James Croyston
James’ career has spanned a wide range of industries, including regulated and non-regulated, working with enterprise, government and start-up clients, in private practice, in-house, consultancy, and as General Counsel, Founder and CEO.
This broad experience has culminated in his main passion and area of professional focus, which is working with high-growth, innovative, early-stage, tech-enabled companies.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2008
Experience
- Fieldfisher (Trainee -Qualified Solicitor) (2006 - 2011)
- Catlin (now XLCatlin) (In-House Commercial Counsel) (2011 - 2015)
- Markit (now IHSMarkit) (VP Legal) (2015 - 2016)
- Ignition Law, Korum Legal & other consultancy work (Consultant Counsel) (2016 - 2018)
- Stonestep AG (Group General Counsel) (2018 - 2019)
- DocSpark Solutions (Founder & CEO) (2019 - 2021)
- Founders Law (Director) (2021 - Present)
Membership
- SRA, Law Society
Qualifications
- (Manchester) – Psychology BA (Hons) (2000)
- (ICSL) Postgraduate Senior Status LLB (Hons) (2004)
- (ICSL) Legal Practice Course (2006)
- Oxford Fintech Programme Diploma (2021)
Education
- University of Manchester (1997-2000)
- Inns of Court School of Law (ICSL) (2002-2006)
- University of Oxford (2021)
2 Contributions by James Croyston
PRECEDENTS
B2B click-wrap software end-user licence agreement for installed software: precedent with audit rights, usage restrictions, warranties and liability cap (England and Wales law)
PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE CAREFULLY
This legally enforceable agreement is between you (the ‘Licensee’) and us (‘[ INSERT LICENSOR COMPANY NAME ]’, ‘Licensor’, ‘we’ or ‘us’). It grants you a licence (the ‘Licence’) for the [ INSERT NAME OF SOFTWARE (INCLUDING THE VERSION AND LATEST RELEASE NUMBER AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION IF REQUIRED) ], together with any complimentary Updates, Upgrades, patches, fixes or workarounds issued by the Licensor under this Licence, and all related data, media or documents (collectively, the ‘Software’). For clarity, this Licence does not constitute a sale of the Software; we remain the sole and beneficial owners of the Software at all times. BY SELECTING ‘ACCEPT’ AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS LICENCE, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS BELOW, WHICH WILL BIND YOU AND ANY AUTHORISED LICENSEES WHEN ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING OR USING THE SOFTWARE. PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET OUT IN CLAUSE 10. THIS IS A BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS LICENCE AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR CONSUMERS. YOU SHOULD ONLY CLICK ‘ACCEPT’ IF YOU ARE ACTING FOR A BUSINESS. For the avoidance of doubt, no ownership in the Software transfers ever...
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PRECEDENTS
Click-wrap consumer software end-user licence agreement (EULA) template — governed by England and Wales law
PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW CAREFULLY
This is a legally binding contract (‘Agreement’) between you (‘User’ or ‘you’) and [ NAME OF SUPPLIER ], whose registered address is [ ADDRESS OF SUPPLIER ] (‘Supplier’, ‘us’ or ‘we’). Under this Agreement, we will provide you with [ NAME OF SOFTWARE AND VERSION ], covering all content, materials, or services available within the software, together with updates and upgrades to the software from time to time (unless we require a separate agreement to be entered into for those updates and upgrades) (‘the Software’), as well as all related documentation and support resources (‘the Documentation’). This Agreement does not sell the Software to you; instead, it grants you a licence permitting use of the Software and the Documentation subject to the terms and conditions set out below. As a result, you do not own the Software and are permitted to use the Software only in accordance with this Agreement. We at all times remain the sole and beneficial owners of the Software and the Documentation...
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