Practice areas

Jake acts for both claimants and defendants on the full spectrum of media and information law, including defamation, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, data protection and harassment.  

In reputation protection, Jake has great experience with adverse media or online interest which requires fast and reliable action. His clients have included household names in sports and entertainment, multinational companies, governments and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Jake has a wealth of industry knowledge: he completed pupillage with top media law Chambers 5RB; worked in three of the most pre-eminent media law firms (Harbottle & Lewis, Carter-Ruck and Simons Muirhead and Burton) and has advised many of the major British media outlets, including The BBC, The Times, The Sun and The Mirror. He is also an NCTJ accredited journalist.

Media & Communications

Jake regularly advises individuals and companies on media law claims. In addition to his drafting and advocacy work, because of his in-house experience Jake is often instructed to engage in legal correspondence.

Jake also offers pre-publication 'libel reading' advice for national newspapers, Hollywood scriptwriters, the world’s foremost book publishers and multinational broadcasters.

Where a resolution is sought outside of litigation, Jake has experience in negotiation and mediation.

Jake’s work in data protection law includes advice on data breaches, subject access requests and ‘right to be forgotten’ requests against Google under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

Jake is direct access qualified, undertakes Pro Bono cases for Advocate and is certified to conduct litigation.

Accredited Mediator

Jake is an Accredited Mediator with the Society of Mediators. He can be instructed to conduct mediations in a variety of disputes.

Key Cases

Throughout his training and practice, Jake has been involved in some of the most influential cases in recent media law history. For example:

Whilst in-house Counsel at Harbottle & Lewis, Jake handled the high-profile defamation case of Koutsogiannis v The Random House Group Limited [2019] EWHC 48 (QB).

Jake was part of the BBC litigation team in Miah v BBC [2018] EWHC 1054 (QB) and advised on Cliff Richard v BBC and South Yorkshire Police [2018] EWHC 1837 (Ch).

At 5RB, Jake supported leading and junior Counsel for the Claimant in the first substantive case on the new public interest defence to libel, Economou v De Freitas [2016] EWHC 1853 (QB).

Prior to pupillage, whilst at Carter-Ruck, Jake worked for the Claimants in the landmark ‘Right to be forgotten’ case of NT1 & NT2 v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 799 (QB).

Regulatory information

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