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White Waghorn has
recently teamed up with the Noel Group to provide
a comprehensive Expert Witness service. (See 4
Noel
Group for more details) The Noel Group LLP and
White Waghorn Limited bring together a group of
seasoned IT professionals which has expertise in
a wide variety of technical and commercial
environments. Whilst remaining practising IT
consultants, many of our members have acted as
experts in litigations, including witness box
experience and the production of joint expert
reports in accordance with the Woolf reforms.
Our areas of
expertise include:
- Complex
technology
- Contractual
disputes
- Intellectual
property rights (IPR)
- Evaluation of
quality and performance of systems and
services
- Representation
of goods and services
- Software and
system valuation
- Standard,
integrated or bespoke IT system
assessment
- High court
witness evidence
- Mediation
- Single and
Joint Expert Reports
Some examples of
Expert assignments:
- For a credit
card issuer defending a case brought by
its supplier concerning an Internet-based
system for presenting its services online.
- Independent
valuation of a system developed for use
in the Insurance industry, including oral
testimony and cross examination in the
High Court.
- For the
defendant of a High Court action alleging
misrepresentation of a product's
functionality and level of integration.
- For a local
authority, prosecuting a court action
over non-delivery of a computer system
for schools.
- For a
defendant of a High Court injunction
alleging breach of software copyright.
- Expert report
on a system installed for a vehicle
breakdown recovery company.
- Assisting
mediation with EPOS system performance
dispute.
- For a UK
retail bank defending a case concerning a
failed Internet banking service
development.
- Third party
hardware maintenance dispute.
- Benchmarking
dispute over a large outsourcing contract.
- Member of a
team advising on a case for a £40m
development contract dispute. The team
helped achieve an out of court settlement.
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