Joelle Rich is dating actor Johnny Depp, who she represented in the Amber Heard UK libel trial. The lawyer and mother of two is a partner at Schillings, the London law firm that reportedly represents Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, as well as Harry Potter actor Emma Watson. 

Rich represented Markle when she sued the Mail on Sunday newspaper for invading her privacy and publishing a private hand-written letter sent to her father, Thomas Markle. In December 2021, the Court of Appeal dismissed Associated Newspapers Ltd’s appeal against granting summary judgment related to Markle’s accusations of her privacy being invaded. 

Rich spoke about the case to The Law Society Gazette, saying, “Applications for summary judgment are neither common nor easy. We had to convince the court that the duchess’s rights were so strong, based on well-established legal principles, that even if the Mail could prove all of its arguments which it said diminished her right to privacy, her rights in law would still be stronger.”

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The solicitor continued, “On that basis, a trial was not needed. The High Court agreed with us, in a very comprehensive judgment by (now Lord) Justice Warby, and all three senior Court of Appeal judges agreed with him. This has not created “new law”, [but] confirmed the existing position which protects private correspondence as a fundamental human right.” 

The Law Society Gazette also reported her saying 2020 was a career high despite COVID restrictions. “I was working simultaneously on this case, hailed as the biggest privacy case in decades, and the Johnny Depp trial, which was a (now rare) libel trial”, Rich said. 

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She was married to Jonathan Rich a corporate financier, but the two are now separated but the divorce has not been finalized yet. Rich, now more so in the spotlight with the news of her dating Johnny Depp, says on her LinkedIn profile that the lawyer’s accustomed to handling “media attention during particularly sensitive and unpredictable periods”.