
Helena Shipman
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Helena specialises in reputation, media and privacy disputes. She advises on defamation, misuse of private information and data protection claims (including pre-publication and post-publication issues with international aspects). She is highlighted as rising star and recommended lawyer in Legal 500 and an Associate to Watch in Chambers & Partners.
Helena has managed cases against national newspapers, search engines, social networks and individuals, and has represented clients in the London High Court, Court of Appeal and European Court of Justice, on behalf of both claimants and defendants. She has experience of non-party disclosure applications.
Helena regularly engages in pre-publication work for corporate and individual clients, against a number of publishers and broadcasters including The Daily Mail and Mail Online, The Telegraph, The Times, the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 which has resulted in mitigating significant potential harm to clients, by way of amendment to or withdrawal of the publications or broadcasts in question.
Helena also has a commercial and international sanctions practice, which includes applications to the General Court of the European Union to annul sanctions implemented by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on behalf of prominent businessmen.
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Helena Shipman is recognised for her strength in defamation and privacy cases. She assists individuals, businesses and charities with responding to the publication of false or sensitive information.
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"Helena Shipman is great and hard-working."
"Helena Shipman is great and hard-working."
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The Times apologises and pays £50,000 in libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim
The publisher of the Times has apologised in the High Court to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over false human trafficking allegations they published about them in 2020. The Times has also published a full apology and paid £50,000 in libel damages, plus costs.
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial damages to Sand Van Roy for revealing her rape complaint
MailOnline has apologised in the High Court to Sand Van Roy (the Dutch-Belgian actor and former comedian) over revealing her identity as a complainant in a rape case against a French film director (allegations which the individual strongly denies).
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim over
The publisher of MailOnline has apologised to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over the publication of false allegations of complicity in human trafficking.
The Times apologises and pays £50,000 in libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim
The publisher of the Times has apologised in the High Court to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over false human trafficking allegations they published about them in 2020. The Times has also published a full apology and paid £50,000 in libel damages, plus costs.
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial damages to Sand Van Roy for revealing her rape complaint
MailOnline has apologised in the High Court to Sand Van Roy (the Dutch-Belgian actor and former comedian) over revealing her identity as a complainant in a rape case against a French film director (allegations which the individual strongly denies).
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim over
The publisher of MailOnline has apologised to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over the publication of false allegations of complicity in human trafficking.
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