Deryck Houghton > Freeths LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
CUMBERLAND COURT
80 MOUNT STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 6HH
England

Work Department

Information technology and data business services.

Position

Partner in Freeths LLP’s information technology and data business services group, dealing with contracts for the licensing/implementation/provision/outsourcing of IT and IT-based services, and data protection/freedom of information. Has worked on a range of national and ‘big-ticket’ deals.

Career

Qualified 1981; Rice & Co 1981-86; Oxley & Coward 1986-88, partner 1988-2000; solicitor and director V-Lex Ltd 2000-04; partner Freeths 2004.

Memberships

Society for Computers and Law.

Education

Sheffield University (1978 LLB (Hons)); College of Law, Chester (1978-79).

Leisure

Military and naval history; entry-level badminton.