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Emily Sheard
Senior Associate

Emily Sheard

Senior Associate

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  • English

Emily Sheard is a Senior Associate in the Litigation and Arbitration team with a focus in the technology, media and gambling sectors. She has worked with various clients on business-critical disputes relating to a variety of causes of action, including breach of contract, breach of confidence, unlawful means conspiracy and fraud. 

Emily also has experience dealing with publication-related and reputation management issues, involving defamation, privacy and data protection law, and supports gambling operators with contentious legal and regulatory issues, such as Gambling Commission investigations and licence reviews.

Relevant experience

  • Part of the team advising on a case revolutionising information and data law, and which won the Corporate & Commercial Litigation Team of the Year at the Commercial Litigation & Arbitration Awards 2019 for innovation (The Racing Partnership v Sports Information Services [2020] EWCA Civ 1300; [2019] EWHC 1156),

Education

  • 2021 -  Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection
  • 2015 - LPC, Distinction, University of Law 
  • 2014 - LLB Law, 1st Class Honours, University of Warwick 

Insights by Emily

Disagreement is not dishonesty: Court of Appeal clarifies the honest opinion defence

Disagreement is not dishonesty: Court of Appeal clarifies the honest opinion defence

21 Aug 2026 9 min read
Court of Appeal opens new data protection remedy against misleading headlines

Court of Appeal opens new data protection remedy against misleading headlines

05 Aug 2026 9 min read
Rising AI Optimism, Untapped Potential: The Latest UK Data on AI Adoption

Rising AI Optimism, Untapped Potential: The Latest UK Data on AI Adoption

04 Aug 2026 2 min read
Merkur Slots UK Limited fined by Gambling Commission

Merkur Slots UK Limited fined by Gambling Commission

31 Mar 2025 4 min read
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