'An incredibly good set for IP matters'.
Legal 500 2010
"There are great people there at all levels and the clerks are very accommodating."
Chambers & Partners (Intellectual property) 2014
'Top drawer IP set.'
Legal 500 2010
"an impressive set with quality from the top
silk down to the most junior barristers."
Chambers & Partners (Information Technology) 2013
The clerks are described as "helpful," "generous" and "very good at knowing what you want."
Chambers & Partners (Intellectual Property) 2013
'A number of great IT and telecoms barristers.'
Legal 500 2010
"8 New Square brims with barristers experienced in fighting fiendishly complex, high-value IT and telecoms disputes."
Chambers & Partners 2014
"8 New Square is undoubtedly one of the leading sets for trade mark and copyright cases within the media and entertainment sphere, so much so that stablemates here frequently find themselves pitted against each other in major cases."
Chambers & Partners (Media & Entertainment) 2014
'Practical and helpful clerks" provide a "smooth and personable service.'
Chambers and Partners 2011
"8 New Square brims with barristers experienced in fighting fiendishly complex, high-value IT and telecoms disputes."
Chambers & Partners (Information Technology) 2014
'excellence on IT matters'
Legal 500 (Information Technology) 2010
"Fantastic roster of talent" and recommended for being "very modern, forward-thinking and providing sound commercial advice" as well as offering instructing solicitors "a very broad skill set in the soft IP space."
Chambers & Partners 2017
'A veritable powerhouse of IP expertise'
Chambers and Partners 2011
Madonna v Associated Newspapers
Case Summary | 1 October 2009
The Mail on Sunday published photographs of Madonna’s wedding to Guy Ritchie thereby infringing both her rights of privacy and her rights in copyright and also selling a lot of newspapers. The issue was the amount of compensation the newspaper should pay. The case settled with the payment of a very substantial sum to one of Madonna’s preferred charities. John Baldwin QC and Peter Prescott QC acted for Madonna.