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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../Style/ie.css"> <title>5 Raymond Buildings Member page</title> <!-- <style> body, td { font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; } .lines { background-color: black; } </style> --> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <!-- <tr align=right> <td><a href="#" onclick="javascript:window.print();window.close();return false;">Print</a></td> </tr> --> <tr> <td background="../images/photos/APageweb.jpg"><img src="../images/cp.gif" width="100%" height="300" galleryimg="no"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="400"> <tr> <td width="37" rowspan="2"><img src="../images/cp.gif" width="37" height="1"></td> <td> <p><span class="clsContentTitle"> Adrienne Page QC</span> <p><hr style="color: #000000; height=1px;"> <p><b>Career</b> <br>1974 Called to the Bar <br>1999 Silk<br>1999 Year of Recorder <p><b>Subject Areas</b> <br>Defamation<br>Human Rights<br>Injunctive Relief<br>Media Law<br>Privacy and Confidence<p><b>Educational Qualifications</b><br>Godolphin School, Salisbury<br>University of Kent at Canterbury (B.A. Social Science)<p><b>Professional Qualifications</b><br>Called to the Bar (Middle Temple)<br>Assistant Recorder (1995 - 1999)<br>Recorder (1999 - 2004) <p><hr style="color: #000000; height=1px;"> <p><b>Profile</b> <br>Adrienne Page QC is a leading defamation silk who acts for both claimants and defendants and has particular experience of handling heavyweight cases and those with a medical angle. She has appeared, most recently, for the claimants in <EM>Tesco v Guardian</EM> and <EM>Frank Warren v Random House</EM> and for the defendants in <EM>Taranissi v BBC</EM>, <EM>Charman v Orion Publishers</EM> and <EM>Dr Andrew Wakefield v Channel 4</EM>. She has been involved in many of the leading cases that, in recent years, have helped to shape the offer of amends procedure.</P> <p><b>Verbatim</b> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="363"> <tr> <td width="30" valign="top"><img SRC="../images/quote_open.gif"></td> <td style="text-align: justify;"><b><P>A lateral thinker said to charm the court who is exceedingly forensic and thorough and not scared to fight.</P> <P><EM><A href="http://www.chambersandpartners.co.uk/uk/resultseditorial.aspx?cid=7&pid=390&solbar=2" target="_blank">Chambers and Partners 2006</A></EM></P></b></td> <td width="30" valign="bottom"><img SRC="../images/quote_close.gif"></td> </tr> </table> <p><hr style="color: #000000; height=1px;"><p><b>Testimonials</b><br><P>Recommended as a "Leading Silk" in defamation and privacy in both <EM>Chambers & Partners</EM> and <EM>Legal 500</EM> every year since taking silk. She has been described, in recent entries, as: a "…'canny class act' … 'She has a good head for the law', 'an excellent grasp of the technical side and a full command of the interrelationship of different issues in any given case'" (<EM><A href="http://www.chambersandpartners.co.uk/uk/resultseditorial.aspx?cid=7&pid=390&solbar=2" target="_blank">Chambers & Partners, 2009</A></EM>); “'Doughty fighter' Adrienne Page QC is 'fantastic'. According to many, 'her calm, ice-maidenly style is extremely effective' and she has 'a wonderful way of putting everybody at ease when the pressure is on' (<EM>Chambers & Partners, 2008</EM>); "'Tough and gutsy, yet charming and elegant'….. Clients admire her 'engaging court manner'….They also point to the fact that she is 'incredibly nice, sympathetic and a joy to deal with'" (<EM>Chambers & Partners, 2007</EM>); "...a 'first-class advocate', much thought of because her manner is impeccable''' (<EM>Legal 500, 2007</EM>). <BR>Earlier editions described her "like a Trojan yet is always available and approachable" (<EM>Legal 500, 2004</EM>). "She is good at quickly cutting through and finding solutions" (<EM>Chambers & Partners, 2005</EM>). She "puts in a 'frankly stupendous effort' according to rivals; she 'rolls her sleeves up and is a pleasure to work with'" (<EM>Chambers & Partners, 2003-4</EM>). <BR>Jointly short-listed (with Adam Speker for the Liberty/Justice Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2003 for <EM>Lillie & Reed v Newcastle City Council</EM> [2002] EWHC 1600.</P><p><b>Memberships</b><br>Bencher of the Middle Temple <!-- Output publications --> <p><b>Publications</b><br/>The Law of Privacy and the Media (26 Jan 2006) <p><hr style="color: #000000; height=1px;"> <p><a href="vCards/AdriennePage.vcf">Download vCard</a> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>
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