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June 1, 2009

Libel lawyer Mark Thomson leaves Carter Ruck

By paulmcnally

Solicitor-advocate Mark Thomson, a leading specialist in defamation and privacy issues, has left his partnership at law firm Carter-Ruck to join fellow media specialist Graham Atkins as a partner in his firm, now re-named Atkins Thomson.

Thomson, 49, includes among his clients Jay Jopling, actress Sienna Miller, singer Lily Allen, chef Marco Pierre White, and supermodel Naomi Campbell, and is co-author of the book Privacy in the Media – the Developing Law.

Atkins, who started his firm three years ago, has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, including Anna Richardson v Arnold Schwarzenegger, Josh Hartnett v MGN, Margaret Ambler v Heather Mills-McCartney, David Soul v MGN, and Fatima Whitbread v BBC.

He has also represented Tony and Cherie Blair, singer Michael Jackson, as well as Cat Deeley, Kate Beckinsale and Sean Bean.

Thomson, who lives in Essex, said: “I have always been impressed by the way Graham has run his firm. He has had an excellent first three years or so and I am sure that the new firm will go from strength to strength.

“I wish Carter-Ruck well.”

Atkins said: “I worked with Mark at another specialist media firm in the past and we complemented each other and combined our expertise very successfully.

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“This appointment of an exceptional lawyer in this area of law will give us a stronger platform on which to compete and indeed outperform the longer-established firms in our field, which is our continuing objective.”

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