IT Disputes

In today’s digital age, it’s crucial that businesses can access and use the latest software systems and services within their business operations.  However, having software that meets your business needs at the click of a button may not always be plain sailing. If things don’t go according to plan and disputes arise, resolving them can be complex. It is therefore essential that specialist legal advice is sought to protect your business.

Our specialist IT dispute resolution solicitors have a wealth of experience in dealing with IT disputes and are part of our commercial litigation team ranked Tier 1 in the UK Legal 500.

We are able to advise and assist on a wide range of issues, including:

• Disputes over the failure to deliver and / or implement software causing loss;
• Breach of service level agreements when providing, implementing or licensing software;
• Failure to make payments under a contract for the development / provision of software and / or failure to make regular subscription payments under a software licence agreement;
• Breach of the terms of a licence agreement by allowing unauthorised third parties to access the licenced software or allowing too many people to access it;
• Dispute as to the ownership of the software and the ownership of intellectual property rights in the software.

Recent examples of our work in this area include:

• Acting for a company that created an online food ordering and table booking app in relation to breaches of the platform agreement, potential infringement of IP rights and misuse of confidential information by the app developer;
• Representing a technology company and successfully defending a claim brought by a software developer in relation to the ownership of source code.
• Acting for a manufacturer of frozen foods, in a claim against one of its former employees in relation to misuse of confidential information and copyright and database right infringements. 
• Acting for a florist in defending a claim brought by a telecommunications software provider;

If you need assistance on an IT dispute, then please get in touch with one of our experts to arrange an initial consultation.

Myerson are a leading commercial firm, which is renowned for its work in resolving IT disputes. Our commercial litigation team is ranked as “Top Tier” by the Legal 500 who describe us as ‘dynamic, positive, forward-thinking, effective and tenacious’, ‘very client-friendly’ and who give ‘sound and sensible legal advice’. 

The litigation team contains 15 solicitors and is headed by Adam Maher whom the Legal 500 rate as a “Leading individual” and ‘first-class litigator’ with ‘razor-sharp commercial judgement, tenacity and excellent communication skills’; who ‘quickly identifies the core issues’ and is ‘extremely robust under pressure.'

The litigation experts at Myerson are happy to discuss your situation in a no-obligation telephone call to assess your claim, give a preliminary advice and suggest a way forward. We can also suggest innovative funding solutions where available to assist with the costs of the litigation.