Our IT, communications and media experience
includes:
our commercial and contracts experience
- advising a supplier on a contract to build and
deploy a digital telecommunications network serving England's
motorways and trunk roads, part of the NRTS PFI project for
Highways Agency
- advising a financial services company on
various IT projects including outsourcing of support, business
continuity services and off shoring
- advising a supplier on various IT and telecoms procurements in
the private and public sector including:
- supply and integration of new IT and
telecoms systems and services
- procurement of data storage and IT
equipment
- procurement by Transport for London of a
customer relationship management system
- support services
- licensing agreements (including enterprise
wide licenses for the benefit of third party end users)
- advising the National Air Traffic Services
(the UK's air traffic controller) in conjunction with:
- procurement of a new air traffic control
voice communication and control system
- procurement of an integrated SAP business
process system
- advising a European tour operator in
connection with various IT projects (including the
development and rollout of business critical software and
development and hosting of on line booking
systems)
- advising a European airline in conncection
with the provision of IT infrastructure and support
- advising a hotel chain on the development and
roll out of on-line reservation system
- advising various clients in a broad range of sectors on online
use and ecommerce terms and regulatory compliance.
our IT, communications and media disputes experience
Our experience includes advising on:
- disputes relating to IT procurement, implementation and
service-related issues
- intellectual property, infringements and disputes
- e-commerce issues (including domain name, brand and regulatory
disputes)
- confidentiality infringements and disputes
Below is a list of specific examples of IT, communications amd
media disputes the team have dealt with include:
- successfully acting for IBM in the
case of London Borough of Southwark v IBM [2011] EWHC 549
(TCC)
- advising a large software developer in relation to a claim by a
customer concerning functionality of the software delivered
- acting for a software house in relation to a claim against an
Indian software development subcontractor
- representing major investment banks in connection with
various disputes with a software vendors
- advising a leading software house in connection with an
internal hacking claim
- acted for a well-known internet travel business in a
multi-million pound IT dispute with a US supplier relating to the
use by the client of a global distribution system.
- acting in the case of BHB Enterprises Plc v Victor Chandler
International Limited 2005 WL 1248417
- advising an international telecoms company in and coordinating
a multi jurisdictional dispute to recover US$20 million worth of
telecoms equipment.
- advising a worldwide media organisation on a cross border
dispute over satellite TV revenues
- acting for a software house in relation to the development of
bespoke facilities management software and defending a claim by the
end-user that the software did not have the requisite
functionality, contained several "showstopper bugs" and that the
code was late in delivery.
