Services

Publishing

Dispute resolution & litigation

The wide range of skills across our team of specialist media litigators allows us to allocate work flexibly and cost-effectively within the team.

We appreciate that costs are important. In defending cases we work closely with our clients' insurers. We frequently represent clients in mediation which often produces good results.

Our recent litigation experience for national and international publishers includes:

• defending UK publishing house against libel claim from overseas billionaire;
• defending US publishing company in libel action arising out of UK publication of American edition of book;
• defending UK publishing house and author in libel action fought to trial;
• defending leading independent publishers against mixed libel and privacy claims arising out of publication of autobiography;
• resisting pre-publication restrictions, including defending publishers and authors against attempts to block publication from author's former employers.