Expert lawyers in technology and telecoms disputes

Blake Morgan’s specialist technology disputes lawyers help clients navigate this fast changing area, as technology disrupts business models and accelerates change resulting in constant reassessment of technological solutions and the contracts under which they were procured or developed.

We understand that technology disputes can be time consuming and can divert key resources away from running and growing your business. Where those disputes involve the development or performance of IT systems, telecoms or other key technology, the adverse effects on your business or that of your customer can be devastating. Getting specialist advice at an early stage of a dispute can help you to resolve it before it snowballs out of control. This is where our technology disputes lawyers can help.

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Main areas of practice


Our IT disputes specialists help our clients to identify and manage disputes, and offer practical advice aligning with clients' strategic objectives in the face of potentially complex issues and multi-jurisdictional aspects that often accompany technology disputes.

Litigation

We are experienced in managing litigation through a variety of channels, including expert determination, mediation, arbitration, the Copyright Tribunal and the Higher Courts.

Outsourcing disputes

We help settle disputes relating to the implementation and management of long-term IT/technology projects including disputes arising in relation to outsourcings and software development.

Cloud computing and big data

Given the ever-increasing reliance on cloud computing, it is inevitable that disputes and litigation will increase. Our litigators are experienced in resolving a wide range of cloud and big data issues.

Contracts and agreements

Our experienced IT dispute lawyers can advise on all contract agreements from termination of contracts (including exit obligations) to breach of service level agreements.

Outsourcing

We advise on issues of scope or redefining of scope in outsourcing projects and managed services.

Hardware

We advise on all aspects of hardware supply and implementation.

Digital law

We are experienced in advising on website content and domain names. Our IT security protection experts also advise on a range of issues from data protection and GDPR compliance to cyber security.

Data protection and confidentiality

We advise on the protection of confidential information and trade secrets following the acquisition of companies or employees leaving their employment.

Procurement

Our technology dispute lawyers understand your business and provide a wide range of services to find technical legal solutions to your procurement or re-procurement issues.

Injunctive relief

Our Technology Disputes team is experienced in seeking Injunctive relief through the Courts.

Insolvency

Our Technology Disputes team draws on the expertise of our insolvency specialists and are recognised experts who advise on the management and recovery of debt and assets.

Our clients


Clients come to us and stay with us because we not only understand the technology sector, but also the wide range of industry markets in which our clients operate. We have a complementary in-depth understanding of both private and public sectors and their structures and drivers, which helps us to identify opportunities and potential blockers.

Blake Morgan offers flexible and approachable advice, they feel like part of the team.
- Chambers and Partners, 2026


The lawyers at Blake Morgan provide a high degree of responsiveness to complex questions and clear engagement.
- Chambers and Partners, 2026


Blake Morgan fields a strong and expert team which provides assurance that the case will be dealt with professionally, safely and pragmatically.
- Chambers and Partners, 2025

The team has a good grasp of commercial awareness.
- Chambers and Partners, 2025


The team was on top of the facts and communicated options, risks and rewards clearly to the client.
- Chambers and Partners, 2025


Highlights


Acting for IBM United Kingdom Ltd in successfully defending a claim by the London Borough of Southwark concerning the supply and implementation of an MDM system, which Southwark alleged was not of satisfactory quality and unfit for purpose. Southwark London Borough Council v IBM UK Ltd [2011] EWHC 549 (TCC) QBD.


Advising one of the leading global technology companies in relation to high value contractual disputes with two sub-contractors, who were providing different elements of a bespoke solution and service to be used to detect and analyse patterns of fraud. Amongst other things, these disputes involved arguments about what was in and out of scope of the specification and whether specialist software was fit for purpose.


Advising a government department on a number of disputes with the supplier of a specialist network operated for the benefit of public sector organisations and which provided various broadband, internet and other services to those organisations over that network. Those disputes related to the running costs of the network and the engineering costs associated with the installation of new services for organisations and were resolved amicably following mediation.


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