Nadia Tymkiw

Practice Areas

Nadia is an experienced media lawyer dealing with a wide array of content-related disputes and pre-publication matters. She specialises in libel, privacy, and data protection law, and in online safety, broadcast, and data regulation.

Nadia advises a broad spectrum of national newspapers, broadcasters and streaming platforms, production companies, online platforms, NGOs, book publishers and media insurers on the defence of litigation and other matters relating to freedom of expression. She has acted in cases before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Information Rights Tribunal and in Coronial Inquests.

Nadia has particular expertise advising on complex, novel and developing areas of law, including online intermediary liability issues and online safety and in advising broadcasters and production companies on media law and regulation. Between 2019 – 2023, she spent over 18 months seconded to a national broadcaster advising on legal and regulatory risk in high profile documentaries and other programming. She also represents individuals and NGOs facing abusive "SLAPP" litigation and has written for legal publications on SLAPP issues.

Professional Memberships

Secretary to the Media Lawyers’ Association

Co-chair of RPC's Online Safety Group

Work Highlights

Acted for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the defence of a libel claim brought by Jusan Technologies Limited.

Acted for Times Media Limited and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in successfully opposing a third-party disclosure application which risked jeopardising confidential journalistic sources.

Advised multiple production companies on various data protection related issues, including responses following data breach incidents.