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Dickinson Dees’ charity team gets full marks

~ leading lawyers celebrate successful year and announce impressive growth ~

UK - August 07, 2008

Dickinson Dees LLP has grown its work with independent schools across the UK by 138 per cent over the past twelve months. This has led to the Charities and Independent Schools Team being ranked fourth in this year’s Independent Schools Financial Yearbook, up five places from 2007.

Acting for leading bodies including Cancer Research UK and Scope, the three-strong team - led by leading charities lawyer Ros Harwood, has also been shortlisted for Charities Team of the Year at the 2008 STEP Private Client Awards.

Dickinson Dees is the only firm outside the City to be included in the shortlist, recognising the team’s national reach and experience across the UK in working with major charitable bodies.

“The Charities and Independent Schools team was formed in 2005 and we are extremely proud of our achievements in such a short space of time,” said Ros Harwood, partner at Dickinson Dees. “We are delighted with this year’s ranking and plan to expand the division further over the coming year. Having had such a successful year, we look forward to what the future will bring for the team.”

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“The Charities and Independent Schools team was formed in 2005 and we are extremely proud of our achievements in such a short space of time,” said Ros Harwood, partner at Dickinson Dees. “We are delighted with this year’s ranking and plan to expand the division further over the coming year. Having had such a successful year, we look forward to what the future will bring for the team.”

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About Dickinson Dees LLP (http://www.dickinson-dees.com)
Dickinson Dees is one of the UK’s leading law firms. Based in the North East of England, with 79 partners and 937 people in all, the firm provides legal services to corporate, commercial, public sector and private clients across the UK.

Dickinson Dees prides itself on the high quality and personal service it offers clients, providing complete transparency from pitch to proposal to project. Its stable partnership and high growth rate make it one of the most successful law firms in the UK today.

The firm counts some of the UK’s largest organisations amongst its clients including major banks, industry and retailers. It also supports some of Britain’s fastest growing dynamic young businesses. Recent multimillion pound deals have included work for major national plcs. It also has a large public sector client base including local authorities across the country from London to the North East, major health and other public service institutions as well as national and regional government departments and organisations.

A national business with strong regional roots, Dickinson Dees attracts legal talent locally and from across the nation to join its five offices across Newcastle, Tees Valley, Yorkshire and London.

Its partners sit on some of the UK’s most important public and private sector bodies including Family Law Association, Royal Town Planning Institute, STEP - Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners and The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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