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Iain Munro
Position
Professional negligence; commercial; information technology; construction; general common law, shipping, international arbitration.
Career
Called 2009, Lincoln’s Inn.
Languages
Mandarin Chinese (working knowledge).
Education
Malvern College; St Peter’s College, Oxford (2006 BA Oxon Modern History 1st Class); Peking University (2007 Long-Term Language Programme); BPP Law School, Waterloo (2008 GDL commendation); BPP Law School, Holborn (2009 BVC distinction).
Leisure
Travel, film.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > IT and telecoms (infrastructure and contracts)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Iain Munro –4 Pump Court ‘Iain is a highly analytical and intelligent junior – his grasp of detail and superhuman levels of recall is very impressive, he is an ideal junior for document-heavy cases and will leave no stone unturned. As an advocate he is measured but quietly effective.’
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.