John Kelly
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Defamation/Reputation Management
Band 1
About
Provided by John Kelly
Practice Areas
John Kelly is recognised as a leading litigator who specialises in the area of reputation protection, privacy and defamation. John works with clients to protect their rights and reputations. Whilst much of John’s work is confidential he represents a number of high-profile individuals, well-known brands, and FTSE 100 companies.
Personal clients include High Net Worth individuals, successful entrepreneurs, as well as leading individuals in the entertainment industry, music and sport. John has developed Personal Protection Principles which are used to protect clients reputations, their family and their security.
Corporate clients include leading consumer brands, as well as companies in the financial services and charity sector. Work for corporate clients includes corporate brand protection, advising on the media law aspects of complex litigation, and the protection of private and confidential information in such cases. Additionally, John has extensive experience of dealing with consumer affairs television programmes.
John is well-known in the area of sports law and acts for premiership and international football clubs, players, owners, managers, agents as well as governing bodies.
Chambers Review
UK
John Kelly is highly experienced in handling complex privacy and defamation matters. He frequently acts on behalf of high net worth individuals, including prominent figures in the entertainment industry.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"John is exceptional. His level of experience and knowledge is unsurpassed."
"John is fantastic. He is super responsive and understands the issues very well. He's one of the go-to lawyers in the country."
"John is exceptional. His level of experience and knowledge is unsurpassed."
"John is fantastic. He is super responsive and understands the issues very well. He's one of the go-to lawyers in the country."