Davenport Lyons

Davenport Lyons
HeadquartersLondon
No. of offices1
No. of attorneys16 associates,[1] 41 partners[2] (in early 2008)
Major practice areasCorporate, Dispute resolution, Property
Date founded2001 incorporated;[3]
Company typepartnership
Websitewww.davenportlyons.com

Davenport Lyons was a London-based law firm that entered into administration on 25 April 2014. Although most of their work concerned corporate acquisitions, in 2007 their actions against file sharers became news in the United Kingdom.[4] This subject became widely publicised in late 2008 because of the number of innocent people receiving letters from the firm, it was reported on Watchdog that Atari stopped using this firm for this reason.[5]

They were incorporated in 2001[3] and in 2008 listed 16 associates[1] and 41 partners.[2] Prior to their entry into file-sharing related intellectual property litigation, they were best known for their involvement in the case of a London tailor near Savile Row.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b "Davenport Lyons / About Us / Associates". Davenport Lyons. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Davenport Lyons / About Us / Associates". Davenport Lyons. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b WebCheck, Companies House. details "Davenport Lyons Limited Liability Partnership" "Company No. OC300136". Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  4. ^ Jim Reed. Crackdown on web game sharing. BBC. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  5. ^ BBC Watchdog website, Davenport Lyons - threatening letters, 8 December 2008
  6. ^ Kian Ganz. 2008-06-19. Davenport Lyons wins Savile Row suits row. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  7. ^ Megan Murphy, Law Courts Correspondent. 'Bespoke' ruling fails to suit Savile Row. Retrieved 2010-03-14. (other versions and alternative URLs: June 18 2008 00:16, June 18 2008 03:00) (registration required)