Solicitor Reviews
High Speed Connectivity
Knows the Game
"We got hold of Leigh when one of our providers threatened to stop providing us connectivity on a week’s warning. If they had carried through it would have been catastrophic. Leigh had the experience to handle it, knows the legal manoeuvrings how to reverse the pressure that was being applied to us.
He turned his knowledge into a result that he brought back to us. I do not relinquish control easily. I have a hard time doing it, but I had to give Leigh that control because we are way out of the UK time zone. If I had to micromanage him because he did not understand the subject matter it never would have worked, we never would have got the result we did. We would have lost time and the clock would have run out.
Leigh knows what he’s doing, he knows the game, he knows the technology. Don't waste your time shopping. Time is too valuable. I've already done that shopping, I've already done the homework, I've already gone through the whole experience and learned from my experience and take it and run with it and call him right now."
Technology Lawyers
Avoid Business Risk
"Almost always, we’ll use a supplier that we know. In our case we did not know any technology or software solicitors and no-one we knew could refer us to one. We needed someone to cast an eye over some dull and lengthy legal documents, and look at our responses in negotiations to make sure we were not missing anything that could come back and bite us later on. It’s not my main skill set. We went on the internet and did some research and looked for people that knew about IT law.
I wanted to protect my business in a series of contracts with internationally renowned London museums and venues. Basically they were trying to palm off all the risk on to us as a supplier. Whatever liability people are chasing in contracts, I want to know whether it is proportionate to the size of the contract, the size of the problem and that my business can deal with it.
We had Leigh look over the contracts. He put perspective on where we were at and what we should do before we agreed terms. We deflected that risk and got concessions on liability, indemnities and warranties that we would probably otherwise have lived with. Once I knew what I would be signing up to, there was no way I was going to expose my business to the sort of risk they were asking us to sign up to. The tips for negotiating were well received.
Legal Advice in Plain English
Straight Talking
"I was extremely concerned that we've gone too far down the road and we'd taken the wrong path that we shouldn't have gone down, with potential wasted development. I was concerned that we wasted a lot of money and a lot of time developing software which wasn't legally binding. Leigh helped fix our legal position, which is tremendous piece of mind for me.
I’ve got a clearer picture of what I know and what I do not know, what I can handle internally, and what we can’t. Working with Leigh was a short course to protect my business, and the things I need to look out for in business relationships moving forwards.
When you engage with someone who's like a legal expert or a technical expert, you don't only get information from them on a particular point. You get lots of other stuff which comes with it. We have got a lot of value-added stuff. Leigh’s able to point out areas that we would want to look at and areas that we hadn't thought of, so there are benefits to engage in an expert or a consultant in this area.
Leigh is straight talking and very much to the point. He takes the heavy lifting out of understanding legal advice. He’s direct and very open. He talks in layman's terms without being patronising.
Talk to Leigh because he doesn't speak like a lawyer, but he knows his stuff. He doesn't try to bamboozle you with a load of legal jargon. He will tell you what you need to know and will omit what you don't need to know."
Intellectual Property Rights in Technology
More Informed
"We moved from having no knowledge about intellectual property in software to knowing where the boundaries are, so that we can now handle more things internally. We know where most of the gotchas are, and know when we need to be wary. We make more informed decisions and have reduced our risk exposure.
Leigh combines a background in software development with current expertise in technology law that businesses involved in the development of software and associated intellectual property need access to. He understands technology and the law that applies to it. He is approachable which means we cut to the chase quickly and end up with a better solution at a lower cost. He has a huge amount of experience and expertise, and is a lot more affordable than the large firms"
Tech Contracts Businesses can stand by
Waste less Time
"We had long contracts with painfully detailed clauses that commercial people found impossible to understand. They were spooking our clients – too much for a software as a service contract.
Turned out most of it was rubbish and did not have to be in the agreement. We took some of the provisions out and wound others back.
We find our business was more streamlined with less hassle between enquiry and sale. For us it means that we waste less time talking about the legals and more time growing the business. The business is in a better place and operates more efficiently because we are not having to work so hard to close deals."
Joe Hoy
Director
Forensic Analytics Ltd
Commercial Law Firm in London
Less Time & Money on Legals
"Shopping around for a solicitor is a pain. When you pick a solicitor you have to take a risk somewhere. Leigh put me at ease in the initial conversation, and made it clear that he understands the commercial side of the law. Now, we spend far less time and money on legal problems in our business.
Leigh with us engaged from a business perspective, not just purely a legal perspective. He actually wanted to understand the business. He wrote the contracts to work for our business, not the other way round. We ended up with a level of security with our business, an extra level that we didn't have. We’ve have a good position in our contracts to get more value from our assets going forwards.
I feel comfortable that he has strong background in the particular specific areas we are looking at, such hosting software. We found his approach was much more jovial and the character side of that helps an awful lot with dull areas such as legal documents."
Aron Calder
Director
IWCL
Complex Tech Dispute
Technology Disputes London
"I needed someone to explain the legal aspects of a complex tech dispute in layman's terms and in an uncomplicated format. By the time we had finished, I understood exactly what was going on, why they were saying what they were saying and what we could do to counter their position. I could decide how we wanted to position ourselves on the risks and how hard we want to go in."
Angus Elphinstone
CEO
Anyvan Limited
IT Contracts to Review
Efficient, Knowledgeable
"We applied pressure. They started to negotiate with us. We received help with understanding the extent we could negotiate on the legal terms and check the agreements to make sure we were not being sold short.
When you have many contracts to review in a short space of time, it is too much to take in and think through clearly. Leigh prioritised the work for us, came back to us quickly so that we could decide how we wanted to proceed.
Leigh is efficient, knowledgeable; he obviously knows his stuff, specially the soft skills that you miss if you do not have them in legal matters. He gave us good turnaround times, especially when the pressure was on."
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