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.
