SM&B has a formidable team of defamation practitioners with expertise acting on behalf of both claimants and defendants. Comprising senior and junior solicitors and in-house defamation counsel, the team is able to provide a comprehensive service.The team is available to act urgently in response to actual or threatened publications and also provides pre-publication clearance for media clients and others. Furthermore, Simons Muirhead & Burton is a pioneer in undertaking work on a Conditional Fee basis in appropriate cases and we are able to provide insurance to claimant defamation clients to protect them against possible cost orders.

The team is led by Razi Mireskandari , Stephen Shotnes , and Louis Charalambous .