pays substantial damages and costs and gives undertaking
5 Jun 2018
Person Unknown cases
Adam Speker discusses recent issues
6 Feb 2018
5RB ‘stands above the competition’
Leaders and juniors praised in new edition of Who's Who Legal
11 Jan 2018
New defamation textbook publications
Gatley 2nd Supplement and 22nd Edition of Clerk & Lindsell on Torts
15 Dec 2017
Scottish Law Commission proposes defamation reforms
Report and Draft Bill on defamation law in Scotland published
2 Nov 2017
“The pre-eminent set”: Chambers UK
5RB and members recommended for Defamation & Privacy and Data Protection in 2018 Chambers UK Bar Guide
11 Oct 2017
5RB ‘dominates the field’ in Legal 500
Chambers and members recommended for Defamation & Privacy, Data Protection, and Media and Entertainment work in legal directory
20 Sep 2017
Middle Temple Visit to Washington DC
3 Members of 5RB speak on Media Law
19 Jun 2017
Hiranandani-Vandrevala makes statement in open court
Legal action against Sunday Times settled
18 May 2017
Timeshare Company wins Libel Damages
Awarded £175,000 general and special damages
14 Feb 2017
Council apologises for false abuse letter
Letter led to removal of Claimant's child
19 Dec 2016
FlyMeNow awarded ‘minimal’ damages
Defences of qualified privilege and justification fail but damages reduced to £10
21 Jul 2016
Cheshire West Contemnor Jailed
Judge activates suspended sentence
19 May 2016
5RB at the London Legal Walk 2016
£2,157.19 raised for LLSU, FRU and the Bar Pro Bono Unit
19 May 2016
Supreme Court upholds PJS injunction
Appeal allowed, injunction continued until trial
11 Apr 2016
5RB at the Big Voice London Moots
Adam Speker and Felicity McMahon act as judges
22 Jan 2016
New edition of The Law of Privacy and the Media published
Read an extract on Privacy, the Internet and Social Media
17 Jan 2016
New Supplement to Gatley published
The First Supplement to the 12th edition of Gatley on Libel and Slander has been published by Sweet & Maxwell
18 Dec 2015
Cheshire West defendant guilty of contempt
Judge orders 3 months imprisonment suspended for a year
19 Nov 2015
Summary Judgment in Cheshire West case
Holroyde J dismisses disclosure application and grants summary judgment
12 Oct 2015
Privy Council allows Reynolds appeal
Failure to investigate defamatory imputations fatal
20 May 2015
Supreme Court lifts OPO injunction
"Searing account" of musician's life can now be published
22 Apr 2015
Privy Council hears libel appeal
Board considers Reynolds defence
16 Jan 2015
OPO v MLA to begin in Supreme Court
Two day hearing begins Monday 19th January
9 Dec 2014
CQC apologises to Jill Finney
Pays damages and costs to settle libel action
19 Nov 2014
Adam Speker at #AvoidtheScandal
Kingsley Napley's: Everyone loves a scandal... But what if it's about you?
6 Nov 2014
Miller and Crawford: permission refused
Permission to Appeal dismissed by the Supreme Court in both cases
6 Nov 2014
21st Edition of Clerk & Lindsell on Torts out now
New edition includes Defamation chapter edited by Adam Speker and Felicity McMahon
31 Oct 2014
5RB tops Chambers & Partners 2015
Set and 19 barristers recommended in UK Bar Guide
3 Oct 2014
Chambers Bar Awards 2014
Adam Speker: Defamation & Privacy Junior of the Year
3 Oct 2014
Slander Action Settles
Former Parish Councillor apologises
24 Jul 2014
Witness Immunity Rule Extends to Harassment
CA rules that complaints to the police are immune from suit
20 May 2014
5RB at the London Legal Walk
Chambers team raised £2341.25
7 Jan 2014
New edition of Gatley on Libel and Slander out now
12th Ed published in December 2013
10 Oct 2013
New Criminal Practice Directions
Updated procedures on access to information held by the court
15 Mar 2013
Blogger loses libel claim against Council
Chief Executive awarded £25,000 damages for counter-claim
26 Feb 2013
PCC: no need for prominence in libel reports
Regulator rejects Ashcroft complaint
26 Nov 2012
Ashcroft cleared of corruption links
Indy's former publisher apologises in court
8 Oct 2012
Mail on Sunday report privilege fails
Judge rules court report articles 'not for the public benefit' and malicious
21 May 2012
Leveson Inquiry
Availability of 5RB counsel
18 Mar 2012
Mail on Sunday apologises to MP
Allegations of sexist bullying withdrawn
20 Jan 2012
Leveson challenge dismissed
Administrative Court upholds anonymous evidence decision
10 Nov 2011
Leveson Inquiry Starts
Inquiry into press ethics: opening submissions
28 Oct 2011
5RB tops Chambers and Partners 2012
Adam Wolanski wins Defamation and Privacy Junior Barrister of the Year
27 Sep 2011
‘Truly experts’
The Legal 500 review 2012
17 Mar 2011
New edition of privacy book published
Second edition of Tugendhat & Christie: The Law of Privacy and the Media published
1 Mar 2011
Sikh leader’s appeal dismissed
Libel claimant failed to lodge £250,000 security
1 Feb 2011
Sikh sect leader ordered to pay £250,000 security
Journalist obtains order ahead of appeal
30 Nov 2010
New Supplement to Gatley published
The First Supplement to the 11th edition of Gatley on Libel and Slander has been published by Sweet & Maxwell
12 Nov 2010
Sun apologises for body scanner libel
Security man accepts £45,000 compensation
8 Nov 2010
Ronaldo wins libel damages
Footballer also receives apology and costs in full for Telegraph story
5 Nov 2010
5RB tops directory ranking
Chambers & Partners 2011 edition praises set
27 Apr 2010
Doctor accepts substantial libel damages
Newspaper apologises for untrue front page terrorism allegations
12 Jan 2010
Peaches accepts libel damages
Daily Star apologises to Peaches Geldof for 'prostitute' claim
17 Nov 2009
Peacock settles libel action
MGN pays damages over Celebs on Sunday article
9 Nov 2009
Ronaldo accepts libel damages
Mirror Group admits footballer was not 'on the lash' in LA and settles claim
7 Oct 2009
Accountant wins £30,000 damages for libel and harassment
Neighbour's conduct was obsessive and irrational
24 Sep 2009
5RB’s juniors: the Legal 500 verdict
What the legal directory had to say about 5RB's junior barristers
30 Jul 2009
Jacob Zuma wins libel damages
Guardian makes unqualified offer of amends to President of South Africa
15 May 2009
Injunction application hit for six
Judge allows cricket to continue on village green
24 Nov 2008
Accountant wins ‘IVA Council’ claim
Insolvency practitioner obtains apology and damages over mis-selling allegations
21 Nov 2008
New edition of Gatley out soon
11th edition of leading practitioner's text on libel and slander on sale in December
20 Jun 2008
Ronaldo wins ‘text message’ damages
Manchester United star accepts apology and libel damages over Sun story
4 Apr 2008
Largest damages yet for internet libel
Social housing firm and CEO receive total of £119,000
19 Mar 2008
Adelson accepts apology, damages
Associated Newspapers apologises to US entrepreneur and settles libel claim
13 Feb 2008
Danish newspaper apologises to bank
Anglo-Icelandic bank accepts libel damages for internet publications
22 Jan 2008
New York to fight ‘libel tourism’
Proposed legislation to prevent enforcement of foreign libel judgments
27 Nov 2007
Gatley Supplement now on sale
Leading defamation practitioners' text now fully updated
8 Nov 2007
5RB tops Chambers & Partners review
20 Barristers rated and recommended in the new annual survey
11 Oct 2007
Author succeeds on Reynolds Appeal
Court of Appeal vindicates journalist and dismisses libel claim brought by former Flying Squad officer
20 Sep 2007
5RB tops Legal 500
20 Barristers rated and recommended in Defamation, Privacy, Intellectual Property, Sport and Media & Entertainment Law
28 Jun 2007
Damages for trio cleared of murder
Chief Constable accepts innocence in malicious prosecution settlement
24 Oct 2006
5RB tops Chambers & Partners review
Nineteen barristers recommended in Annual Survey
27 Sep 2006
5RB tops Legal 500 survey
Twenty barristers recommended across core practice areas
24 Nov 2005
New media law titles available
New edition of Arlidge, Eady & Smith on Contempt; new Supplements to Gatley and The Law of Privacy & The Media
24 Oct 2005
Chambers’ Review: 5RB top again
20 barristers recommended for Media, Entertainment, Defamation, Privacy, Intellectual Property & Sports Law
21 Sep 2005
5RB tops annual Legal 500 Review
17 barristers named as leaders in their field
15 Sep 2005
London hosts MLRC Conference
5RB's Desmond Browne QC to participate in worldwide media law event
22 Apr 2005
Indemnity costs in police libel case
Claimant faces enormous costs bill following failure to accept payment in
8 Apr 2005
Court dismisses police claim for libel
Police failures led to the wrongful arrest of the Hamiltons
17 Mar 2005
First defamation costs capping order
Queen's Bench Master grants cost-capping Order against CFA funded Claimant
24 Feb 2005
Hamilton ‘rape’ claims in new trial
Libel trial over police investigation of false allegations
5 Nov 2004
5RB top in Chambers & Partners Review
Seventeen 5RB members ranked
21 Oct 2004
Global acclaim for Gatley
10th edition is 'the definitive work'
13 Jul 2004
Law Commission Report on Local Authority Inquiries
Lillie & Reed case prompts defamation law reform proposals
