Gordon Clough
Legal Director
Dispute Resolution
+44 20 3206 2812
Email Gordon
gordon.clough@smb.london
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Gordon is a Legal Director in the Media & Communications Disputes team. He is a civil litigation lawyer with a broad commercial practice with specialist expertise in media and press law and substantial in-house experience.
He advises clients on a wide range of legal issues, including contractual disputes, defamation, breach of privacy, breach of contract, intellectual property disputes and regulatory issues. His clients have included Premiership footballers, freelance journalists, national and regional newspaper and book publishers, financial recruitment firms and international charities.
Gordon is a former journalist and has previously worked in-house advising on pre-publication and post-publication issues.
Practice areas
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‘Gordon Clough has been a rock-solid source of advice and guidance for our editorial team. He is responsive and stands out from the crowd in providing advice that is laser-focused on helping us to publish stories while minimising risk.’
Legal 500, 2024
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Legal 500, 2022“Gordon Clough [offers] exceptionally clear, constructive and timely advice.”
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Legal 500, 2022“[He seems] to genuinely enjoy finding a way through challenging media law issues and share journalists’ passion for a good story.”
News featuring Gordon
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30th August 2024 Media & Communications Disputes
SMB acts for Channel 4 and ITN in their successful defence of libel claim by Dyson
Our Media & Communications Disputes team were pleased to act for Channel 4 and ITN in their successful defence of a hard-fought libel claim by Dyson. The win is a victory for investigative journalism and freedom of expression.
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4th April 2023 Dispute Resolution
The perils of artificial intelligence
Our recent experiences highlight the dangers of relying on AI for a litigant without a lawyer and what it’s like to be up against a party who is using it
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15th February 2021 Dispute Resolution, Media & Communications Disputes
“The best laid schemes of mice and MEN” – SMB client settles million pound ‘dead mouse’ libel claim
Reach plc, the publisher of various national and regional newspapers titles, has settled a libel claim brought by the sports nutrition brand Myprotein over an April 2017 article published in The Manchester Evening News (MEN). The company sought damages of in excess of £1 million.
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