David Sherborne

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David Alexander Sherborne is the son of a KC who practiced as a criminal barrister. [1] [2] Sherborne was educated at UCS Hampstead [3] [2] and at Oxford. He was called to the bar in October 1992, [4] [5] to specialise, like his father (b.1930) in criminal law. [1]

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By 2003 Sherborne had opted to change disciplines in favour of practicing civil law. [6] He is part of 5RB chambers, "a leading set of media and communications law barristers [who] represented Johnny Depp in his libel suit against The Sun" newspaper. [7]

Sherborne played a significant role in the Wagatha Christie 2022 trial, where he successfully represented Coleen Rooney in a failed Libel action, brought by Rebekah Vardy. [8] He deliberately and obscurely drew attention to the missing mobile phone communication evidence from, TeamVardy, declaring the phone to be in Davy Jones's locker, requiring the judge to explain to Vardy, the underlying meaning of the phrase. [9]

His previous high-profile cases have included the representation of Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and OK (magazine) in their suit against Hello! (magazine) for publishing unauthorised pictures of their wedding; getting Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Cole, Lily Allen, Harry Styles and Sienna Miller injunctions against certain paparazzi; and representing the ‘core participants’ in the Leveson Inquiry, including the McCanns, the Dowler family, JK Rowling and Hugh Grant". [10] [11] From 2023 onwards, Sherborne has represented the Duke of Sussex against the Mirror Group and several other UK newspapers. [12]

Career

In 2011, Sherborne [13] appeared on behalf of the victims of phone hacking in the Leveson Inquiry. Twice married, he briefly raised eyebrows when he began dating Lord Leveson's junior counsel, Carine Patry Hoskins. [10] Following a bar complaint from a serving MP they were both cleared of any professional mis-conduct by the Bar Standards Board. [14] Parliamentary figures revealed Hoskins received £218,606 for nearly eighteen-months of fact checking. [10]

In 2015, he appeared for victims in a phone hacking action against Trinity Mirror. [15]

In 2020, he appeared on behalf of Coleen Rooney against Rebekah Vardy in the libel action that came to be known as Wagatha Christie. [16]

In 2023, he successfully appeared in the High Court on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and others against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for breaches of privacy. [17] [18] [19] In December 2023, the court awarded significant damages to Prince Harry against MGN. In February 2024, Sherborne told the High Court that Harry had settled the remainder of his claim with MGN. The publisher agreed to pay Harry substantial additional damages and cover his legal costs, with an interim payment of £300,000. [20] [21] [22]

In December 2023, the Times newspaper [23] named Sherborne as their "Lawyer of the Week" and 5RB chambers website acknowledged the accolade.

Personal life

Sherborne has been married twice and divorced both times. [1]

In 2022 Channel 4 broadcast Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama. Actor Michael Sheen was cast in the lead role of Sherborne in the two-part legal drama.

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