Barristers at XXIV Old Buildings cater for clients in the media industry in commercial disputes, including financing agreements and contractual claims, reputation management, including defamation, as well as acting in an advisory capacity for artists and media personalities about business and private client issues.
Members act for and against bands and other musical artists, managers and their agencies, record companies, newspapers, authors and illustrators, media groups, and talent agencies.
For more information on our members’ expertise or to discuss a particular matter, please contact us.
Acting and advising on a claim for rescission, procuring a breach of contract, and debt in relation to a media talent management agreement regarding a well-known DJ.
Acting for a DVD and gifting product producer against its distributor involving difficult issues of contractual interpretation and implied terms.
Action by investor in failed film and music licensing business to recover losses on the basis of fraudulent misrepresentation.
A management dispute and a claim for outstanding commissions arising out of the artist’s signing of an exclusive recording agreement.
Dispute about financial obligations relating to the production of the Hi-Fi Ireland festival in 2006 by MCD, Angel Music and Live Nation Entertainment.
Advising a national newspaper on the impact of testamentary documents in a celebrity’s estate
Advising a talent agency in relation to a shareholders’ dispute
Advising investors in a major West End show about their funding obligations