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The Newcastle giant last year finally took its first steps outside its heartland - via a merger in York.

14 Dec 2009 | 00:13

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inner image Dickie Dees senior partner takes top legal role at Middlesbrough FC holding company

Dickinson Dees senior partner Robin Bloom is set to leave the firm next year to take up a new role at Gibson O'Neill, the holding company of Middlesbrough Football Club. Bloom, who has spent almost six years at the helm of the northeast firm, is se...

19 Oct 2009 | 11:36

Sixteen firms win roles on unified London borough councils panel

Sixteen firms including Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and Kennedys have won spots on the first panel of advisers assembled by the London Boroughs Legal Alliance (LBLA). The firms will be appointed for three years to provide legal services to six London...

12 Oct 2009 | 13:16

BLP and Dentons advise on £300m northeast metro bid battle

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Denton Wilde Sapte and Dickinson Dees are among the firms advising as three bidders compete to win a £300m operating contract for the Tyne & Wear Metro. BLP has been drafted in to advise the current management team o...

14 Aug 2009 | 15:46

Beachcroft sees revenue climb; Dickie Dees reports fall

Beachcroft and Dickinson Dees have posted financial results for the 2008-09 year, with Beachcroft seeing revenues climb. The national firm has posted a 6% increase in revenues, taking turnover through the £120m mark. Beachcroft’s turnover for...

25 Jun 2009 | 15:54

Dickie Dees to cut more jobs with 90 under threat

Dickinson Dees has kicked off a new redundancy consultation, with up to 90 jobs at the firm under threat. The review, which could see 15 lawyers made redundant, is set to affect all of the firm's departments, with property likely to be the hardest hit...

12 Feb 2009 | 05:56

Dickinson Dees sees 10% partner profits drop-off

Dickinson Dees saw average profits per equity partner (PEP) drop by more than 10% during 2007-08, the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts have revealed. PEP for the financial year stood at £258,000, compared to the previous year's fig...

26 Jan 2009 | 11:58

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Dickinson Dees to sell off volume work division

Dickinson Dees is poised to sell its volume work division D3 Legal to rival practice Optima Legal. Optima, which is the UK's largest volume work firm, is currently in negotiations with Dickinson Dees, with a deal expected to be completed by the beginn...

03 Nov 2008 | 15:38 | secure

A sceptic's story

Moving from the Garden of England to the north proved an unlikely but excellent decision for one Dickinson Dees partner

16 Jul 2008 | 17:24 | secure

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Dickinson Dees kicks off redundancy consultation

Dickinson Dees is set to launch a redundancy consultation in its volume business division. The consultation, which will start next week (22 July), will look at the 165 staffed volume business divisions - recently rebranded as d3 - as the firm looks se...

15 Jul 2008 | 14:30 | secure

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Stalled property market drags down growth of top 50 firms

Macfarlanes, LG and Dickinson Dees have all announced their results for the last financial year, with figures showing the firms were hit by the slowdown in real estate work. Macfarlanes this week (24 June) reported that, while turnover jumped by 4.5% ...

26 Jun 2008 | 06:37 | secure

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Fees up 7% at Newcastle's Dickinson Dees

Northeast leader Dickinson Dees has become the latest firm to unveil its financial results, with the regional heavyweight posting an increase in turnover of 7% for 2007-08. The results take the firm's turnover to £60m, up from the £56m billed last y...

20 Jun 2008 | 16:43 | secure

Dickinson Dees re-jigs family practice heads

Dickinson Dees has overhauled the management of its family practice in the wake of the retirement of department head Lyn Rutherford. The Newcastle firm's family barrister Ian Kennerley and family partner Margaret Simpson have now taken over the reigns...

15 May 2008 | 05:10 | secure

Dickinson Dees bags solo role for Costcutter

Dickinson Dees has secured a mandate as sole legal adviser to supermarket chain Costcutter.The Newcastle firm had never worked for the supermarket chain before its appointment, which followed a competitive pitching process late last year. It will now ...

20 Mar 2008 | 04:16 | secure

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Dickinson Dees takes on insolvency duo

Dickinson Dees has strengthened its insolvency and corporate recovery team with the addition of two new partners in Newcastle. Commercial and insolvency law partner Julian Gill joins from rival northeast firm Watson Burton, where he was also a partner...

18 Mar 2008 | 12:15 | secure

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