Contacting 5RB during the Covid-19 lockdown
Although 5RB‘s premises are closed during the lockdown, chambers continues in full operation remotely. Please assist us by sending documents and instructions electronically. If hard copies are required, please liaise with the clerking team to… Read More »
Jonathan Barnes appointed to QC
5RB is delighted that Jonathan Barnes is included in the announcement of new QCs for 2021. Jonathan has spent his entire career at the Bar with 5RB – joining as a pupil in 1999. Before that he… Read More »
5RB talks – webinar
On Thursday evening, 10 December 2020, 5RB‘s Jonathan Barnes along with Aidan Eardley, Jonathan Scherbel-Ball and Chloe Strong discussed a selection of key judgments of the term virtually. The cases explored included: Burleigh v Telegraph… Read More »
Sir James & Lady Deirdre Dyson v Associated Newspapers
The libel claim brought by Sir James and Lady Deirdre Dyson against Associated Newspapers today concluded with the reading of a unilateral statement in open court by the Claimants’ solicitor, Rachel Atkins, before Mr Justice Nicklin…. Read More »
The Times pays libel damages to Barbara Hewson
The Times today stated in its Corrections & Clarifications column that the allegation made in an article published in April 2017 (and until recently on The Times website) that the barrister Barbara Hewson had made… Read More »
Successful defence for HarperCollins and author in mammoth Australian libel claim
In Herron v HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] FCA 1687 HarperCollins and Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist Steve Cannane have successfully defended a libel claim in which they were forced to prove the truth of… Read More »
Meaning of Coleen Rooney’s social media posts determined in Vardy v Rooney libel case
Mr Justice Warby has determined the meaning of posts on Instagram and Twitter by the Defendant, Coleen Rooney, in this high profile libel case. The action arises from statements made by Coleen Rooney in connection… Read More »
5RB Wins Defamation, Privacy & Data Protection Awards
5RB has been named Defamation, Privacy and Data Protection Set of the year at the 2020 Chambers UK Bar Awards. Adrienne Page QC was named Silk of the Year. Other members of 5RB to be… Read More »
Kent Online apologises to Alex Reid over phone hacking allegation
Mr Reid has today received an apology in court from the owners of the Kent Online website following an article published on 16 October 2017 entitled “Katie Price’s phone hacked from Sittingbourne”. The article reported on… Read More »
Statement in Open Court in Mamadou Sakho v WADA
A statement in open court was read today in the libel claim brought by Premier League and international footballer Mamadou Sakho against the World Anti-Doping Agency. Mr Sakho, who plays for Crystal Palace Football Club… Read More »
Duncan & Neill on Defamation and other media and communications claims
The new (5th) edition of Duncan & Neill on Defamation and other media and communications claims – written by Richard Rampton QC, Heather Rogers QC, Timothy Atkinson and Aidan Eardley, and published by LexisNexis… Read More »
Johnny Depp loses “wife beater” libel claim
Today Mr Justice Nicol handed down his judgment in what has been dubbed the biggest English libel trial of the 21st century: actor Johnny Depp’s libel claim against the publisher of The Sun newspaper and… Read More »
5RB the ‘go-to set’ in Legal 500
Legal 500’s 2020 edition of the directory has the following praise for Chambers: Defamation and privacy – Leading sets – ranked: tier 1 “The ‘fantastic’ 5RB continues to be the ‘go-to set for media litigation’, offering ‘an extremely… Read More »
5RB stands out in 2021 Chambers UK Guide
5RB has been recognised as the “the standout set” in the 2021 Chambers UK directory for the set’s expertise in defamation and privacy. For data protection matters, “Instructing solicitors regularly turn to the set for… Read More »
Desmond Browne QC receives CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Desmond Browne QC, 5RB’s Joint Head of Chambers, has been made CBE in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Desmond’s fellow Head of Chambers Justin Rushbrooke QC said: ‘We all delighted to be able… Read More »
Recorder appointments announced
On the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP, and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, The Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon, the Queen has appointed… Read More »
Chambers UK Bar Awards 2020
5RB has been shortlisted for Defamation Set of the Year for the 2020 Chambers UK Bar Awards. In addition, both Adrienne Page QC and William Bennett QC have been shortlisted for Defamation Silk of the… Read More »
5RB announces new tenant
We are pleased to announce that Luke Browne has been offered tenancy after successful completion of pupillage. From October, Luke will join 5RB as our 33rd member of chambers. His supervisors were Adam Speker QC,… Read More »
How to get a libel injunction
5RB’s Adam Speker QC has posted an article which you can read here: “How to get a libel injunction“.
Defamation, Privacy and Reputation Management
Jane Phillips is Chairing the Defamation, Privacy and Reputation Management 2020 conference on 9 September 2020. The conference examines the full range of current legal issues in media and information law. Jonathan Scherbel-Ball is hosting… Read More »
Melania Trump apology not defamatory of author
The High Court has handed down judgment today following a preliminary issue trial of meaning in Burleigh v Telegraph Media Group Limited [2020] EWHC 2359 (QB). The Claimant, a journalist at Newsweek, had brought a… Read More »