Northwest firm Hill Dickinson has taken a further step in its move into the Manchester legal market with the hire of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary’s head of insurance, Catherine Grant.

Grant joins the 115-partner firm from DLA Piper, where she was head of the insurance practice in Manchester. She specialises in employers’ liability and public liability work, including trauma and stress claims, and has previously advised clients including St Paul Travelers and Liberty Mutual Insurance.