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Suzie Miles

Ashfords
Suzie leads the commercial technology team at Ashfords advising on a wide range of technology matters with a particular focus on fin-tech. Suzie has a breadth of experience in drafting and negotiating commercial/IT contracts including for bespoke software development (using agile or waterfall methodology), support and maintenance, the provision of software and hardware for a range of deployment models as well as leading on technology transformation projects and large technology outsourcing deals.

Suzie advises on the entire sourcing cycle, providing pragmatic advice from the early stages of deciding how to structure a transaction, the strategy for purchasing within an existing IT estate or structuring a commercial model, through to contract negotiations, implementation and post contractual changes.

Suzie is ITIL Practitioner certified, PRINCE 2 certified and has undertaken Open University in Information Security enabling Suzie to efficiently and effectively manage large technology projects.

Suzie’s practice area within fin-tech includes advising payment services providers, critical sub-outsourcers to financial institutions (including compliance with EBA guidelines), scheme participants and payment gateway providers. 

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2012

Experience

  • Ashfords (2010 - Present)

Membership

  • Society for Computers and Law
  • Tech UK

Qualifications

  • LLB (2009)
  • Legal Practice Course (2010)
  • ITIL (Foundation and Practitioner)
  • PRINCE 2

Education

  • University of Bristol (2006-2009)

1 Contributions by Suzie Miles

B2C contracts across the UK: choice of law and jurisdiction, directing activities and fairness: UK Rome I/II, CJJA 1982, CRA 2015, DMCCA 2024
PRACTICE NOTES
B2C contracts across the UK: choice of law and jurisdiction, directing activities and fairness: UK Rome I/II, CJJA 1982, CRA 2015, DMCCA 2024
This Practice Note explores how far businesses established in England and Wales may stipulate that agreements with consumers located elsewhere in the UK are governed by, and/or fall within the courts of, England and Wales. It reviews the rules that select governing law and forum for both contractual and non-contractual liabilities in UK business-to-consumer (B2C) arrangements. For these purposes, ‘consumer’ means an individual acting for reasons unconnected with their trade or profession. Brexit This Practice Note refers to retained EU law (REUL) and related concepts introduced by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in the context of Brexit. From the end of 2023, REUL that continues in effect is termed ‘assimilated law’. Re-labelling REUL and linked terms as assimilated law signals a shift in status and treatment within UK law: it is, in general, read through ordinary domestic legal principles. With effect from 1 January 2024, REUL is treated as ‘assimilated’ because EU-derived interpretative effects are, in the main, removed (for example, the supremacy of EU law, directly effective rights, and general principles that were previously retained under the EU(W)A)...
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