Chester Zoo sets the scene for Developer's Conference
More than 100 representatives from the property and construction industry attended a special conference organised by top 30 UK legal firm Hill Dickinson LLP at Chester Zoo last week.
The conference covered a range of topical issues tailored to the property and construction audience. These included the latest developments in planning, changes to environmental legislation and health & safety updates, with a focus on the recently introduced Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act.
Robin Jones, senior partner at Hill Dickinson Chester said: “The excellent turn-out reflected the fact that there is a particular need for legal guidance and support within the property and construction sector in the current climate. The legal and commercial challenges this sector now faces in achieving the same levels of growth reached over recent years are considerable. Detailed and comprehensive legal advice is required and the conference provided us with an opportunity to demonstrate how Hill Dickinson can provide this.”
Clients then mingled at a drinks and barbecue reception in the Oakfield Restaurant where they were able to discuss current challenges facing the sector. The event was so successful it will be held again next year.
Hill Dickinson regularly holds conferences and seminars on all matters of commercial significance. Details on these and an information pack from this event are available from Hill Dickinson’s Chester Office by ringing 01244 896600.
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Caption (L to R): Robin Jones, senior partner, Bill Chandler, partner – commercial property, Christine Lewis-Ethelston, partner – commercial property, John Holmes, associate – property, Stephen Barnfield, assistant solicitor- insurance and Alan Pugh, partner – construction. (All of Hill Dickinson LLP).
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The presentations included insights into the highs and lows of optional and conditional contracts when acquiring land and to increasing court intervention in contract disputes. The Government’s new planning bill to manage and speed up national infrastructure projects was reviewed as well as updates on the recent Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act. The lectures culminated with emphasis on the need for energy performance certificates for all properties and the construction industry’s need to improve its record of waste management in this dramatically changing environment.
Notes to Editors: Hill Dickinson LLP offers a comprehensive range of legal services from offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London and Chester and its associated firm Hill Dickinson International has offices in London and Greece. Collectively, the firm has over 150 partners and a complement of more than 1000 staff.
The firm announced results of £73.1 million fee income for the 2007/2008 financial year. The figure is a rise of 6.9 per cent for the year ending May 2007 (31 per cent in 2006), and reflects further growth in key areas of the firm’s full service legal expertise.
Hill Dickinson is a major force in insurance and is well respected in the company and commercial arena. The firm’s marine expertise is internationally renowned and is one of the largest marine practices in the UK following a merger with Hill Taylor Dickinson on 1 November 2006. The firm has a highly reputable commercial litigation practice, an award winning property practice and is widely regarded as a leader in the fields of employment, intellectual property, NHS clinical/health-related litigation and private client.
The firm is advising Liverpool 2008: European Capital of Culture as exclusive Official Lawyers on all legal and contractual dealings with sponsors, partners, suppliers, event organisers and the myriad of other businesses involved in the multi-year programme building up to 2008 and in the legacy years following.
Hill Dickinson opened in Chester in 1997, following a merger with Hill Dickinson Davis Campbell and property law practice, Wayman-Hales. The Chester office has since grown to nine partners and over 60 staff, and offers national expertise at a local level to clients in Cheshire, North Wales, Shropshire and North Staffordshire.
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