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A 'giant in the British legal scene',[1] Keith Schilling (‘probably the most feared lawyer in Britain’)[2] who co-founded the firm in 1984, has been described by The Guardian newspaper as the ‘Injunction King’.[3] He’s been dubbed a ‘Rottweiler’[4] by Private Eye and has also earned the title of ‘The Silencer’. But among other accolades, Keith is credited with ground breaking rulings,[5] establishing a UK privacy law, and achieving countless ‘firsts’ to better protect the reputation and privacy of his clients.
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1 Keith Schilling, Spear’s 500
2 'No more cash, even if you’re in the Guardian’, The Guardian, 19 June 2006
3 The Silencer’, The Guardian, 17 March 2003
3 ‘Interview: Keith Schilling’, Law Society Gazette, 3 November 2014
5 Keith Schilling, Spear’s 500
6 ‘Stop the Presses’, Spear’s, 13 July 2010
7 ‘Rowling wins privacy case over photo of son’, Reuters, 7 May 2008
8 ‘The Times Law100 2008, The Times, 22 April 2008
9 ‘Publish and be slammed’, The Sunday Times Magazine, 22 March 2009
10 ‘From celebrity lawyers to reputation defence business – ABS completes transformation’, Legal Futures, 6 September 2013
11 ‘FT European Innovative Lawyer Awards 2016 — winners announced’, The Financial Times, 6 October 2016
12 ‘Crisis & reputation management – PRWeek Power Book 2025 Top 10’, PRWeek, 6 March 2025
13 ‘Interview: Keith Schilling’, Law Society Gazette, 3 November 2014
14 ‘Stop the Presses’, Spear’s, 13 July 2010
15 ‘Oscar Beuselinck obituary: The Oscar goes to…’, The Guardian, 30 July 1997
16 ‘Lawyer of the week; Keith Schilling', Lisa Tsag, The Times, 24 June 2003
17 Sean Connery awarded $4.1 million in lawsuit’, The New York Times, 18 February 1984
18 ‘Naomi Campbell wins privacy case’, BBC, 6 May 2004
19 ‘Legal landmark as Naomi Campbell wins privacy case’, The Guardian, 28 March 2002
20 ‘Campbell ruling “sets privacy precedent”’, The Guardian, 6 May 2004
21 ‘Stop the Presses’, Spear’s, 13 July 2010
22 ’Media 100: 24. Keith Schilling’, The Guardian, 24 July 2011
23 ‘The Silencer’, The Guardian, 17 March 2003
24 ‘Gordon Ramsay wins damages over “faked scenes” allegation’, The Guardian, 21 June 2006
25 ‘News of the World pays out to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’, The Guardian, 22 July 2010
26 ‘Kidman wins libel action against “Sun”’, Independent, 15 October 2003
27 ‘JK Rowling’s son wins privacy battle in court’, The Telegraph, 7 May 2008
28 ‘Done with a flick of the writs’, Independent, 15 June 1998
29 ‘Polanski v Conde Nast Publications Limited (HL), 5RB, 10 Feb 2005
30 ‘Bloomsbury Publishing Group Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2), 5RB, 23 May 2003
31 ‘Chef wins £75,000 libel damages’, BBC News, 5 April 2000
32 ‘Sunday Times pays out in James Bond libel case’, The Guardian, 19 March 2001
33 Jason Connery sues Sun for calling him a coward’, The Herald, 15 January 1992
34 'Schillings, the law firm noted for taking high-profile celebrity cases, opens Dublin office', Business Post, 4 October 2024
35 'Schillings launches global alliance to deal with "weaponised' reputation issues", The Standard, 15 April 2024
36 ‘Britain’s 50 most influential’, The Sunday Times, 26 January 2014