4 Pump Court receives two nominations at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025
4 Pump Court has received two nominations at the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2025: – Construction Set of the Year – IT/IP Junior of the Year – Iain Munro Congratulations to all those shortlisted. A ceremony will take place on Thursday 13 November at Old Billingsgate. View the full shortlist here.
Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Disclosure and Barring Service v Tata Consultancy Services Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ...
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Disclosure and Barring Service v Tata Consultancy Services Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 380. The decision provides a pithy summary of the principles of interpretation in the context of a condition precedent (with Coulson LJ giving the lead judgment and a concurring judgment from Lewison LJ). It […]
22nd April 2025
The second edition of The Law of Artificial Intelligence published
The second edition of The Law of Artificial Intelligence, co-edited by Matthew Lavy KC and Matt Hervey was published last month. AI is developing at an ever-increasing pace, more and more jurisdictions are introducing AI regulation, and real-world disputes involving AI are starting to come before the Courts. This practitioner text examines the application of […]
5th September 2024
Iain Munro appointed to the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) sub-committee.
Iain Munro has been appointed to the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) sub-committee. The OPRC formed in June 2023, now welcomes members to its newly formed sub-committee. The sub-committee includes expertise from across the civil, family and tribunals justice sector and members of the judiciary. The Master of the Rolls has described the OPRC as: […]
17th July 2024
4 Pump Court at London International Disputes Week
4 Pump Court will once again be taking part in London International Disputes Week (LIDW) in June. Members look forward to participating in the following events: Wednesday 5 June- ‘Harnessing the power of AI in ADR: recent developments, use cases and limits’ hosted at 4 Pump Court from 9:00-10:30am. Register here: LIDW 2024 – Harnessing […]
Judgment handed down in tech transformation and BPO dispute, TCS v DBS
Judgment has been handed down today in the tech transformation and BPO dispute, TCS v DBS [2024] EWHC 1185 (TCC) (one of the Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2023). Hot topics of interest to commercial practitioners include: notices in delay regimes (conditions precedent and estoppel); when a delay breach can be “irremediable” for the purposes […]
17th May 2024
4 Pump Court continues its support at the SCL 50th Anniversary Dinner
A brilliant evening at the Society for Computers and Law’s 50th anniversary celebratory dinner, in The Great Hall at One Great George Street. Our members and clerks enjoyed catching-up with friends and colleagues. 4 Pump Court is honoured to have supported the SCL for over 25 years.
Anti Suit Injunctions and Foreign IP claims: Topalsson judgment
On 17 August 2023, Waksman J handed down judgment in Topalsson v Rolls-Royce [2023] EWHC 2092 (TCC). Matthew Lavy KC and Gideon Shirazi acted for Topalsson; Alex Charlton KC and Iain Munro acted for Rolls-Royce. Topalsson is a German company which had developed cutting-edge automotive software. It had agreed to a project to implement and […]
23rd August 2023
Judgment handed down in Topalsson v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars [2023] EWHC 1756 (TCC)
Yesterday, the Technology and Construction Court handed down an interesting judgment in Topalsson v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The dispute was in relation to the Service Agreement for the supply of Future Configurator Landscape between Topalsson (a software and services company specialising in digital data visualisation based in Germany) and Rolls-Royce (a subsidiary of BMW). Terry […]
13th July 2023
Stephen Cogley KC, Matthew Lavy and Iain Munro included in The Lawyer Top 20 Cases 2023
Today The Lawyer have published their feature on the Top 20 Cases of 2023, highlighting key matters being played out in the courts this year. Featured was Tata Consultancy Services v Disclosure and Barring Services which Stephen Cogley KC, Matthew Lavy and Iain Munro are counsel for the claimants: Tata Consultancy Services. This is a […]
16th January 2023
TechLaw Chat – Episode 14
In the most recent episode “Surveillance tech and nosey neighbours” of Matthew Lavy and Iain Munro’s podcast series, TechLaw Chat, the pair explore neighbours’ rights when householders deploy surveillance tech. As increasingly sophisticated video and audio recording devices become available to householders at only moderate cost, deployment of such surveillance tech by householders is becoming ubiquitous. However, those […]
16th February 2022
Nigel Tozzi KC, Matthew Lavy and Iain Munro featured in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals
The Lawyer have published their Top 10 Appeals. Nigel Tozzi KC, Matthew Lavy and Iain Munro, acting for the respondent (IBM) and instructed by CMS, have been featured for CIS General Insurance v IBM United Kingdom. The claim is over a failed IT transformation project that CIS General Insurance purchased from IBM UK for around […]
24th January 2022
Would you like to know more?
For help and advice talk to a member of our clerking team. They can advise on the best options for your matter.
Call: +44 (0) 20 7842 5555
