In September Hill Dickinson’s staff and family team launched its annual children’s calendar competition, encouraging budding young artists to submit entries for this year’s theme ‘wonders of the world'.
Hill Dickinson partner, Matt Noon, has been appointed to the board of thriving business membership organisation Professional Liverpool (PL). The organisation - which promotes professional excellence in Liverpool and the city region, announced the appointment at its AGM last week.
The decision to keep the Land Registry within the public sector represents an unlikely volte-face by the Government and a victory for good old-fashioned democracy.
HM Treasury has confirmed its decision to abandon the policy of creating a secondary annuity market, saying that it had become clear that creating the conditions to allow a competitive market to emerge could not be balanced with sufficient consumer protections.
Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised Next Wave Partners on its acquisition of Leicester-based Roof-Maker for £30 million from its founders Rachel Owen and Scott Nicholas. Roof-Maker is a fast growing, vertically integrated, omni-channel retailer of premium, high performance roof-lights, skylights and bi-fold doors.
Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised private equity firm Foresight Group on its £3m investment in Merseyside based diagnostic imaging service provider, Med Imaging Healthcare.
In February this year the now widely discussed decision of the Technology and Construction Court in the matter of Grove Developments Ltd -v- Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd was issued. The facts behind the decision were that Balfour Beatty had entered into a building contract with Grove. The terms were broadly based on the JCT Design & Build 2011 payment mechanism but with various amendments. Whilst the parties had originally envisaged using stage payments (alternative A) they actually agreed to use the valuation and payment dates set out in a payment schedule. That schedule included dates for submission of interim valuations by Balfour Beatty as well as the issue of payment certificates and payless notices by Grove. Notably, the payment schedule ran out of payment dates in July 2015 immediately after the anticipated contractual Completion Date for the Works.
Hill Dickinson’s head of aviation and travel, Joanna Kolatsis, has been recognised for her quality in client service and shortlisted for a Client Choice Award for a second consecutive year.
