Legal 500 2024

The Set

11 South Square houses a number of highly regarded barristers who act in media and entertainment cases concerning copyright infringement, brand protection and use of goodwill cases, frequently for clients in the music industry. Hugo Cuddigan KC is instructed by digital radio aggregator TuneIn concerning the hyperlinks to international radio stations it provides to its users in Warner Music & Sony Music v TuneIn Inc.

Testimonials

‘Ashley Carr, Sam Fullilove and Jordan Foley are all experienced and user friendly.’

‘Ashley Carr is great to work with, responsive and accommodating to client’s needs, while being realistic about timescales.’

’11 South Square’s clerks are excellent, responsive, clear and will always go the extra mile.’

‘Excellent clerks.’

‘Very strong set with strength in depth. There is always someone appropriate to take on a given case.’

 

Legal 500 2023

The Set

Regarded as ‘one of the top IP sets at present‘, 11 South Square acts for film studios, musicians and music producers in a range of copyright and trade mark infringement challenges, with further expertise in royalty disputes and contractual breaches. Hugo Cuddigan KC, considered a ‘top-drawer‘ silk, acted in Sheeran v Chokri, a High Court claim for negative declaratory relief by Ed Sheeran concerning his song “Shape of You” following allegation the song was plagiarized from the respondent’s 2015 song “Oh Why”. Representing the high-profile streaming service, Mark Vanhegan KC acted in EasyGroup Limited v Netflix Inc and Swanberg, a High Court trademark infringement dispute relating to Easy, a Netflix comedy-drama.

Testimonials

Set

This set is an excellent set for IP matters.

11 South Square is one of the top IP sets at present.

Clerking

Helpful, friendly and accessible. They are commercially minded and pro-active.

Ashley Carr and his team are a delight to work with, always accommodating when they can be and flexible to meet client’s needs. The best clerking team.

They are very strong in IP and are generally a go-to set.

All clerks are superb.

 

Chambers and Partners 2024

Hugo Cuddigan KC
Hugo Cuddigan KC is an IP specialist with expertise in all aspects of intellectual property law, including copyright and trade mark matters. He has a wealth of experience representing music industry clients in complex copyright disputes and brand protection cases. He also has experience of appearing before all levels of the UK court system, up to and including the Supreme Court.

Strengths

“Hugo is brilliant with clients and has a remarkable ability to present complex legal and factual matters in plain English.”

“He is excellent. Very friendly and non-hierarchical; he isn’t a stuffy barrister.”

“Hugo has an ability to make the complex simple. He is good in court; he has no verbosity and has good rapport with judges. He is the difference between winning and losing.”

 

 

Awards – Chambers and Partners Bar

IP/IT Set of the Year

2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 & 2016

IP/IT Junior of the Year

Hugo Cuddigan (awarded 2011)
Brian Nicholson (awarded 2013)
Anna Edwards-Stuart (awarded 2017)
Kathryn Pickard (awarded 2018)

IP/IT Silk of the Year

Piers Acland QC (short listed 2015, awarded 2010)
Iain Purvis QC (awarded 2014)
Henry Carr QC (awarded 2013)

 

Awards – Legal 500

IP, IT & Media Set of the Year

(awarded 2013, short listed 2014 & 2015) 

IP, IT & Media Silk of the Year

Michael Silverleaf QC (short listed 2013 & 2014)
Henry Carr QC (short listed 2013)