LAW firm Dickinson Dees has announced plans to move out of York to relocate in Leeds.

The Newcastle-based business, which employs 52 people in York, said te plans were part of its expansion plans for the next ten years.

It said all staff in York had been invited to relocate to Leeds with the operation.

Dickinson Dees first moved into York in 2007 when it acquired local corporate practice Philip Ashworth & Co.

Jonathan Blair, managing partner of the firm, said: “Our business in Yorkshire has quadrupled in size to a turnover of £4.5 million last year from when we first opened in 2007. Our move into Leeds will enable us to build further on this significant platform and help us to deliver the strategy we rolled out earlier this year. That strategy will see us expanding our market share and our geographical presence. In Yorkshire we believe we can best achieve this by being based out of Leeds.”