Phil Hartley

Spear's Review

Phil Hartley, partner in the Schillings legal team, makes a particular specialism of working with data privacy and security law in reputation and privacy cases.

He told Spear's: 'I've had many cases against paparazzi involving data protection laws, and lots of work involving compliance databases.' An individual being listed on compliance databases as a politically exposed person, for example, can interfere greatly with their ability to do business, he explains.

He has defended against defamation originally generated by AI. 'It was hallucinating pretty astonishing and scandalous and completely original allegations against my client, linking them with some pretty horrendous things,' he said. He also advises companies on AI and data privacy issues they should work to avoid.