CALLING all Paperback Writers - a Manchester law firm now has a team in place to Help! with any media and entertainment issues.

Four members of Pannone's new seven-strong Media and Entertainment Team reproduced the cover of the Abbey Road album in the hope that new clients will soon be beatling a path to the practice's offices in Deansgate, Manchester.

The team has been formed to take advantange of the north west's burgeoning media scene ahead of the proposed move by thousands of BBC employees into the region.

The unit is headed by two of the firm's partners, Samantha Livesey and Bill Lister, who take responsibility respectively for teams that will run a fine toothcomb over contract and intellectual property matters and fight legal battles when media matters go awry.

The group includes legal expertise in all media and entertainment matters - including film, television, music, advertising compliance and defamation.

Clients already signed up to Pannone include Manchester's EN magazine; Moving Manchester; ConnectPoint Group and CARM Media; The CircleClub; The Big Issue In The North and Talk Talk PR.

As for music clients, Pannone acts for local bands, vocalists, record producers, DJs and labels, including various household names. Tweet