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The five partners of niche London litigation practice Ralph Hulme Garry have decided to dissolve the firm after five years and return to full-service firms...The five partners of niche London litigation practice Ralph Hulme Garry have decided to dissolve the firm after five years and return to full-service firms.

The firm said the partners individual practices including insolvency, boardroom disputes, white-collar crime, IT and insurance had developed to the point where non-contentious support was essential but could not be met by a single firm.

We would very much have liked to stay together as a team, but that simply was not possible because of the requirements of each of us in our particular practice areas, said senior partner Stephen Ralph, who is joining Dawson & Co.