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include:
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| Crime
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Successful defence of Ted Francis, the co-defendant in the “Lord Archer
trial”.
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Successful defence of John Fashanu in the football corruption trial.
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Successful defence of boxer, Terry Marsh, charged with attempting to murder
his manager, Frank Warren.
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Successful defence of extradition sought by the Indian Government for Bollywood composer Nadeem Saifi for alleged contract killing.
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Successful defence of Nigel Benn on a serious assault.
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Successful defence of Paul Ince on an assault.
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Successful defence of Quietlynn Limited in a case brought by the Medicines Control Agency
alleging that “poppers” (isobutyl nitrite) were a medical product.
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Representation of Michael Barrymore on arrest on suspicion of murder.
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Representation of Wayne Rooney on arrest on suspicion of assault.
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Representation of Teddy Sheringham on arrest on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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Representation of News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman on a charge of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages.
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Representation of Ronnie Knight in relation to the £6 million Security Express robbery.
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Civil
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Successful claim of a married public figure – in the leading case of CC v AB – where, in a landmark judgment, it was ruled that an adulterous relationship should not be exposed because of the Claimant’s right to privacy.
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Successful defence of Nigel Benn in a claim brought by
Frank Warren - the leading case on the restraint of trade doctrine in sport and celebrity contracts.
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Successful claim of Michael Watson where the restraint of trade doctrine was applied to a contract between a boxer and a manager and held to be against public policy because of the unreasonable imbalance between the rights and duties of the parties.
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Successful defence of Free4Internet.net Limited to a libel claim based on the Claimant’s appearance being similar to that of a glamour model advertising a pornographic web site.
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Successful claim of Engelbert Humperdinck for libel against the publishers of a Sunday national newspaper.
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Successful claim of Anne Diamond for libel against the publishers of a daily national newspaper.
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Successful defence of Jim Davidson to an occupiers’ liability claim.
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Successful defence of Terry Marsh to a libel claim brought by
Frank
Warren.
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Successful defence of John Virgo to an Industrial Tribunal application brought
by a person claiming to be a former employee.
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Representation of Blake Fielder-Civil in divorce proceedings against Amy Winehouse.
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Representation of Barbara Windsor to secure settlement terms, including an apology, against the publishers of a daily national newspaper.
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Representation of Splash News and Pictures Agency to a claim by Elle Macpherson for breach of confidence and/or invasion of private and family life.
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Representation of Sport Newspapers Limited to a libel claim brought by Ronaldo.
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Representation of Milton Keynes Football Club to a claim for damages brought by a Sheffield United player following a football tackle.
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Representation of Pat Eddery Racing Limited in injunction proceedings concerning confidential information.
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| Entertainment |
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Representation of Sheptonhurst Limited in defeating the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in establishing the right to buy, in licensed sex shops, videos of “Nympho Nurse Nancy” and “Horny Cat Babe” and so substantially liberalising the laws on censorship of explicit sexual material.
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Representation of Associated International Management, the artist management agency, in the sale of its business and assets to the Sanctuary Group
Plc.
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Representation of Yvonne Paul Management Limited, the model agency, in the sale of its business and assets to International Model Management
Limited.
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| Human Rights |
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Representation of clients,
including Caroline Cossey (Tula), before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg on cases concerning the rights of transsexuals.
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Representation of Interfact Limited in an appeal to the ECHR to sell R18 material by mail-order.
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Representation of Interfact Limited in its application to have its convictions under the Video Recording Acts 1984 set aside following the Government's announcement in August 2009 that the Act was no longer enforceable due to its failure to notify the European Commission of the Act's intended enactment in 1984. The case raised significant constitutional, human rights and European law issues.
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