Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Intellectual Property

London (Bar)

9 Years Ranked

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Band 1

Media & Entertainment

London (Bar)

7 Years Ranked

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Information Technology

London (Bar)

4 Years Ranked

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Provided by Jaani Riordan

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Junior with technical background in computer science and expertise in all fields of intellectual property, media and information technology law. Particular experience in disputes involving the internet, telecoms, cybersecurity and AI. Author of leading textbook on intermediary liability. Regularly instructed in claims for website blocking orders, interim injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal disclosure, and cross-border remedies. Recent cases include: Cartier v BT [2018] UKSC 28 (website blocking); Warner Music v TuneIn [2019] 2923 (copyright); FAPL v Sky [2018] EWHC 1828 (copyright); Teva v Gilead [2019] EWCA Civ 2272 (SPC appeal following CJEU reference); ICE v TikTok (Copyright Tribunal, 2019); Wheat v Google [2020] EWHC 27 (jurisdiction); SEL v BDL [2020] EWHC 2004 (damages inquiry).

Career

Bachelor of Computer Science (1st), Bachelor of Laws (top 1st) (University of Melbourne), Doctorate in Law (University of Oxford, Magdalen College). Lectured in contract, trusts and copyright at Oxford. Called 2012 (Lincoln's Inn). Previously a commercial solicitor, Australia.

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Bar Association; Society of Computers and Law; Chancery Bar Association.

Publications

The Liability of Internet Intermediaries (OUP, 2016); Website Blocking Injunctions (Springer, 2017); Co-author of Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria on the Modern Law of Copyright (5th ed LexisNexis, 2018); Contributor to Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability (OUP, 2020).

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