5RB Talks 2015: Cardiff
The second of 5RB’s 2015 series of talks took place on 12 March in Cardiff. 5RB’s William Bennett, Christina Michalos and David Hirst spoke. William Bennett gave an overview of the Defamation Act 2013 and… Read More »
5RB Talks 2015: Bristol
5RB‘s series of 2015 talks kicked off on 12 February in Bristol. 5RB‘s Jacob Dean, Felicity McMahon and Julian Santos spoke about the Defamation Act 2013 and developments since it came into force, how to… Read More »
21st Edition of Clerk & Lindsell on Torts out now
The new 21st edition of this definitive work on tort law is available now. 5RB‘s Adam Speker and Felicity McMahon are the editors of the Defamation Chapter. This new edition of Clerk & Lindsell on Torts brings the… Read More »
5RB tops Chambers & Partners 2015
5RB have once again been ranked as a Band 1 set for Defamation & Privacy in Chambers & Partners annual review of the Bar. 5RB was also ranked for Media & Entertainment, with Jacob Dean… Read More »
Limitation appeal allowed
The Court of Appeal today allowed an appeal brought by LexisNexis and Community Care Inform (CCI) over the publication of a legal case report first placed on its websites in October 2010 and January 2011. The… Read More »
Conference5RB 2014 update
We want to keep you up-to-date with the latest plans for Conference5RB 2014. In addition to our keynote speaker Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, President of the Supreme Court 5RB is pleased to announce additional guest participants. Richard… Read More »
Garcia v ANL trial begins in the High Court
The trial of the case of Garcia v Associated Newspapers Ltd began today in the High Court before Mr Justice Dingemans. The libel claim relates to an article published in the Daily Mail on 21… Read More »
5RB Arrival
5RB are pleased to announce that current pupil, Julian Santos, has accepted an offer of to join Chambers, commencing in October 2014 on completion of his pupillage. Before undertaking pupillage at 5RB, Julian practised as… Read More »
Matthew Nicklin QC becomes Joint Head of Chambers
Following the appointment of former Joint Head of Chambers Mr Justice Warby as a High Court Judge on 10th June 2014, 5RB are delighted to announce that Matthew Nicklin QC has become Joint Head of… Read More »
Mark Warby QC sworn in as a High Court Judge
5RB is proud to announce that Mark Warby QC has been appointed to the High Court Bench. He will be assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. He will be sworn in at 9.30am on Tuesday… Read More »
5RB Quiz 2014
5RB hosted its 8th annual charity pub quiz last night, to raise funds for the Bar Pro Bono Unit and the Free Representation Unit (FRU). Teams from many leading solicitors firms and media organisations competed over seven rounds of… Read More »
5RB at the London Legal Walk
The 5RB team of Jonathan Barnes, Adam Speker, Victoria Shore, Felicity McMahon, Chloe Strong, Julian Santos and Justin Simon took part in the London Legal Walk yesterday to raise money for the London Legal Support Trust,… Read More »
Mark Warby QC speaks at the Asian Racing Conference
5RB’s joint head of Chambers Mark Warby QC spoke at the 35th Asian Racing Conference in Hong Kong last week. Speaking to a plenary session entitled ‘Sport Integrity: racing as the frontrunner’, Mark shared his… Read More »
5RB London Legal Walk Team 2014
Members of 5RB will be participating in the 10th Anniversary London Legal Walk on 19th May. The team, consisting of Desmond Browne QC, Jonathan Barnes, Adam Speker, Victoria Shore, Felicity McMahon, Chloe Strong, Julian Santos,… Read More »
Paul Weller succeeds in High Court privacy claim
On 16 April 2014 the High Court ruled that the publication of photographs of three of Paul Weller’s children on the MailOnline website amounted to a misuse of their private information. Represented by 5RB’s David… Read More »
Mark Warby QC named in Who’s Who Legal
Who’s Who Legal have named Mark Warby QC as one of the 20 leading lawyers in the world across the areas of sport, gaming/gambling, entertainment and at the UK Bar. He is listed as one of… Read More »
Defamation Act 2013 talks
Book your place – limited places remaining! 1 CPD hour 5RB is pleased to announce that we will be hosting talks on the new Defamation Act in London, Leeds and Manchester. The details for the… Read More »
New Criminal Practice Directions
The Lord Chief Justice has handed down new Criminal Practice Directions which came into effect on 7 October 2013. The Directions include, at Part 5B, a summary of the current practice and procedure applicable to… Read More »
5RB welcomes Gervase de Wilde
5RB is pleased to announce that Gervase de Wilde has been recruited as our newest tenant of chambers following successful completion of his pupillage. He was supervised by Adam Wolanski, Adam Speker, Jonathan Barnes, and William… Read More »
Blackstone’s Guide to the Defamation Act 2013 published
Blackstone’s Guide to the Defamation Act 2013 is published by Oxford University Press today. The Guide combines analysis of the new Act from experts at 5RB, with full text of the Act, its Explanatory Notes… Read More »