Leading northern law firm Dickinson Dees has been appointed to an elite panel to provide legal services for Leeds City College.

Leeds City College is the third largest further education college in the UK, offering academic and vocational subjects at locations across Leeds and Keighley.

Dickinson Dees, which recently announced it was moving its Yorkshire office from York to Leeds, has been appointed as the college’s nominated adviser on property law, student-related issues and other more general education and legal matters.

It has also been included on the college’s panel to provide ad hoc advice on employment law and commercial and contracts law.

Leeds City College is the latest addition to a long list of further education college and university clients, including the Universities of Durham, Liverpool Hope, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside and York and Queen Mary, University of London. College clients include Gateshead, Hull and Middlesbrough Colleges.

Rowan Ferguson, head of education at Dickinson Dees, commented: “We are delighted to have been appointed to the panel. It is a ringing endorsement of the skills we possess in this highly competitive sector and we look forward to working with Leeds City College to provide them with first-class legal advice.”

“With offices in Newcastle, the Tees Valley, Yorkshire and London, we are able to draw upon the expertise of more than 70 highly-experienced lawyers who specialise in a range of education matters across the north of England,” she added.

Dickinson Dees is recognised for its unique approach to the delivery of services in the education sector which has allowed it to win key new clients over the past 12 months and has seen it recently shortlisted as Legal Adviser of the Year by Education Investor Magazine.