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Schillings (originally Schilling & Lom) is a British reputation and privacy consultancy staffed by lawyers, investigators, communications advisors, security experts and diplomacy specialists. The company is an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) and is regulated and authorised by the UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority. It provides legal services in areas including media, privacy, technology, copyright and data protection.
Schillings was founded in 1984 by Keith Schilling and Nicholas Lom and focused largely on media law, libel and privacy protection. It was called by Index on Censorship "the scourge of many a Fleet Street editor" for obtaining anonymised gagging orders to protect celebrity clients' privacy. In the early 2010s, the firm began to move away from pure media and libel work towards reputation protection for a large corporate, non-celebrity clientele.
In 2012, Schillings acquired the information security firm Vigilante Bespoke. In March 2013 the firm was granted two Alternative Business Structure licenses, one for the Schillings partnership and one for Schillings Corporate Limited which owns Vigilante Bespoke.
The company restructured its organisation in September 2013 and is now an integrated legal, risk management, IT security and investigation business. In 2023, the firm launched Schillings Communications. Schillings has offices in London, Miami, and Dublin.
In 2004, Schillings represented Lance Armstrong when confronted with doping allegations in the book L. A. Confidentiel, by David Walsh and Pierre Ballester. Schillings was told[vague] to tell "every UK paper and broadcaster" to not re-state what was in the book. Gideon Benaim and Matthew Himsworth worked for Schillings on Armstrong's libel actions, including a 2004 defamation suit against The Sunday Times for referencing information in the book.
In 2004, Schillings represented Naomi Campbell in Campbell v MGN Ltd. Campbell was photographed leaving a rehabilitation clinic after public denials that she was a recovering drug addict. Campbell challenged the disclosure of information about the location of her Narcotics Anonymous meetings and the pictures that were used by the Daily Mirror. In March 2002, Campbell was awarded damages of £3500, but the case was overturned by the Court of Appeal six months later. The case was heard on appeal in the House of Lords and won in Campbell's favour through a 3:2 majority.
In May 2008, Keith Schilling won a privacy case in the Court of Appeal for the son of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. The case "says children of famous parents have the same right to expect privacy as children of parents who aren't well-known", granting them protection from intrusive photography.
In April and May 2011, Schillings acted for Ryan Giggs in CTB v News Group Newspapers and obtained a "super-injunction" aimed at preventing the publication by The Sun of the details of an alleged extra-marital relationship between Giggs and Imogen Thomas. The case gained widespread media coverage and political discussion in the UK.
Schillings
Schillings (originally Schilling & Lom) is a British reputation and privacy consultancy staffed by lawyers, investigators, communications advisors, security experts and diplomacy specialists. The company is an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) and is regulated and authorised by the UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority. It provides legal services in areas including media, privacy, technology, copyright and data protection.
Schillings was founded in 1984 by Keith Schilling and Nicholas Lom and focused largely on media law, libel and privacy protection. It was called by Index on Censorship "the scourge of many a Fleet Street editor" for obtaining anonymised gagging orders to protect celebrity clients' privacy. In the early 2010s, the firm began to move away from pure media and libel work towards reputation protection for a large corporate, non-celebrity clientele.
In 2012, Schillings acquired the information security firm Vigilante Bespoke. In March 2013 the firm was granted two Alternative Business Structure licenses, one for the Schillings partnership and one for Schillings Corporate Limited which owns Vigilante Bespoke.
The company restructured its organisation in September 2013 and is now an integrated legal, risk management, IT security and investigation business. In 2023, the firm launched Schillings Communications. Schillings has offices in London, Miami, and Dublin.
In 2004, Schillings represented Lance Armstrong when confronted with doping allegations in the book L. A. Confidentiel, by David Walsh and Pierre Ballester. Schillings was told[vague] to tell "every UK paper and broadcaster" to not re-state what was in the book. Gideon Benaim and Matthew Himsworth worked for Schillings on Armstrong's libel actions, including a 2004 defamation suit against The Sunday Times for referencing information in the book.
In 2004, Schillings represented Naomi Campbell in Campbell v MGN Ltd. Campbell was photographed leaving a rehabilitation clinic after public denials that she was a recovering drug addict. Campbell challenged the disclosure of information about the location of her Narcotics Anonymous meetings and the pictures that were used by the Daily Mirror. In March 2002, Campbell was awarded damages of £3500, but the case was overturned by the Court of Appeal six months later. The case was heard on appeal in the House of Lords and won in Campbell's favour through a 3:2 majority.
In May 2008, Keith Schilling won a privacy case in the Court of Appeal for the son of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. The case "says children of famous parents have the same right to expect privacy as children of parents who aren't well-known", granting them protection from intrusive photography.
In April and May 2011, Schillings acted for Ryan Giggs in CTB v News Group Newspapers and obtained a "super-injunction" aimed at preventing the publication by The Sun of the details of an alleged extra-marital relationship between Giggs and Imogen Thomas. The case gained widespread media coverage and political discussion in the UK.