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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 | 
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The North: The credit forecast
The credit crunch has apparently done little, so far, to change law firms' fortunes - or so they would have us believe. But it has noticeably changed the mood among lawyers based in the north of England. Most managing partners, while remaining cautiou...
24 Jan 2008 | 02:17 |
SJs, Eversheds miss out on slimline Sainsbury's panel
Sainsbury's has finalised its first-ever formal roster of legal advisers, with the supermarket giant gifting mandates to a panel of 11 firms. Head of legal Nick Grant led the review, which saw historic advisers Eversheds, Dickinson Dees, SJ Berwin, Bi...
21 Jan 2008 | 11:28 |
Dickinson Dees lays off 17 as crunch takes toll
Dickinson Dees has cut 17 staff from its re-mortgage division as the credit crunch takes its toll on one of the UK's leading regional law firms. The cuts, which will see 17 paralegals and administrative staff made redundant over the next few weeks, al...
26 Nov 2007 | 14:45 |
Change of the guard at Dickinson Dees as insolvency head Blair appointed to helm
Dickinson Dees has installed corporate recovery chief Jonathan Blair as its new managing partner, with veteran leader Neil Braithwaite standing down after 10 years in the role.
11 Oct 2007 | 03:59 |
Dickinson Dees appoints new managing partner
Dickinson Dees has installed corporate recovery chief Jonathan Blair as its new managing partner with veteran leader Neil Braithwaite standing down after ten years in the role, the northeast giant announced today (4 October). The appointment, which fo...
04 Oct 2007 | 15:46 |
Regional firms end summer with laterals
Dickinson Dees and Thomas Eggar have joined the growing band of regional firms to end the summer with a rash of lateral hiring.
13 Sep 2007 | 03:11 |
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