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LEADING law firm Hill Dickinson has been appointed lawyer to the Diocese of Liverpool in a "landmark agreement" heralding a new legal partnership with the Church.

Call for Guantanamo closure

By Vicky Anderson on Feb 29, 08 06:50 AM

THE Law Society, together with bar associations and law societies around the world, has called for the immediate closure of the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay.

PLANS to introduce Best Value Tendering (BVT) for criminal legal aid provision is proving highly unpopular with the legal profession, with 67 per cent of solicitors coming out ‘strongly against’ the proposals in a recent Law Society survey.

New clerk at firm

By Vicky Anderson on Feb 27, 08 06:50 AM

MERSEYSIDE solicitor Morecrofts has expanded its team with the appointment of legal clerk Bernadette Coyne.

Rogue HIPS-ters

By Vicky Anderson on Feb 26, 08 06:50 AM

THE public are being “short changed� by “rogue� providers of Home Information Packs, according to legal professionals.

OPINION: Clare Kerrigan

By Vicky Anderson on Feb 26, 08 06:45 AM

The family lawyer from Morecrofts on new powers available to help victims of domestic violence

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A FORMER litgation specialist who swapped compensation claims for the stage is currently enjoying his biggest break to date as one of the main characters in the current run of Willy Russell’s Stags and Hens.

New PR executive for firm

By Vicky Anderson on Feb 22, 08 06:50 AM

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STEPHENSONS Solicitors has boosted its marketing department with the appointment of Lianne Tracey as PR executive.

A LEADING law firm says pre-nuptial wedding agreements could become "binding and enforceable" in England, after a woman described as a "career divorcee" dropped her claim for a share of her husband's £45 million fortune.

LIVERPOOL legal firm Hill Dickinson has been appointed lawyer to the diocese of Liverpool, succeeding Gamon Arden & Co which represented it for 128 years.

Elwyn Edwards, commercial property partner at Hill Dickinson, said: “It’s a truly landmark contract for the firm as well as for the diocese.�

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