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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

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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