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Dominic Higham

Dominic Higham

Clarion, Yorkshire And The Humber

Work Department

Litigation.

Position

A commercial contracts dispute resolution specialist with a wealth of experience in assisting Government bodies and large corporate institutions in managing technology & outsourcing contracts and disputes.  Dominic assists clients in contract drafting, contract management, supplier/customer management, issue resolution and full-scale £multi-billion commercial disputes, both in the UK and internationally. HM Government/Technology/Healthcare: advising in relation to issues and disputes arising out of IT and outsourcing contracts with international suppliers which have been the subject of media speculation over many years. The settlement of the CSC disputes secured a £1bn write down on the value of CSC’s contract with the Department. HM Government / Technology / Healthcare: advising in relation to headline-grabbing on-going issues and disputes arising out of IT and outsourcing contracts including Atos regarding NHS IT Systems and Intersystems regarding hospital implementations in the Middle East.

Career

Trained Dechert LLP; qualified 1998; DLA Piper, Leeds, 1998; partner Clarion 2014.

Languages

French, German, Spanish.

Memberships

Society for Computers and Law

Education

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn; University of the West of England, York College of Law: LLB Law, French and German, 2:1, 1994, LPC, 1996.

Leisure

Cooking, walking, football, tennis.

Mentions

Dispute resolution • Yorkshire And The Humber

Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • Yorkshire And The Humber

IT and telecoms