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North East and Cumbrian law firms see profit rises
Law firms across the North East and Cumbria experienced increased profitability in 2013 as average fee income increased by an average 4.1% in the two regions. The Law Management Section’s (LMS) annual...
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Former trainees turn partners at Sintons
Two lawyers who joined law firm Sintons as trainees have been made Partners. Laura Peace and Adrian Dye joined the Newcastle firm as graduates in 2002 and 2004 respectively. Now, after more than a...
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Walker woman on track to Winn-ing legal career
Rachel Allen was working as a legal secretary when she started looking for ways to progress her career. Following vital help and support from employer Winn Solicitors she is now looking to the future...
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Leeds’ legal eagles descend on China
Image source: Keith Roper Lawyers from Leeds City Region are in China as part of the most ambitious regional trade mission of its kind. Led by Leeds and Partners, the mission is focussed on attracting...
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Sintons joins Headway panel
Image source: _DJ_ Sintons has become one of only a handful of North East law firms to gain accreditation to a panel of approved solicitors of a national brain injury charity. Newcastle-based Sintons...
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Manchester law firm add ten partners
gunnercooke has continued its fast paced expansion with the appointment of ten new partners. The new appointments – Christopher Jones, Sunil Abeyewickreme, Simon Horsfield, Sara Sawicki, Jo Tindall,...
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Firm fined £250,000 over worker fall death at Wythenshawe warehouse
A logistics firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was killed when he fell through a warehouse roof in Wythenshawe. Michael Sweet, 48, from Stockport, was cleaning out the guttering at Aramex...
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North East law firm launch innovative legal apprenticeships
The North East’s Gordon Brown Law Firm has launched a legal apprenticeship programme, offering an alternative post-A Level route to a legal career. The scheme, created by Damar Training, combines a...
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Manchester firm completes due diligence on £1m plus deals
Image source: Astral Media A Manchester law firm management and due diligence consultancy has completed due diligence on deals totalling more than £1 million. The deals mark Zebra LC’s tenth...
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Liverpool lawyer scoops national insolvency award
A Merseyside commercial lawyer has been awarded a prestigious national accolade. Donal Bannon, a partner at Morecrofts Solicitors, received an award for "Sustained Excellence in Personal Insolvency"...
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Law firm partners with University of Lincoln
National business law firm, DWF, has partnered with the University of Lincoln to provide one of its lecturers with hands-on experience of work in a top 20 UK law firm. Alison McGowan, a lecturer of...
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150 year-old Gateshead law firm enter administration
North East law firm Swinburne & Jackson LLP has entered into administration following an aborted merger and acquisition deal. The Gateshead-based firm, which operates offices in Hexham,...
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Bond Dickinson appointed to pensions panel
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has offices in Newcastle and Stockton-on-Tees, has been appointed to Suffolk Life’s newly created legal panel. Suffolk Life is one of the UK’s leading providers...
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DWF advises Car Loan 4U on £8 million investment from Scottish Equity Partners
Business law firm DWF has advised Car Loan 4U, the UK’s leading online car finance specialist, on its £8 million investment from leading UK venture capital firm, Scottish Equity Partners (SEP). The...
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Bond Dickinson to work with further education procurement body
National law firm Bond Dickinson, which has offices in Newcastle and Stockton-on-Tees, has been appointed by Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC), a procurement consortium for the further education...
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High Court rejects Unison’s attempt to overturn fees for Employment Tribunal...
Image source: Sean MacEntee The High Court today (7 February) rejected a challenge by Leeds-based trade union Unison to overturn the introduction of fees for users of the Employment Tribunal in...
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Sheffield law firm Irwin Mitchell opens Southampton office
Sheffield law firm Irwin Mitchell has announced it will open its 9th UK office in Southampton, after hitting the £200 million income mark. The south coast launch will be the second new Irwin Mitchell...
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Leading real estate lawyer joins Sintons
A leading commercial property lawyer who has worked with regional and national developers for over 30 years has joined law firm Sintons. Alan Harkness, formerly a partner at Ward Hadaway, joins...
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Cheshire firm sentenced over tipper truck death
A Widnes-based manufacturer has been fined £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death when a tipper truck overturned. Plasmor (Halton) Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...
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Bond Dickinson is named one of the ‘Top 25 Most Admired Companies’
Bond Dickinson, with offices in Leeds, has been named one of the ‘Top 25 Most Admired Companies’ in Private Client Practitioner’s list of the most admired companies in the UK and UK offshore market....
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