Information Technology and E-Commerce
Information Technology is a fundamental aspect of most businesses and Ashfords' IT lawyers are experienced in ensuring that IT projects are properly managed and that the contractual requirements are clearly reflected. We advise a wide variety of clients including developers, purchasers and suppliers of IT products and services, SMEs, public sector organisations and multinationals.
We believe that it is imperative that our lawyers have a strong understanding of the IT sector and the specific commercial issues that can impact on the success (or failure) of an IT project. A number of our lawyers have spent much of their careers working in the IT sector ensuring that we are ideally suited to understand your needs and objectives, and to provide pragmatic, sensible, focused and cost-effective advice, irrespective of the project.
- services and projects: systems supply, integration and management, strategic outsourcing, managed, hosting and support services;
- networks: network design, build, implementation and management;
- software development, licensing and services: bespoke software development, escrow agreements, software support, end-user license terms, open source licensing, software license audits, beta testing;
- IT procurement and tendering advice including assistance in compliance with OJEU rules;
- advice on creation and implementation of specifications and applicable service levels;
- IT hardware and components: agreements for the design, development, procurement and contract manufacture of IT products and components and the plant used to manufacture them; and
- E-business: website design, development and hosting, content licensing, linking agreements, website terms and conditions, privacy policies.
- West Midlands Networking Company Limited on its contract with BT for the provision of broadband rollout and exchange upgrade across the UK;
- Actaris UK Limited on the provision of a managed service solution for Scottish Power plc and British Gas;
- The Welsh Assembly Government on its Merlin Alliance IT outsourcing contracts;
- Connaught Plc on its IT outsourcing contracts;
- The South West of England RDA on an IP/IT contractual dispute with a website developer and designer;
- North Yorkshire County Council on the implementation of its WAN and LAN program; and
- An Internet Service Provider on its standard terms and conditions of service.
