Policy

Procedure

Complaints Submission Form

Response Submission Form

Reply Submission Form

Basic Guide to DRS

Timetable

Decisions

Experts

April 2001 to date

Adlex Solicitors, London

Set up specialist technology and intellectual property law firm. Work includes:

Domain name disputes: Advising on many domain name disputes including ICANN UDRP arbitrations.

Intellectual property disputes: Advising on trade mark and other intellectual property disputes.

Intellectual property contracts and advice: Advising on range of contracts including internet co-branding, terms and conditions, website hosting, publishing and TV production.

Selected as e-commerce expert in the 2000 and 2001 editions of Legal Experts (published by Legal Business).

Member of Society for Computers and Law.

1991 to April 2001

Withers, London

1996 - 2001 Partner

1991-1996 Solicitor

E-Commerce and Technology Group

Headed 8-lawyer team (comprising both commercial litigators and lawyers) which was recommended for Information Technology (IT) in the 1999 and 2000 Legal 500.

IT experience included:

handling internet domain name litigation and ICANN UDRP arbitrations

advising on IT and e-commerce contracts including software licenses and co-branding, linking, content supply and similar agreements

drafting website terms and conditions and advising on internet content including regulatory issues, data protection, defamation and intellectual property

advising the Institute of Chartered Accountants on its WebTrust scheme

advising organisations on e-commerce legal risk management

advising on software escrow schemes

handling IT disputes between customers and suppliers.

Commented to national and international media on internet legal issues; articles in the Independent newspaper, European Lawyer, E-Commerce Law & Policy Report and Computer Law and Security Report.

Spoke at conferences on IT legal issues.

Litigation Department

Partner in Withers Litigation Department (30 lawyers) handling a wide range of litigation including: information technology (see above), intellectual property (passing off, trademarks, copyright and patents), defamation, contract, sale of goods, shareholders' disputes, competition law (in High Court, EU Commission and OFT) and professional negligence.

Other Experience

1990 - 1991

Waltons & Morse, London

1986 - 1990

Taylor & Buchalter, Dublin

1985 - 1986

Davis, Markel & Edwards, New York

Education & Qualifications

March 1991

Admitted to roll of solicitors in England

October 1987

Admitted to roll of solicitors in Ireland

July 1986

Passed New York State Bar Examination (entitled to be admitted in NY)

1984-1985

Law Society Course, Dublin

1980-1984

Trinity College, Dublin, LLB in Law, 2:1 Honours

Personal

Languages

Conversational French

Computers

Word; Excel; FrontPage 2000

Interests

Humorous poetry, politics, travel, chess, reading, sports