William Richmond-Coggan

Partner @Freeths

Reading, GB
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WORK HISTORY

Apr 2023 — Present

Partner @Freeths

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Oxford, GB

I am a partner and head of the Data and Information Disputes team, based in Oxford. My team is part of the award-winning wider national Dispute Resolution department of Freeths LLP.I am a specialist in data protection and privacy disputes and also advise clients from listed multi-nationals to start-ups in sectors such as AI, big data analytics and facial recognition, on all matters relating to data protection, information security, online harms and associated legislative and regulatory compliance.

EDUCATION

1996 — 1999

University of Oxford

Jurisprudence, Law

1999 — 2000

Inns of Court School of Law

Bar Vocational Course, Law

SKILLS

DisputeDispute ResolutionLegal TrainingProfessional NegligenceCourtsCommercial LitigationCyber-SecurityMediationDefamationLitigationSocial MediaTrustsLegal AdviceAppealsPublic SpeakingTechnology DisputesTrials

ABOUT WILLIAM RICHMOND-COGGAN

I am a partner in the data protection team at Freeths LLP, a leading national firm, working primarily from their Oxford office. I specialise in- contentious and non-contentious data privacy work, including GDPR and ePrivacy- advice on data privacy implications of leading edge technology (including AI, biometric and facial recognition tools), to those developing and adopting the products- high value complex data breach litigation- litigation with an off-shore component- defamation proceedingsI am a solicitor-advocate with higher rights of audience enabling me to conduct trial advocacy up to Court of Appeal level, and have considerable experience of advocacy at County Court and High Court levels. Until 2018 I was the Chair of the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates and have just be re-appointed to that post for a further term.Specialties: Data protection, dispute resolution, advocacy, commercial litigation, defamation, professional negligence claims

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