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John Stables / 5RB / media and communications law specialist

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John Stables / 5RB / media and communications law specialist Call 5RB+44 (0)20 7242 2902 Menu About us Our work People Barristers Support team Recruitment Resources Cases News Publications Articles 5RB Talks Links Contact Contact us Enquiry Visit us Urgent injunctions Complaints procedure Register for 5RB updates Barristers Cases John Stables John joined 5RB in October 2015 after completion of pupillage at chambers. During pupillage he was involved with his four supervisors and others in a range of 5RB’s work. Cases with which John assisted included:

• Mitchell v News Group Newspapers – the ‘Gate-gate’ libel trial of Andrew Mitchell MP’s claim against the Sun newspaper
• Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdullah Al Alaoui of Morocco v Elaph Publishing Ltd – libel action by His Highness Prince Moulay against an online Arabic language publisher
• Rufus v Elliott – libel claim between former footballers and business partners
• Gulati & others v MGN Limited – trial of quantum for awards in misuse of private information by eight claimants against the Mirror titles
• AG v Condé Nast – contempt proceedings brought against the publisher of GQ magazine
• Tardios v Linton – libel action by proprietor of private school against online defamatory statements
The spectrum of work John undertook in pupillage was very broad, covering many areas: defamation; privacy; data protection; copyright; Freedom of Information; reporting the courts; contempt of court; and others.

Before retraining as a barrister John spent over 25 years working in media regulation across broadcast and non-broadcast media, most recently at Ofcom. His experience in the sectoral regulation of both editorial material and advertising, in both broadcast and non-broadcast media, is extensive, indeed probably uniquely so.

John’s regulatory experience includes such areas as: editorial content (offence; harm; accuracy in news; impartiality; fairness and privacy); editorial commercial content (product placement; sponsorship; undue prominence); advertising content (broadcast and non-broadcast); broadcast licensing; and sanctions against broadcasters.

John’s practice draws on this expertise. Together with the core areas of media law work – defamation, privacy, data protection, harassment, copyright etc – he advises on all aspects of media content, both in relation to the law and the applicable codes.

John does both defendant and claimant work and offers pre-publication advice in all media.

 

Called 2014 Called to the Bar of England and Wales

Education Bar Professional Training Course LLB, Birkbeck College, University of London – 1st class

Qualifications Wildys Prize for Legal Method Birkbeck College, University of London
Diplock Scholarship Middle Temple

Areas of work Defamation and Malicious Falsehood
Data Protection and Information Law
Privacy and Confidence
Harassment
Injunctive Relief
Pre-publication Advice

Memberships Middle Temple

All cases Defamation and Malicious Falsehood Corbyn v Millett [2021] EWCA Civ 567 20/04/2021

Reporting the Courts and Contempt HRH Prince Louis of Luxembourg v HRH Princess Tessy of Luxembourg & anor [2017] EWHC 3095 (Fam) 05/12/2017

Articles Responsible journalism—the ethics of press leaks By John Stables. 13 Jun 2016

Photos of celebrities' children—does Paul Weller's case muddy the waters of media law? By John Stables. 10 Dec 2015

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20 Dec 2021

Rachel Riley wins libel action against Laura Murray TV presenter wins Twitter libel case

12 Nov 2021

Permission to appeal granted in George v Cannell & Anor

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Judgment handed down in George v Cannell & Anor Saini J dismisses claims in libel, slander per se and malicious falsehood

20 Apr 2021

Defendant’s appeal dismissed in Millett v Corbyn Court of Appeal dismisses Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal against decisions that publication complained of consisted of statements of fact, not opinion, and defamed the Claimant

20 Jan 2021

Rachel Riley v Michael Sivier: defence struck out in libel claim Rachel Riley secures strike out of Defendant blogger’s defence in ‘online harassment’ libel claim

22 Jul 2020

Statements in Open Court for Labour Party whistleblowers and John Ware Pending claims against Labour Party by seven whistleblowers and journalist John Ware conclude

10 Jul 2020

Court determines meaning of defamatory statements in libel case against Jeremy Corbyn The meaning of Jeremy Corbyn MP's statements about Richard Millett held to be statements of fact and to be defamatory at common law

24 Apr 2020

Court determines meaning in Rachel Riley v Laura Murray libel case The meaning of the tweet complained of held to be statements of fact and opinion and to be defamatory at common law

31 Jan 2020

Statement in Open Court for Licensing Officer Claim by Wajed Iqbal concludes

20 Sep 2017

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24 Sep 2015

5RB welcomes John Stables New tenant from 1 October 2015

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