We are recognised as having one of the leading media litigation teams in the highly competitive London market.

Our media litigation practice is identified in the top tiers of leading firms in the field by the two principal legal directories, Chambers and Legal 500.

We are able to advise on all media litigation issues including:

• Defamation
  
• Malicious falsehood
  
• Confidence
  
• Privacy (and related human rights issues)
  
• Contempt
  
• Official secrets
  
• Copyright
  
• Passing off
  
• Regulatory clearance
  
• Data protection

Partners at Addleshaw Goddard recently contributed knowledge to a guide about protecting Corporate Reputation that was published by the CBI. Click here to see more information on Corporate Reputation or to read the guide "The power of reputation - Protecting your company's biggest asset".


Clients and Experience

We have acted in many ground-breaking cases over the years. In cases like Spycatcher and more recently Reynolds v Times Newspapers and McCartan Turkington Breen we have been involved in creating new defences for media organisations faced by claims in confidence and libel.

We advise the media both before and after broadcast/publication.  We also have extensive experience of responding to complaints, of defending injunction applications and other litigation.

Our lawyers are available out of hours and at weekends, for example to provide urgent advice pre-publication/broadcast or to resist emergency injunction applications by commercial organisations, private individuals or government departments trying to kill a story.