Stephanie Wickenden

Practice Areas

Stephanie specialises in Intellectual Property, Art, Media, and IT law. A significant proportion of her practice involves an international element and she has experience acting in cases with disputed jurisdiction. She is frequently instructed in commercial and private client cases with technical and creative subject matter or confidential information.​ ​ She has appeared in some of the most significant Intellectual Property cases brought before the UK courts, both as part of a team and as sole counsel. She is regularly instructed to appear as sole counsel in the High Court, IPEC and IPO, and has been instructed as sole counsel on multiple occasions in the Court of Appeal. She acts for a range of clients in different sectors, from global pharmaceutical companies to high street retailers and artists. Recent key cases include: Thatchers v Aldi (Court of Appeal and IPEC), Crafts Group v Knitpro (Court of Appeal and IPEC), easyGroup v Premier Inn (High Court), Shantell Martin v Bodegas San Huberto (IPEC), and Christian v Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn (High Court).​ 

Career

University of Oxford: PGDip Intellectual Property Law and Practice

University of Cambridge: MA Law

Courtauld Institute of Art: BA History of Art

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Bar Association

Chancery Bar Association

Art Lawyers Association

PAIAM