Practice area · 2022–2026

Most active law firms: Media, defamation and privacy

The law firms named as solicitors in the most UK cases on media, defamation and privacy (defamation, malicious falsehood, misuse of private information, data protection, harassment by publication, media law, reporting restrictions) over the last 5 years. In that time 318 judgments in this area named at least one of 175 firms profiled on zoomLaw.

Rank Firm Cases Judgments Judgments in the Supreme Court, Privy Council or Court of Appeal
1 RPC 20 29 7
2 Patron Law 16 24 5
3 Wiggin LLP 13 20 2
=4 Carter-Ruck 10 16 5
=4 Brett Wilson LLP 10 14 2
6 Stone White Solicitors 9 12
7 DAC Beachcroft 8 9
8 Cohen Davis Solicitors 7 10
9 Clyde & Co 6 9 1
=10 Withers LLP 5 7 2
=10 Mishcon de Reya LLP 5 6 1
=10 Capsticks 5 5
=10 Carruthers Law 5 5
=10 gunnercooke LLP 5 5
=15 Bristows LLP 4 6
=15 Leigh Day 4 6 1
=15 Simons Muirhead Burton LLP 4 6 1
=15 Brabners LLP 4 5 2
=15 Clifford Chance 4 5
=15 Kennedys 4 5
=15 Pinsent Masons 4 5 1
=15 Rahman Lowe Solicitors 4 5 1
=15 Brandsmiths 4 4
=15 Weightmans 4 4 1
=25 Schillings International LLP 3 7 1
=25 Thomson Heath Jenkins & Associates 3 5 2
=25 TLT LLP 3 5
=25 Farrer & Co LLP 3 4
=25 Freeths LLP 3 4 1
=25 Shakespeare Martineau 3 4
=25 Bindmans LLP 3 3
=25 Farleys Solicitors LLP 3 3
=25 Hugh James 3 3 1
=25 Kingsley Napley LLP 3 3 1
=25 Samuels Solicitors LLP 3 3
=25 Taylor Hampton 3 3

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Firms are ranked by the number of cases from 2022–2026 in this area in which judgments name them as solicitors, under their current name (judgments naming a firm that has since merged count towards the firm it joined). Several judgments in the same case, such as interim rulings, a later judgment on costs or an appeal, count as one case: judgments are linked by the court's case number and by appeals, or failing that by the parties' names. Only firms named in at least 3 cases are ranked, and equal counts share a place. This measures how often a firm acts in reported cases, not their outcome. Counts are minimums: they come from judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law), not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment counts only when we are confident who acted. Areas are assigned from each judgment's court and subject matter, and a judgment can fall in two areas. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent of every firm listed. Something wrong? Tell us.

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