Year of call: 2000 England and Wales; 2011 Turks and Caicos; 2015 Cayman; 2016 British Virgin Islands
Alexander has considerable experience in media law related matters both contentious and non-contentious. He undertook a specialist media law pupillage at 5 Raymond Buildings and has experience of defamation, privacy and intellectual property rights. He has a strong interest in freedom of speech on the internet.
He also through his contentious practice has wide ranging experience of relevant interlocutory relief such as prohibitory injunctions and Norwich Pharmacals.
On the non-contentious side Alexander has advised on potential litigation risk of takeovers and asset acquisitions in the media space include television and radio. Licencing agreements both drafting and advising. He has also advised high profile figures in the media world on a wide range of matters from employment law and contractual issues to property disputes,
Examples of work undertook in Media law:
- Defamation
- Malicious falsehood
- Privacy
- Breach of confidence
- Negligent misstatement
- Data Protection Act
- Contempt
- Reporting restrictions
- Harassment
- Media and entertainment-related contract claims
- Special procedure material and televising courts and inquiries
Alexander has wide ranging regulatory, disciplinary, commercial and employment law (he has a Masters in Employment Law) all of which impact on Sports Law,
Examples of work undertook in Sports law:
- Disciplinary and regulatory matters
- Contractual and commercial disputes
- Sponsorship and merchandising issues
- Employment litigation
Languages
English
Basic French
Qualifications
BA Newcastle University
CPE / BVC College of Law
LLM Surrey (part time) – Employment Law
LLM NYU Law – Corporate Law
TEP – Trust and Estate Practioner as designated by STEP
