Matt is an Employed Barrister specialising in litigation with a focus on the art and luxury sectors; and the creative industries more widely. Matt advises on a wide variety of contentious matters including contractual disputes, title and ownership disputes, accounting of royalties, copyright infringement, restrictive covenants and breach of fiduciary duties. His clients range from individual creatives at the start of their careers to international corporations.
• Acting for a leading booking agency in successful Court of Appeal proceedings concerning the enforceability of restrictive covenants in a former agent’s employment contract.
• Acting for a client in a dispute with the estate of a former employee concerning the ownership of a valuable object. The underlying proceedings are taking place in the US but the case engaged various aspects of English law.
• Advising on the potential risks associated with broadcasting a documentary television programme from a defamation and privacy perspective.