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Judith Barnes now heads the local government team at Eversheds LLP, which provides ‘timely, professional and appropriate’ advice to its clients. It acted for some 220 local authorities in 2010, advising on governance structures and constitutional matters among other areas.

Addleshaw Goddard LLP’s team won significant mandates in 2010 from new clients including Cheshire West and Chester Council and North East Lincolnshire Council, and continues to advise on various BSF and LIFT projects. Andrew Pettinger heads the department.

Frank Suttie leads the team at Beachcroft, which in 2010 advised on a package of local authority PFI projects to be salvaged from the Jarvis plc administration. It also won new instructions from the councils of St Helens and Bradford. The team was bolstered by the arrival of Eve Gregory from Eversheds LLP.

The 29-fee-earner practice at DLA Piper UK LLP has expanded to cover waste management, education and corporate governance matters.

Irwin Mitchell LLP’s ‘excellent’ team, led by the ‘supportive and knowledgeable’ Michael Longden and Laurence Gavin, is currently acting for the Northern Grid for Learning Trust and the East of England Broadband Network.

Nabarro LLP’s team provides a ‘consistently high’ level of service, and in 2010 advised on a number of local projects for Sheffield City Council, North Tyneside Council and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Team head Tim Shaw is ‘exceptional’, and the team as a whole is ‘superb’.

Anne Bowden leads the team at Pinsent Masons LLP, which is advising Newcastle City Council on a major regeneration project, as well as handling a £1bn planning, development and restructuring matter for Leeds City Council.

David Kilduff heads the team at Walker Morris, which is a part of the firm's commercial group. It continues to act for local authorities nationwide on issues ranging from asset acquisitions to restructuring and governance matters. Recent matters include advising Hull City Council on code of conduct matters, and acting on a major waste project for North Lincolnshire Council. New clients include Birmingham City Council and the Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire county councils.

Recent projects for the ‘exceptional’ team at Cobbetts LLP include the development of Leeds Arena and the new cricket stand at Headingley. The firm also advised on development agreements relating to Yorkshire Forward. Department head Tiffany Cloynes is recommended.

The team at Lester Morrill, led by Fiona Borrell, specialises in civil liberties and human rights work, and is regularly instructed in actions against local authorities.

The appointment of Karen Andrews from Trowers & Hamlins LLP has bolstered the team at Ward Hadaway, which counts Nottingham City Council and One NorthEast as clients.

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