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22 October 2009
Issue: 7390 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Davies Arnold Cooper LLP New appointments

Star move Three’s company at Davies Arnold Cooper

Davies Arnold Cooper LLP has announced the appointment of three new partners.

Wendy Trehy advises clients on all aspects of employment law and was previously in-house counsel at BSkyB Plc and joins from Vizards Wyeth.

Alex Megaw joins from Pannone’s Manchester office and specialises in commercial litigation and all aspects of insolvency including directors disqualification proceedings. Alex was appointed a deputy district judge in 1998.

Barry Goodall joins from Hawkswell Kilvington LLP. He specialises in 
construction and engineering dispute resolution, acting for a full range of contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers and employers through adjudication, litigation and arbitration, as well as providing advice on contract administration during the course of projects.

New era for Newcastle

Professor Paul Maharg is to join the School of Law at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne as part of £17m of additional investment in leading academic research and teaching staff.

He is currently director of innovative learning technologies development and co-director of legal practice programmes at the Glasgow Graduate Law Centre, University of Strathclyde. 
He is renowned for the development of learning tools which support legal education.

In his current role he has built a virtual learning environment, the town of Ardcalloch, in support of online simulation exercises.

Thomas Eggar’s greatest hits

Thomas Eggar LLP, has achieved a Tier One ranking in the Legal 500 listings for its work in corporate & commercial; insolvency & corporate recovery; employment; agriculture & estates and personal tax; trusts & probate. The firm also achieved top tier in the regional heavyweights in the south east regional overview.

FLiP update

Bradley Williams is now a partner at Family Law in Partnership (FLiP) after nearly a decade with the firm. Bradley joined FLiP in 1999 as a paralegal before converting to a trainee and then qualifying in 2004.

 

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

NEWS
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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