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Overview

Amber Melville-Brown is a media specialist, working since 1995 with the UK's leading media law firms. She specialises in defamation, privacy and reputation management and has a wealth of experience in acting on both sides of the claimant-defendant divide. She has acted for major international publishers and broadcasters, and still advises defendants, including publishers and photographers, although the majority of her work is now with claimant clients.

Amber advises clients who have some interface, be it welcome or unwanted, with the media, pre and post publication. She is aware of the pressures that clients face when experiencing unwelcome media attention, and they commend her for easing the burden in such potentially stressful times. Chambers and Partners directory 2010 quoted clients as saying of her, ‘She gives realistic responses to questions and explained all the issues clearly'; while the Legal 500 describes the team as ‘knowledgeable and experienced'.

Publications and speaking engagements

Amber is a respected author on media matters. She is one of the longest standing columnists for the Law Society Gazette and contributes to national newspapers and specialist titles. She is the author of the UK privacy chapter in the Bloomberg News International Libel & Privacy Handbook and has also written, presented and produced training videos for lawyers on media related subjects in conjunction with Legal Network Television. She teaches media at the College of Law, and is a visiting lecturer on defamation and privacy at the London School of Economics. Amber's publications can be accessed here.
 

On a personal note

Amber has a particular interest in wildlife and environmental matters, and has written several columns for Oryx, the in-flight airline of Qatar Airways and CNN Traveller Magazine. 

Amber has been named as The Times Lawyer of the Week and was reported in the Independent's 'Defame Academy' to be one of only a few women lawyers who had 'made it' in defamation.