Michael Yates

Michael is a senior associate in the IP/IT group and advises clients across a broad range of contentious matters including defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, harassment, blackmail, breach of copyright, data protection, Norwich Pharmacal and commercial disputes.

He specialises in protecting client’s reputations, privacy and data. He regularly advises on litigation, obtaining injunctive relief, asserting data subject’s rights, stopping stories, removing content and regulatory complaints and has obtained many apologies, damages/costs awards, undertakings, online takedowns and corrections. He is recognised by Legal 500 as a ‘Next Generation Lawyer’ and by Chambers & Partners as an 'Associate to Watch' in the field of Reputation Management.

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Karriere

Since 2018	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2018	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2013 - 2017	Associate, Lee & Thompson

2011 - 2013	Assistant, Schillings
2009 - 2011	Trainee, Davenport Lyons
2008 - 2009	Company Secretarial Assistant, Davenport Lyons

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Ausbildung

2011	Admitted to the Bar, England, Wales
2008	LPC, BPP, Holborn
2004	LLB, Law, College London

Publikationen

Gigantic noticeboard or wall of graffiti? Online libel: are we lost in analogy?, The In-House Lawyer, 2012

Fremdsprachen

English

Expertise

Branchen Technology, Media & Communications

Referenzen

Company obtains first cyber injunction under the protection of anonymity	A UK listed company on the theft of data and subsequent ransom of the company. We obtained an injunction against the hackers (PML v Persons Unknown) for the client, which is the first time judgment has been obtained for a listed company against hackers in which anonymity was granted to the company in relation to the interim injunction and then on a permanent basis. The team co-ordinated the entire incident response, including instructing forensic IT and working heavily with UK cybercrime police.
ERY v Associated	Obtained landmark privacy injunction creating authority for the premise that a criminal investigation of an individual can be private information and protectable.
XH v XH	Advised on obtaining an anonymization and reporting restrictions order in the family court to protect a wife and child from media intrusion following high value financial proceedings.

Various libel claims	Obtained various damages awards and apologies in settlement of libel and privacy claims and prepared for and attended four day libel trial, securing attendance of key witness.
PML v Persons Unknown	Obtained breach of confidence injunction for a company under the protection of anonymity against a hacker following a corporate cyber-attack and blackmail threat.
LJY v Persons Unknown	Obtained injunction against anonymous blackmailer in defamation, privacy and harassment, to stop the release of false criminal allegations to the media, serving the order via a series of text messages.

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Awards

Chambers High Net Worth UK 2020	Associate to watch – Reputation Management: Michael Yates is a senior associate who is well regarded for his strength in advising on a range critical reputation management matters.
Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Defamation/Reputation Management (Associate to watch): Michael Yates is a senior associate who is well regarded for his strength in advising on a range critical reputation management matters.
Chambers High Net Worth UK 2019	Associate to watch - Defamation/Reputation Management: High Net Worth
Chambers UK 2019	Associate to watch - Defamation/Reputation Management: Michael Yates is a senior associate who regularly handles defamation, privacy and data protection disputes. Sources consider him to be "extremely knowledgeable" and "highly intelligent in a very accessible way."
Legal 500 UK 2019	Next generation - Risk advisory: Reputation management: Other names to note include the ‘smart and assertive’ Michael Yates