Ms Judy Baker > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile

The Newcastle-based IT team at Ward Hadaway LLP is led by Damien Charlton and provides nationally and multijurisdictional advice in both the public and private sectors acting on behalf of major suppliers, especially in technology-inherent privacy issues. With a previous career in IT, Judy Baker ‘is a deep subject matter expert with a real passion for her specialism. Her enthusiasm is infectious, and her breadth of knowledge is commendable.’ Phil Tompkins has expertise in all aspects of IT law including advising on smart metering, connected vehicles, electric vehicles batteries, cloud software solutions and licensing. Tim Toomey is the key name for IT disputes. Matthew Cormack was named partner in May 2022.

Ward Hadaway LLP’s Newcastle-based intellectual property team provides contentious and non-contentious advice to tech start-ups, entrepreneurs and clients from the digital and creative sectors. The team led by Bill Goodwin, who is also a chartered trade mark attorney, has particular expertise advising spin-out companies from the university sector. A key practice area concerns trade marks where the team built a strong portfolio of blue-chip clients providing registration and portfolio management services as well as handling trademark disputes. The group, including Tim Toomey, Robert Glassford and associate Sally Hyslop closely collaborates with the firm’s IT specialists, including key figure Judy Baker. Alex Shiel  retired in March 2023.