Fulham Football Club v Craig Kline

Nick De Marco QC and Adam Baradon acted for the Premier League club in contempt of court proceedings brought against a former employee, Craig Kline, with respect to certain tweets and other posts made by Mr Kline in breach of the Court’s orders. Following the hearing of the applications (which Fulham secured be heard in private), Butcher J sitting in the Commercial Court upheld Fulham’s two committal applications on 25 November 2020 and fined Mr Kline £25,000 following a sanctions’ hearing on 12 January 2021.