Chair: Clive Coleman, BBC News Legal Affairs Analyst
Panel:

Clive Anderson, barrister, presenter, performer and writer;

Peter Bradley Partner, Stephenson Harwood;

Denise Nurse, Director Halebury and Television Presenter

Michael Skrein, Senior Media Litigation Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Adam Tudor, Partner, Carter Ruck

Clive Coleman, BBC News Legal Affairs Analyst

Clive Coleman presents Radio 4's Law In Action, having already been a barrister, a principal lecturer in law and a comedy writer. Clive was called to the Bar in 1986 and practised in a mix of civil and criminal law. In his criminal work he both defended and prosecuted for the Crown Prosecution Service. In 1990 he lectured on the Bar Vocational Course and helped to pioneer skills training (advocacy, negotiation) for prospective barristers. During this time he was also busy establishing himself as a comedy writer, contributing regularly to Weekending and The News Huddlines. Clive's television comedy work includes Spitting Image, Smith and Jones, and Dead Ringers, though he is perhaps best known for Chambers, a sit-com about barristers starring John Bird and Sarah Lancashire, which started out on Radio 4 and moved to BBC One.

Clive Anderson, Barrister, Presenter, Performer and Writer

Clive Anderson is a barrister by training, but he is best known as an award-winning and versatile broadcaster, performer and writer. As the current host of Radio 4's Loose Ends and seasoned chat show host, Clive crosses the mediums of radio, television and live events with ease and panache. In 1988, Clive was the natural choice to be chairman of a new Radio 4 comedy show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? The show's success saw it transfer to television with the same cast, where it ran on Channel 4 for ten years. The following year Clive presented the first of ten series of his own comedy chat show, Clive Anderson Talks Back. He was awarded the television industry's Comedy Presenter of the Year Award in 1991, and in 1992 won the award for top Channel 4 Presenter given by the British Comedy Awards.

Peter Bradley, Partner, Stephenson Harwood

Peter is a corporate finance partner specialising in IPOs, M&A transactions and joint ventures.

He acts for both listed and unlisted clients and for financial institutions.  He has practised both in Europe and the Far East.  Peter's experience encompasses fund raising exercises such as rights issues and IPOs, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.  He has also advised on a variety of commercial contracts including those relating to technology licensing, hotel management, distribution, agency and franchising arrangements.

Peter is particularly experienced in acting for Asian companies.  He spent a number of years practising in Hong Kong and is currently an active member of the China-Britain Business Council and the 48 Group.

Denise Nurse, Director "Halebury" and Television Presenter

Denise Nurse combines running one of the leading new breed of legal consultancies with life as a practising media technology lawyer and television presenter. Starting her career in the corporate commercial team at Charles Russell, Denise went on to work in-house at BSkyB before launching legal consultancy, Halebury, in 2007 with business partner Janvi Patel.  As a lawyer, Denise has advised BSkyB on key deals, including its premiership football contract with the FA and the roll out of the industry changing tapeless and HD technology programmes.  She also advises on consumer and advertising issues.

Denise has married her legal career with a successful television career too.  Since 2005 she has presented the weather and reported for Sky News, and has a large international following of her appearances. Denise writes for a variety of publications both broadsheet newspapers and specialist publications. 

Michael Skrein, Senior Media Litigation Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Michael heads Reed Smith's Intellectual Property, Media, Advertising and Technology disputes group. His practice is mainly in litigation, but he also advises about conflict and potential conflict situations, including crisis scenarios. Michael specialises in intellectual property and media law and in public law, both domestic and international, and aviation law. He has a very broad and notably international practice, including advertising law, competition, insurance, leisure and travel. 

Michael has considerable experience of multi-jurisdictional disputes and is well used to the role of lead lawyer for clients in jurisdictions other than England.  Michael has been consulted over the formulation of statutory tribunal codes and made submissions concerning parliamentary drafting and law reform in the UK and abroad.

Adam Tudor, Partner, Carter-Ruck

In libel and privacy circles Adam is best known for representing Kate and Gerry McCann. In 2008, he secured unprecedented front page apologies from the Daily Express, Daily Star and their sister Sunday titles, as well as £550,000 in libel damages.  Adam also obtained apologies and £375,000 in damages from the Express group for the seven friends who were dining with the McCanns on the night Madeleine was abducted (in both cases the damages were applied to the search for Madeleine).  Adam acts for numerous corporations as well as political and other public figures. In 2009 Adam was invited to give evidence at the House of Commons before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in its inquiry into press standards, privacy and libel.

Adam's City background means that he also has extensive experience of large-scale commercial dispute resolution, including in the House of Lords and Privy Council.