Jess’s practice focuses on media disputes and reputation protection. Her experience encompasses intellectual property and contractual disputes and working with high profile individuals and corporates on defamation, misuse of private information and data protection claims. Jess has been ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ in the Legal 500 since 2019 and she was added to the Spears Reputation Management Index in 2020.
Across both areas of her practice, Jess has worked on cases in the Copyright Tribunal, the High Court and the Supreme Court. She was a key member of the team representing Sir Cliff Richard in his 2018 landmark privacy action against the BBC and South Yorkshire Police and she regularly advises clients on pre- and post-publication issues.
Before joining Simkins, Jess worked at sports PR firm Pitch working with clients such as the National Basketball Association, Channel 4 and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.
Highly experienced operators with the ability to think outside the box.
They were incredibly understanding of our unique needs and collaborated in a very flexible way. I would describe the team as very approachable and capable – they took time to listen to our requirements and made recommendations accordingly.
High standards, good division of practices. In addition to the firm’s specialities, it acts as a “one-stop shop” where sensible so that the client can simply pick up the phone and get things done.
"Effective litigator" Jessica Welch.
…strength in depth and real experience in this field
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