David Alexander Sherborne is the son of a QC who practiced as a criminal barrister.[1][2] Sherborne was educated at UCS Hampstead[3][2] and at Oxford before being called to the bar in October 1992,[4][5] to specialise, like his father (b.1931) in criminal law.[1]

He later opted to change disciplines in favour of practicing civil law and "is part of 5RB,[6] a leading set of media and communications law barristers [who] represented Johnny Depp in his libel suit against The Sun.

In 2022, he played a major role in the so-called ‘Wagatha Christie trial, representing Coleen Rooney. Other high-profile cases include representing Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and OK (magazine) in their suit against Hello! for publishing unauthorised pictures of their wedding; getting Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Cole, Lily Allen, Harry Styles and Sienna Miller injunctions against certain paparazzi; and representing the ‘core participants’ in the Leveson Inquiry, including the McCanns, the Dowler family, JK Rowling and Hugh Grant".[7][8]

Career

In 2011, Sherborne[9] appeared on behalf of the victims of phone hacking in the Leveson Inquiry. Twice married, he briefly raised eyebrows when he began dating Lord Leveson's junior counsel, Carine Patry Hoskins.[7] Following a bar complaint from a serving MP they were both cleared of any professional mis-conduct by the Bar Standards Board.[10] Parliamentary figures revealed he had been paid £220,000 of taxpayers’ money for the Leveson case while Hoskins received £218,606 for nearly eighteen-months of fact checking.[7]

In 2015, he appeared for victims in a phone hacking action against Trinity Mirror.[11]

In 2020, he appeared on behalf of Coleen Rooney against Rebekah Vardy in the libel action that came to be known as Wagatha Christie.[12]

In 2023, he successfully appeared in the High Court on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and others against Mirror Group Newspapers for breaches of privacy.[13][14][15]

In December 2023, the Times newspaper[16] named Sherborne as their "Lawyer of the Week" and 5RB chambers website acknowledged the accolade.

Personal life

Sherborne has been married twice and divorced both times.[1]

In 2022 Channel 4 broadcast Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama. Actor Michael Sheen was cast in the lead role of Sherborne in the two-part legal drama.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Celebrity lawyer David Sherborne: 'I regard myself as on the side of the angels'". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  2. 1 2 Adams, Tim (2022-05-14). "David Sherborne: the 'Wagatha Christie' star lawyer with a celebrity following". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. ↑ "University College School Hampstead London". UCS Hampstead. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  4. ↑ Board, The Bar Standards. "Barrister Details – Mr David Alexander Sherborne". www.barstandardsboard.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  5. ↑ "Calls to the Bar". The Independent. 1992-10-13. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  6. ↑ "Media and Communications Law Specialists". 5RB Barristers. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  7. 1 2 3 "Who is David Sherborne? Prince Harry's lawyer who also represented Princess Diana". Tatler. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  8. ↑ "David Alexander Sherborne > Chambers of Adrienne Page KC and Jane Phillips > London > England | Lawyer Profile". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  9. ↑ "Leveson Inquiry: Did David Sherborne and Carine Patry Hoskins really". The Independent. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  10. ↑ "Complaint over alleged relationship between Leveson lawyers dismissed". The Guardian. Press Association. 2013-12-19. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  11. ↑ Gulati & Ors v MGN Ltd (un-redacted) [2015] EWHC 1482 (Ch), 21 May 2015, retrieved 2023-12-17
  12. ↑ Mount, Harry (2022-05-19). "Who is David Sherborne, libel lawyer to the stars?". The Spectator. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  13. ↑ Sparkes, Nathan (2023-12-15). "BREAKING: Prince Harry successful in phone hacking claims against Mirror – Hacked Off". Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  14. ↑ Webster, Ben (2023-12-18). "Leveson lawyer Carine Patry Hoskins was paid £220k". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  15. ↑ Higginson, John (2013-06-04). "Leveson 'woman on left' is £220,000 fact checker". Metro. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  16. ↑ Baksi, Catherine (2023-12-25). "David Sherborne on his career and representing Prince Harry". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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