Technology & Construction
Henderson Chambers is widely recognised as one of the leading sets in IT and construction law. Chambers UK 2025 notes that “Henderson Chambers is an established name for IT litigation” with “expertise that allows them to take on novel mandates”.
Our case work includes software defects, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cryptocurrencies, connected and autonomous vehicles, fintech, complex contractual issues and failure of large IT projects. Clients include government departments, national agencies, local authorities, the emergency services, financial institutions, companies in the private sector and hardware and software suppliers. Members regularly appear before the TCC, in arbitrations, and in courts at all levels.
Henderson Chambers is consistently at the forefront of technology law including obtaining the first injunction served by Twitter, the first injunction to prevent the use of an illegal BitTorrent, cases concerning Initial Coin Offerings of crypto-tokens, and matters concerning autonomous vehicles. This is a long established tradition, with members of chambers having acted in St Albans’ DC v ICL, the first case to establish a distinct body of law relating to software, which remains the leading authority on software defects.
Members of chambers acted for the 555 sub-postmasters in the landmark Post Office litigation, establishing that the Horizon software had bugs and errors, and was not robust. Members also act (on both the claimant and defendant sides) in the massive emissions litigation concerning alleged ‘defeat device’ software in vehicles, involving complex software and vehicle technical engineering issues.
We also have substantial experience in a range of construction and property damage disputes and related professional negligence claims. This includes matters arising out of fires, structural failures, explosions, water damage, ground movement and subsidence. The team has particular expertise in large multi-party claims, group actions and mass tort claims arising out of major incidents. It is particularly well known for its work in relation to construction products, with several members having acted on Grenfell and related matters.
A particular strength of the set is its ability to use well-known expertise in related areas such as procurement, product liability, consumer law, and class actions, to offer clients comprehensive, multi-specialism advice.
As well by word of mouth, chambers generates a substantial volume of instructions from members’ publications in the area, which include authoring or contributing to ‘An Introduction to Technology Law’ (Lexis Nexis, 2018); ‘The Law and Autonomous Vehicles’ (Routledge, 2019); ‘The Law of Artificial Intelligence’ (Sweet & Maxwell, 2020; 2024) and ‘The History of the Technology and Construction Court on its 150th Anniversary’ (Hart, 2023).
