Simon Kenyon

Position: Partner

Simon is a partner in the Litigation and Arbitration group and is based in the Leeds office. He represents a wide variety of clients in a number of industry sectors.

He is also a member of the Technology, Media and Commercial group and specialises in IT and telecommunications litigation. In that regard, Simon has wide experience of acting for both IT and telecoms suppliers and users on a wide variety of contractual and related disputes.

Simon has considerable experience of alternative dispute resolution and has mediated a number of IT, telecommunications and internet disputes, as well as more mainstream commercial and corporate disputes.

Simon also regularly gives training and presentations to clients in the IT and telecommunications sectors on issues which are of central importance to their businesses. He is also the co-author of a Practice Note on how to deal with and manage IT-related disputes which is soon to be published on the PLC website.

Some of Simon's clients have included NHS Connecting for Health, TDS Cendant, LogicaCMG, Energis, EDS, Verizon, Sphinx CST, Kingston Communications Plc, Cable & Wireless, E-Bookers, Empire Interactive, Viatel UK Ltd and Rocom Group Limited, as well as a number of other large IT telecoms suppliers and users.

Key experience:

Advising the NHS National IT Programme (one of the world's largest ever IT procurements) in respect of contract issues, including dispute prevention and resolution.
Acting for a substantial American-owned manufacturing business in respect of its IT and e-commerce risk compliance programme. In particular, advising on all aspects of this programme across its UK, European and Asia Pacific sites.
Acting for Totalise plc in respect of Norwich Pharmacal Application against other internet service providers successfully seeking identity of anonymous internet posters.
Acting on behalf of a distributor and reseller for a telecommunications services provider in respect of claims for approximately £3m in relation to breaches of contract for purported retrospective amendments to the terms of business relating to commission payments and to claims for anti-competitive behaviour.
Acting for a UK subsidiary of a California software company in defence of a claim for nearly £3m for breach of contract and/or negligence regarding the installation of software and hardware for a third party logistics provider in the UK.
Acting on behalf of a UK games developer and publisher against its US distributor in relation to the taking of an account regarding concealed and under paid royalties and marketing payments as well as a claim for approximately $3m for breaches of contract in relation to unauthorised sales.

Professional Qualification