Spear’s Review

Gideon Benaim is a Simkins partner and head of the firm’s reputation protection team.

Benaim’s clients include some of the wealthiest businesspeople in the world, as well as very high-profile figures from the arts and entertainment industry. The majority of his work is at the pre- and post-publication stage, where he deals with defamation and libel claims.

Early in his career, he worked on Naomi Campbell’s 2004 case against the Daily Mirror that established the right to privacy in English law, and in 2018 he won Case of the Year at the Spear’s Awards in recognition of his landmark battle on behalf of Sir Cliff Richard in his case against the BBC and the South Yorkshire Police. The High Court ruled that the BBC infringed on the singer’s privacy in its reporting of a police raid on his home in 2014. ‘It was a case of being in the eye of the storm,’ Benaim recalled. Where possible, however, ‘preparation and prevention is the best way to deal with things’.

Benaim once again experienced success at the 2023 Spear’s Awards, where he was named Reputation Lawyer of the Year. 

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