Press releases
Read what we have announced to the press about new deals, new appointments, and legal precedents:
If you have a press query please contact Rob Dwyer on 020 7293 4130 or email rdwyer@dac.co.uk
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| December 15th 2004 - DAC advises business to prepare for EU competition law enforcement | |
| Brussels conference examines EU competition law | |
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| December 14th 2004 - Construction industry tops 'hit list' for anti-competitive behaviour | |
| DAC advises construction firms to tighten up their anti-competitive compliance procedures. See our wire devoted to this topic. | |
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| December 2nd 2004 - Leading lawyer and health and safety commission clash over government encouragement of compensation culture | |
| Addiction to regulation risks future economic prosperity by creating a generation of risk-averse youngsters | |
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| November 23rd 2004 - Proposed corporate killing legislation may not improve safety says Davies Arnold Cooper | |
| New corporate killing legislation may only help to encourage a blame culture, says Davies Arnold Cooper. | |
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| November 16th 2004 - Damage claims for competition breaches - are you prepared? | |
| Davies Arnold Cooper hosts Brussels conference on 13 December 2004 | |
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| October 30th 2004 - Davies Arnold Cooper gets corporate work on Crest Nicholson project | |
| DAC gets corporate work on Crest Nicholson project | |
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| September 29th 2004 - DAC handles £500 million Oakgrove Millenium Community development deal | |
| Davies Arnold Cooper is handling the property aspects in the £500 million development of Oakgrove Millennium Community Milton Keynes on behalf of its client Crest Nicholson. | |
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| September 22nd 2004 - Two new appointments to DAC's commercial litigation and property department | |
| Nish Kanwar joins DAC's Commercial Litigation department from the city office of Davies Lavery where he was a Partner, and Jacqueline Backhaus, previously of Hewitsons in Cambridge, has assumed the role of Senior Solicitor within the Town and Country Planning unit of DAC’s Property department. | |
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| August 26th 2004 - Davies Arnold Cooper represent British boxing sensation Amir Khan during Olympic media frenzy | |
| The specialist sports division of International law firm Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) is representing British boxer, Amir Khan, as media try to tie up deals with the 17 year old who is currently taking the Athens Olympics by storm. | |
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| July 29th 2004 - Further promotions at Davies Arnold Cooper | |
| Davies Arnold Cooper announces a new appointment and three further promotions. Janie Castle has joined the practise as an Associate Partner in Commercial Litigation. Dr Gillian Dada (Product Liability), Mark Shaya (Insurance) and Crispin Tomlinson (Property), have all been promoted to Associate Partner with immediate effect. | |
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| July 20th 2004 - Another common sense ruling in UK Competition case | |
| Mr Yeheskel Arkin, owner of BCL which ceased trading in May 1992, alleged that the defendants instigated a price war with the intention of bringing about the collapse of BCL. He asked the court to award damages including exemplary damages of over US$160m. The specialist competition team at City law firm Davies Arnold Cooper, who acted for four of the six defendants (as well as a number of part 20 defendants), believes the decision establishes new and important precedents for claims for damages arising out of allegedly anti-competitive behaviour. | |
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| July 19th 2004 - Problems with new EU Competition Policy | |
| May 1, 2004 saw the first major amendment to the European Union’s (EU) competition regime in over 40 years. Today a new book, A Practical Guide To Competition Laws Across Europe, published by International law firm Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) claims the changes may lead to a wide disparity in the sanctions applied for breaching competition rules. | |
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| July 2nd 2004 - David Wilson Homes wins appeal to build on Telford site | |
| David Wilson Homes won an appeal to continue to build fourteen houses, worth £300,000 to £400,000 each on a plot of land in Telford. The decision, made in the Court of Appeal on 28 June, was argued by specialist dispute resolution law firm Davies Arnold Cooper. | |
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| June 16th 2004 - Court judgment results in first ever delay in enforcement of adjudicator’s decision | |
| A legal decision made in the Technology and Construction Court, published yesterday (15 June), could lead to further uncertainty for the construction industry in enforcing adjudicator’s decisions. | |
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| June 16th 2004 - Court judgement results in delay in enforcement of an adjudicator's decision | |
| A legal decision made in the Technology and Construction Court, decided on 11th June, could lead to further uncertainty for the construction industry in enforcing adjudicator’s decisions. | |
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| May 26th 2004 - Raft of new appointments at Davies Arnold Cooper | |
| City law firm Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) has announced the appointment of an associate partner to its London practice and two associates to its Madrid practice. Simon Pullen joins the firm as associate partner in the Banking and Corporate Group, while Paula Gamez and Jaime Bofill both join DAC Madrid. | |
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| May 21st 2004 - Over 700,000 UK Businesses in breach of Asbestos Regulations | |
| On 21 May 2004 over 700,000 UK businesses will be in breach of asbestos regulations! | |
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| April 20th 2004 - Davies Arnold Cooper opens for business in Mexico | |
| City law firm Davies Arnold Cooper marks the official opening of its Mexican office next week with a high profile launch attended by the Economic Affairs Minister from the Mexican Embassy in London. | |
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| April 2nd 2004 - Davies Arnold Cooper expands insurance litigation with senior hire | |
| Specialist dispute resolution and property law firm Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) has today announced the appointment of Michael Edwards to its insurance litigation team. Edwards, currently a partner at Lawrence Graham and former Head of Litigation, joins DAC as an Associate Partner and will work on property and construction insurance matters. | |
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| March 15th 2004 - DAC takes on four senior lateral hires | |
| Specialist property and dispute resolution law firm Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) has today announced the appointment of three senior lateral hires to its property team and one senior corporate hire. Reena Patel, Caroline Howard and James Brumwell all join as Associate Property Partners in the early summer, while Simon Walker joins the corporate team as an equity partner this month, with a specific remit to provide corporate advice to DAC's rapidly increasing commercial property and property finance client portfolio. | |
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| February 26th 2004 - Davies Arnold Cooper expands sports litigation team with new appointment | |
| Specialist dispute resolution law firm Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) has appointed David Spencer to join its Manchester office. David joins the firm as a solicitor in the personal injury department, specialising in sports law. DAC is the market leader in sports injury litigation and has been involved in most leading sporting injury trials since the early 1980’s. | |
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| January 29th 2004 - New Fire Bill fails to address arson! | |
| The Fire and Rescue Services Bill which is expected to become law later this year, omits any reference to arson detection or investigation. So how is the conviction rate expected to rise above a meagre 2.5%? | |
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| January 26th 2004 - Part 20 defendants successfully argue for costs following US$160m competition case | |
| In a key competition case, the Part 20 defendants have successfully argued to recover their costs from a Part 20 claimant in a case heard today. | |
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| January 15th 2004 - Manufacturers warned over impact of revised Product Safety Directive | |
| The UK's number one product liability law firm, Davies Arnold Cooper, is advising manufacturers to "gear up" for changes in the revised EU Product Safety Directive or face potential product recall costs and compensation claims for consumers. | |
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