Lucy Middleton
Solicitor
Lucy read French and Italian at Bristol University. She went on to study law and complete the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London. She trained at Carter-Ruck and qualified in 2007.
Lucy specialises in defamation, privacy and confidence and is experienced in all areas of media litigation. She acts for a wide range of clients including politicians, businessmen, celebrities, financial organisations, newspapers and companies as well as other individuals from all walks of life. She has helped secure numerous apologies and settlements for clients as part of her reputation management practice. Lucy also has experience of obtaining pre-publication injunctions for clients where it has been necessary to protect private information.
Recent work includes acting for Boris Berezovsky in his successful libel action against the Russian State Television Company in which Mr Berezovsky was awarded £150,000 in damages after a two week trial in the High Court. Lucy also acted for Tom Watson MP in libel proceedings issued in respect of allegations published in the Sun newspaper.
Where it has not been possible to reach settlement at an early stage, Lucy has been involved in running a number of high-profile cases to trial. She was part of the team acting for Sir Martin Sorrell in his successful libel proceedings in respect of a defamatory blog and for Sir Martin and Daniela Weber in the related privacy proceedings. Lucy was also part of the team representing Boris Berezovsky in his libel proceedings against Mikhail Fridman and Alfa Bank, in which a jury awarded Mr Berezovsky £50,000 in damages.
As well as acting for many individuals, Lucy has represented a number of companies and media organisations including various foreign newspapers and US Petroleum Holdings.
Lucy is a member of the Media Society. She speaks fluent French and Italian.