Professional Practices
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Our emerging professions liability team is at the forefront of assisting our insurer clients in product development and policy drafting and have developed genuine expertise in this sector. We recognise the growing importance of this sector for insurers and have responded to market needs with innovative, commercially sound solutions to new claims and their processes.
We have experience handling individual claims and scheme work for insurers regarding a wide range of professionals including charities/ associations, designers, educational consultants, management consultants, mortgage administrators, marketing professionals and will writers.
Our team understands that professions considered as emerging in one jurisdiction may be well established in another. We therefore draw on our deep rooted sector knowledge from our international network and understanding of local customs to guide insurers through these issues.
Claims for breach of copyright by companies where a Web developer has used copyrighted images when designing a website without paying the appropriate licence fee
Claims for repayment of fees where the work done by the Insured has proved to be of a dissatisfactory quality
Advising fostering and adoption charities and residents associations, including in relation to service charge and injury claims.
Claims for infringement of copyright and designs rights where it was alleged that the website designed by the Insured was similar to that of the claimant
Failure by an IT systems installation expert to install a new IT system for a firm of solicitors that was 'fit for purpose'
Failure by an IT programmer to provide a software programme which provided a contact management system for their client
Claims for negligence where the Insured had failed to correctly code the shopping cart on a website used for the sale of the claimants' product, resulting in items being purchased for a quarter of the price
Advising on claims arising out of the supply of individuals to professional firms and companies, and representing a recruitment industry lobbying group
Failure by an IT website developer to create a bespoke website in accordance with the specifications requested by the client
Acting for a major insurer in a multi-million pound cross border contract dispute following the counterpartys material breach of contract, advising on the English law aspects and quarterbacking overall strategy in multiple strands of the case in France and England.
Acting for a major corporate in cross border litigation relating to fraud and breach of contract with total claims in excess of £1bn. Including handling breach of trust litigation is London with various ancillary freezing orders and overseeing Arbitrations and criminal proceedings in Italy and fraud claims in New York.
Acting for a software developer in a complex copyright infringement, breach of contract and confidential information claim which resulted in a lengthy trial in the Chancery Division of the High Court.
Successfully defending a software company in a dispute concerning the alleged misuse of confidential information, trade secrets and copyright.
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