Luke joined 5RB in 2020 upon successful completion of pupillage. He accepts instructions across all areas of Chambers’ work, including defamation, privacy, harassment and data protection. His recent work includes appearing for the claimants in Wan-Bissaka & Anor v Bentley, led by Adam Speker QC.
During pupillage, Luke’s supervisors were Adam Speker QC, Aidan Eardley, Kate Wilson and Jonathan Scherbel-Ball. Cases with which Luke assisted during pupillage include:
- Serafin v Malkiewicz & Ors (first Supreme Court case on the public interest defence in s.4 Defamation Act 2013)
- Depp v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor (three-week libel trial in the High Court)
- ZXC v Bloomberg LP (Court of Appeal decision on the privacy rights of suspects in criminal investigations)
- Turley v Unite the Union & Anor (week-long libel trial in the High Court)
- DSM SFG Group Holdings Limited v Kelly (Court of Appeal decision on the use of covertly obtained confidential information in litigation)
Luke was called to the Bar of England and Wales by Middle Temple, where he was a Queen Mother Scholar. In 2020, he was called to the Bar of Ireland by the Chief Justice. He previously worked at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN in New York, the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Ireland, and the International Rescue Committee, advising on human rights, conflict, humanitarian and UN issues.
Scholarships and Awards
- Queen Mother Scholarship (Middle Temple)
- Blackstone Entrance Exhibition (Middle Temple)
- Robert Gardiner Memorial Scholarship (University of Cambridge)
- Julian Prize (Trinity College Dublin)
- Entrance Exhibition Prize (Trinity College Dublin)
Called
2017 Called to the Bar of England and Wales
2020 Called to the Bar of Ireland
Education
BPP University of Law, London: BPTC
University of Cambridge: MPhil. Politics
Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po): International Diploma
Trinity College Dublin: LLB. Law
Areas of work
Privacy and Confidence
Defamation and Malicious Falsehood
Human Rights
Data Protection and Information Law
Injunctive Relief
Pre-publication Advice
Harassment
Reporting the Courts and Contempt
Memberships
Middle Temple
All cases
Privacy and Confidence
Wan-Bissaka & Anor v Bentley
[2020] EWHC 3640 (QB) 22/01/2021
Harassment
Wan-Bissaka & Anor v Bentley
[2020] EWHC 3640 (QB) 22/01/2021
Injunctive Relief
Wan-Bissaka & Anor v Bentley
[2020] EWHC 3640 (QB) 22/01/2021
Articles
High Court grants applications disputing jurisdiction in libel claims against Italian publishers (Napag Trading v GEDI Gruppo Editoriale)
By Luke Browne. 20 Nov 2020
High Court refuses application for strike out and summary judgment in libel and malicious falsehood claim (Ward v Associated Newspapers Ltd)
By Luke Browne. 28 Oct 2020
In 5RB News
Contact
Email: clerks@5rb.com