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4 Pump Court (Sean Brannigan KC and Rachel Ansell KC)
4 Pump Court
TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7AN
England

Position

Barrister specialising in IT. Cases of note include: AFD Software Ltd v DCML Ltd [2015] EWHC 453 (Ch); AB v CD [2014] EWCA Civ 229; Hamsard 3147 Ltd v Boots UK Ltd [2013] EWHC 3251 (Pat); Southwark v IBN [2011] EWHC 549 (TCC); Data Direct v MRS [2009] EWHC 97 (Ch); Fujitsu Services v EDS (Comm Ct 2007); TTE Team Telecom v Anaste (TCC 2007); NEDDC v ANITE (TCC 2007).

Career

Called 1985, Inner Temple; Silk 2016.

Languages

French.

Memberships

TECBAR; COMBAR.

Education

Cambridge University 1984 (BA).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > IT and telecoms (infrastructure and contracts)

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

Terence Bergin KC4 Pump Court ‘Good IT expertise and experience.’

4 Pump Court is ‘a true IT specialist set’ with ‘excellent IT disputes counsel at all levels’ covering the full breadth of technology and telecoms matters, including artificial intelligence, IT outsourcing matters such as syndicated services, software licensing and developing agreements. Alex Charlton KC acts for the claimant, leading Iain Munro in Topalsson GmbH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd, a TCC dispute in relation to a failed project implementation for visualisation sales systems, raising issues of unlawful termination, misrepresentation, and damages – Terence Bergin KC and Matthew Lavy KC appeared for the carmaker. Charlton KC also appeared for the claimant in IBM v LzLabs & Others, which includes claims for breach of licensing agreements and injunctions in relation to mainframe software, while Lavy and Gideon Shirazi are instructed as opposing counsel. Lynne McCafferty KC is appointed advisor on the independent advisory panel concerning the Post Office Horizon scandal, alongside Charlton KC and Benjamin Pilling KC.