36 Civil welcomes Senior Counsel with experience in UK & South Africa
John Campbell SC (Senior Counsel) has joined 36 Civil.
John, who was appointed SC in 2005, began his career in 1990 at the Johannesburg Bar where he appeared in high-profile cases, including the Competition Commission against the General Council of the Bar and against a recent Minister of Health who sought to prohibit a newspaper from publishing details of her medical treatment.
He has extensive experience in commercial law, including copyright, competition law, tax and contractual disputes for regulators and large multinational companies. He also specialises in tort, particularly in the fields of privacy and libel.
He has appeared in libel cases for local UK authorities and for South Africa’s largest circulation newspaper on a regular basis. John also has a strong background in public law cases, including human rights, administrative, regulatory and constitutional law. In addition to his court appearances, John has written extensively on public law for the UK and South African jurisdictions, and published a number of journal articles on libel.
