Freeths LLP’s Oxford-based team assists clients with a diverse range of commercial disputes, including those pertaining to breaches of contract, as well as energy and finance-related disputes. The team is also well-regarded for its expertise in data protection, tech, and professional negligence disputes. Practice head Caroline Watson handles director and shareholder issues, and corporate transactional disputes. Data and information disputes specialist William Richmond-Coggan has expertise representing both claimants and defendants in group data breach litigation.
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Key clients
- Paymaster (1836) Limited t/a Equiniti
- Engie Group including Engie UK and other subsidiaries
Work highlights
Acting for Paymaster (1836) t/a Equiniti defending a piece of data protection litigation currently before the Courts, where the firm's client has been given permission to appeal a decision of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court.
Acting for 400 claimant postmasters in the government-funded compensation scheme.
Advising the director of a substantial UK property management business in claims against a fellow director with a value in excess of £150m.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Caroline Watson
Other key lawyers
William Richmond-Coggan; Paul Brown; Paul Wiggins