Mike Blackburn Operations Director

Mike Blackburn started as a consultant for I-COM in the early days of the company but he loved it so much that one evening, over a curry in Bolton, he agreed to begin working full-time for the company and decided to invest, therefore becoming a partner.

Mike enjoys coming into work because, not only does the office have a "good feeling", the firm's young team help him keep in touch with modern music and culture (he needs all the help he can get).

As far as other achievements in life go, Mike won a Peter Powell stunt kite competition when he was a child, and has maintained an unnatural obsession with kites ever since. He's therefore the proud owner of a kite-buggy and a mountain board, neither of which have ever seen the light of day (the mountain board really isn't him).

Mike Blackburn

My Recent Blog Posts

Advice on New Cookie Regulations
January 5th 2012
New laws have come into force regarding the deployment of cookies by websites. The ICO has now issued guidelines on how the laws will be regulated - this blog based on analysis by intellectual property solicitor Keith Arrowsmith summarises the impact of ...
Do Three Wrongs Make a Right?
October 5th 2011
I love lists that allow me to compare things, our recent press release on legal tweeters irked some, and got me thinking there might be a better way of ranking social media presence, without re-inventing the wheel.
How to Incur the Wrath of Scottish Lawyers on Twitter
October 3rd 2011
We follow quite a few English law firms on twitter and thought it would be worth doing a little press release on who we felt was most influential. When the story was picked up by a Scottish journalist little did we understand how upset people would get.
Top 10 Law Firm Tweeters
September 14th 2011
A recent report from Flagship Consulting listed the top UK law firms based on their Klout scores - unfortunately their research was flawed they only looked at the largest law firms - we present a wider based list
The Impact of Divorce on Male Children
September 7th 2011
One for our divorce solicitor clients. A Study in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal has revealed that the departure of male parents from a family has an impact on the development of male children.