Fraser Chambers are specialists in Defamation, Public Law and Litigation involving High Net Worth individuals
Based in the Cheesegrater Building, overlooking the heart of the City, Fraser Chambers specialises in Defamation, Public Law and Litigation involving High Net Worth Individuals.
Fraser Chambers is named after Sir Hugh Fraser who published one of the first defamation practitioner textbooks “The Law of Libel in Its Relation to the Press” in 1889. Bringing a modern approach to litigation, Fraser Chambers offers expertise in solving legal issues facing clients ranging from pre-action advice, urgent out of hours telephone injunctions to fully contested High Court clams and appeals.
Chambers Director, David Mace, has over 35 years of clerking experience in defamation law and has been described in Chambers and Partners as “a fantastic clerk who has been in the game for such a long time that he knows exactly what needs to be done on every occasion” and by Legal 500 as “rightly highly regarded for his commercial common sense”.
“Dr Van Dellen is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced and is willing go out of his way to achieve the best outcome in each case. He provides thorough and timely legal advice. I admire his approachability and sympathetic attitude towards his clients. He will always find the time to assist and answer any questions that the client may have and does so in a compassionate yet authoritative way.”
Recent Cases
Remote High Court financial services hearing settled with consent order
Dr Anton van Dellen was instructed in a financial service dispute which was heard remotely in the High Court. Part of the dispute concerned the migration of financial services from one institution to another. The hearing was settled with a consent order. Anton was lead by Damian Falkowski and [...]
Remote High Court hearing in financial services dispute
Dr Anton van Dellen represented the Defendant in a remote High Court hearing in Leeds in a financial services dispute. The Defendant alleges that the Claimant, a financial institution based in Gibraltar, failed to operate segregated client accounts, failed to reconcile accounts and withdrew third party funds. The claim [...]
Remote High Court hearing in claim against expert witness
25 June 2020 Dr Anton van Dellen represented the Claimant in a remote High Court hearing. Professor David Marks provided expert witness services for the Claimant in Employment Tribunal (ET) proceedings. The Claimant alleges that Professor Marks acted negligently in the preparation of his report and when he gave evidence [...]
Fraser Chambers Latest News
Defamation claims up by 107% since 2017
Despite the Defamation Act 2013 raising the threshold for bringing a defamation claim, the most recent annual Judicial Statistics reveal a significant increase in the number of defamation claims (323 issued in 2019). This represent an increase of 22% compared to 2018 (when 265 defamation claims were issued) and a [...]
The judgment in Serafin v Malkiewicz discussed
Dr Anton van Dellen discusses the UK Supreme Court judgment in Serafin v Malkiewicz & ors from Wednesday 3 June with Rauri O'Neill with the British Law Centre. Anton acted for the Appellant (Defendant) in the defamation case, who was the publisher of Nowy Czas, a magazine targeted at [...]
Supreme Court criticizes Court of Appeal’s approach to s.4 public interest defence
Judgement handed down in Serafin v Malkiewicz & ors [2020] UKSC 23 The appeal to the Supreme Court concerned the Court of Appeal's interpretation of the s.4 public interest defence and whether the trial was unfair by virtue of the trial judge's interventions. The original trial was before Jay [...]