Amanda Michaels

Legal Practice:

Called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) 1981.

Trained mediator and member of ADR Chambers since 2002. Experience of a variety of Intellectual Property and commercial mediations, as mediator, assistant mediator and as counsel.

Amanda Michaels has been in practice at Hogarth Chambers, 5 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London since 1982, covering all aspects of chambers’ work but with a particular interest in

copyright and design right

trade marks and passing off, including disputes relating to the Internet and domain names; in addition to High Court work, she has appeared in the Trade Marks Registry and on appeal from decisions of the Registrar

media and entertainment, including work relating to the music industry, films, advertising and televisioncontractual disputes of all kinds, including breach of licence, partnership disputes, breaches of restrictive covenant

property disputes, proprietory estoppel and Inheritance Act cases

mediation

She has consistently been recommended as a leading junior in the field of media and entertainment by Chambers and Partners directory, and as a leading junior both for intellectual property and for media and entertainment by The Legal 500, which describes her as "a quality act clearly respected by Chancery judges."

 Publications:
Author of A Practical Guide to Trade Mark Law, Sweet & Maxwell (3rd ed. 2002)

Memberships:
IP Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; ADR Chambers

Further information:
Fluent French (able to read technical documents and conduct conferences or mediations in French)