Our highly regarded Defamation & Reputation Management team helps high net worth individuals, nationally and internationally, to manage their personal and professional reputations and protect their privacy.
Michelmores is a perfect balance of experience, professionalism and empathy. My first and only choice.
CHAMBERS UK 2026
Michelmores delivered the best available outcome at very reasonable cost for the complexity of the issue and level of risk. They battled hard for me.
CHAMBERS UK 2026
Jayne Clemens – she really understands what clients go through in litigation and what they are looking to achieve.
Legal 500 2026
Michelmores showed a clear understanding of potential issues and anticipated future developments.
CHAMBERS UK 2025
The team is very knowledgeable and that knowledge runs deep; it is not confined to the top tier of the pyramid. The team is very responsive, able to meet tight deadlines and to keep to promised delivery dates.
Legal 500 2025
The practice has all the expertise and experience of the big London firms but it has real experience on the ground with its national network of offices.
LEGAL 500 2024
Jayne Clemens’ legal and industry knowledge is excellent, combined with strategic sense and sound client management.
Legal 500 2023
The Defamation team, led by Partner Jayne Clemens, is known for advising with sensitivity and discretion.
As a firm, we have an excellent and long standing reputation for advising high net worth families, private trusts, family offices and individuals on a range of issues. We understand the importance of maintaining their reputation and privacy. We offer practical advice and solutions aimed at swiftly and discretely managing matters without drawing further undue attention.
We have extensive experience advising on defamation, breach of copyright, misuse of confidential information, data protection breaches, privacy issues, and harassment.
We act swiftly to remove defamatory content and/or private information from social media platforms, web pages and across the wider international and national media (online and hard copy). Where necessary, we work with our clients to swiftly bring claims in the High Court.
We also regularly manage press published during High court litigation, advise on injunctive relief for misuse of confidential information, and breach of restrictive covenants.
Removing defamatory press coverage for international clients with property in London to protect their reputation and privacy. This includes having misquotes and photographs of properties removed from both hard copy and high profile online national press stories
Assisting a prominent member of a ruling family in a matter of defamation and harassment
Advising a high-profile client on press coverage issues throughout the course of very high value litigation
Advising ultra-high net worth individuals on issuing High Court Proceedings and on the removal of damaging content published in the press
