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Practice areas
- Dispute Resolution
Richard is an experienced consultant in the Media Disputes team.
After more than 40 years’ practice as a media lawyer and now as a consultant, Richard focuses on keeping media clients out of trouble. He offers pre-publication advice on defamation, contempt, data protection, confidentiality and privacy.
Regular clients include The Economist and the Financial Times. Richard’s strong commitment to the press and long standing interest in current affairs put him in a position to advise from a position of familiarity with his clients’ concerns. He also advises, pro bono, NGOs referred by ISLP (International Senior Lawyers’ Project).
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Quote from ISLP UK:
"International Senior Lawyers Project-UK is hugely grateful to Richard Shillito who has been unfailingly marvellous to deal with: he is incredibly responsive and gives user-friendly and pragmatic advice. His pro bono contributions are making a real difference for clients uncovering important corruption issues".