Legal Group

The Legal Group responds to UK wide and European legislation and consultations and to legal matters globally, including the Cabinet office Consultation on Procurement, and the Google v Oracle Supreme Court Litigation, where it submitted an amicus brief. It is led by Chief Legal Officer, Christopher Eastham

Legal Group

Documents Published by the Legal Group:

Oracle v Google Amicus Brief OpenUK Future Leaders’ Public Procurement Review

Christopher Eastham

Director, Fieldfisher

Adrian Keward

Chief Technologist Public Sector, Red Hat

Amanda Brock

CEO, OpenUK

Andrew Katz

Managing Partner, Moorcrofts

Anne Todd

Senior Solicitor, Macfarlanes

David Varney

Director, Burges Salmon

Iain Mitchell Honorary QC

Chairman, Scottish Society of Computers & Law

Professor Ian Walden

Professor, Queen Mary University

James Lovegrove

Public Policy Director, RedHat

Richard Archer

Owner and Managing Director, Bramble Hub

Rochelle Farmer

Head of Legal - EMEA, Cloudreach

Sami Atabani

Director of Third Party Intellectual Property Licensing

Toby Crick

Partner, Bristows

Future Leaders Group

Chaired by Robert Grannells of Field Fisher and Katy Gibson of Bristows

This progressive group is working on collaborative activities to learn more about Open Technologies, and is mentored by the wider Legal and Policy Group. An initial Report on Government Procurement is expected in January 2021.

The group hold weekly training sessions on Friday at noon which can all be viewed here. All are welcome and details can be found in our Events.