Roddy Chisholm Batten

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Privacy & Reputation Management; Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Roddy leads the firm’s privacy and reputation management practice.

He acts for well-known actors, television personalities, sportsmen and musicians in claims for defamation, malicious falsehood, misuse of private information, breach of confidence, data protection and protection from harassment. 

He is currently advising clients in claims for misuse of private information arising out of the ongoing phone hacking scandal.  

Roddy also undertakes general commercial litigation including contractual disputes in the music, film and theatre industries, as well as IP and property related issues. 

He studied estate management at Oxford Brookes University and qualified as a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)in 1997. 

Roddy qualified as a solicitor in 2002.

 

“Sharp, focused and effective.” - Legal 500

“[A] highly regarded litigator who defends clients, often celebrities and television personalities, from privacy invasion and defamation. He has been very active in recent years pursuing hacking claims against tabloid newspapers.” - Chambers & Partners

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Clintons

2 St Giles Square

London

WC2H 8AP

Email : info@clintons.co.uk

Tel : +44 (0)20 7379 6080

DX: 37978 Kingsway

Clintons is a Partnership.  Its only partners are Clintons LLP and C Legal LLP and it is Authorised and Regulated in the United Kingdom by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, under number 00045165.