'Law, Celebrity and the Internet' - Keith Schilling: CIPIL Seminar (audio)
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Keith Schilling, Senior Partner and Co-Founder of Schillings, gave an evening seminar entitled "Law, Celebrity and the Internet" on Wednesday 9th May 2012 at the Faculty of Law as a guest of CIPIL (the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law).
Keith Schilling is Senior Partner and Co-Founder of Schillings, which is regarded as the pre-eminent claimant law firm in England, specialising in safeguarding the reputations and privacy rights of celebrities, international corporations, brands, as well as high-profile business and political figures. He also specialises in Divorce and family law where his expertise in handling consequential media issues involving threats to privacy and reputation of those involved is highly valued. Keith is a Solicitor-Advocate and in 2008 was placed 10th in the Times list of the 100 most powerful and influential lawyers in England for his work in achieving a number of landmark decisions in privacy law and was named as one of the 1000 most influential people in London for the second year according to the Evening Standard’s 2009 survey. He has been described as "the Rottweiler" by Private Eye magazine, as well as the "Injunction King" by the Guardian, and a "formidable litigation lawyer"” by the Telegraph. In an interview by the Sunday Times, Keith was quoted as being "… exactly the sort of lawyer you need in the libel trenches with you in dangerous times." and The Economist magazine has referred to Schillings as being"…the City’s most fearsome defamation lawyers". His work in defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, copyright and divorce, has made him one of the most sought-after media lawyers in Britain. He has helped to protect the reputations of film, sport and entertainment stars as well as top companies and business executives. For more information see the CIPIL website at http://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U. |
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Created: | 2012-05-28 10:04 |
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Collection: | CIPIL Intellectual Property Seminar Series MOVED |
Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
Copyright: | Mr D.J. Bates |
Language: | eng (English) |
Keywords: | Celebrity; Privacy; Injunction; Super Injunction; Libel; News of the World; Leveson Inquiry; |
Abstract: | Think of any high-profile privacy case of the last decade and Keith Schilling was probably involved. He has represented Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Naomi Campbell, JK Rowling, Lance Armstrong, Gordon Ramsay, Liz Hurley and countless Premiership footballers.
This presentation will address the short and tumultuous life of privacy as a free-standing cause of action, its similarities and differences to libel, the evolution of superinjunctions, regulation of the press, overseas developments, and the future of privacy. |
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