Nick McAleenan

He regularly acts in disputes arising from online and social media publications. He also acts in matters involving broadcasters and newspapers, as well as in cases involving campaigners, politicians, pressure groups and influencers.

Nick has extensive experience of data breach litigation, contentious data subject requests (particularly data subject “access” requests), ICO investigations, handling security incidents, and cyber and computer hacking cases. He has led group and multi-party litigation, and represented over 10,000 claimants in the UK’s first UK data breach class action, Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC, which reached the Supreme Court. Nick also advised the Association of British Investigators on the UK’s first data protection 'Code of Conduct' — the UK’s first sector-owned code.

He also handles information law issues, such as matters concerning the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In addition, he has worked on a wide range of cases, from 'phone-hacking' and super-injunctions through to public enquiries and providing retained media law advice to publishers. He has been involved in many precedent cases. For example, Nick led Brabners’ team in securing the UK's first settlement relating to a political ‘deep fake’.

Nick is ranked as a Leading Partner for Media and Entertainment law by Legal 500, which has described him as 'calmness personified' and “a specialist in handling hostile media coverage".  “Nick McAleenan an 'authoritative' figure in the market, regularly instructed by nationally-known clients for reputation management cases.” He has appeared in The Lawyer magazine’s “Hot 100” lawyers.

Nick joined us in 2022 and operates across our office locations.