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James Hyde

James Hyde

UK 2026

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Addleshaw Goddard LLP
 Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Information Technology

Yorkshire

10 years ranked

Litigation

Yorkshire

10 years ranked

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Information Technology - Yorkshire

Band 1
Individual Editorial

James Hyde is a contentious IT expert. His expertise spans a range of types of disputes, such as ICT outsourcing, systems procurement, software licensing, system outages, and claims arising from security breaches, as well as network infrastructure, service provision and telecoms regulatory investigations.

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Litigation - Yorkshire

Band 2
Individual Editorial

James Hyde is respected for his experience in handling contractual disputes in relation to the technology sector. Litigation concerning breach of duty and misappropriation of corporate information is also within his remit.

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Strengths

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  • James is user-friendly, very responsive and understands the technical issues. He is also very flexible.

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  • He has a great reputation in the tech and media sector.

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  • He fosters good team work and a good connection with clients.

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  • James Hyde provides the best commercial advice you can get; the advice is not just legal, which is a great plus.

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  • He's an excellent practitioner, particularly with tech disputes.

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  • He's very tactically astute and a tough negotiator when required, whilst at the same time being incredibly personable and client-focussed.

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