News - Dere Street Barristers

18/06/2025

Whist we Wait…Standish V Standish

This week we bring you a Blog written by Family Barrister, Eleanor Irons. “When does non-matrimonial property become matrimonial property in the context of financial remedy proceedings, and how should the sharing principle be applied to such property?” The Supreme Court heard the appeal of Standish v Standish on 30th April and 1st May, with […]

17/06/2025

John Hatton

Chambers are delighted to welcome John Hatton who joins our family team, one of the largest in the Country. John has a broad family law practice and is regularly instructed in matters involving children or family finances. John Elvidge, Head of Chambers said ‘John is a highly regarded family specialist and we are delighted to […]

16/06/2025

York Family Team’s Annual Summer Party Friday 13th June 2025

Dere Street Barristers would like to thank all of our guests for attending the Annual Family Team’s Summer Party, held for the third year running at Love Cheese, Gillygate in York. Once again the sun was shining, the food was excellent and an enjoyable evening was had by all. Many thanks to all at Love […]

11/06/2025

Calum McNicholas defends 24-year-old male acquitted of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

Calum represented a 24-year-old male in a three-day trial at Teesside Crown Court. The Defendant was a young man of previous good character. The allegation involved the Defendant using a pint glass as a weapon inside a public house. The jury acquitted the Defendant on 11 June 2025. If you would like to instruct Calum […]

10/06/2025

Trial witness statements in the Business & Property Courts.

The spring episode from the ‘The Advocates Lounge’ is brought to you by Thomas Parsons-Munn. Thomas takes us through trial witness statements in the Business & Property Courts. Thomas’ practice encompasses all areas of employment, chancery and commercial, housing, and regulatory, whether undertaken in the County Courts or the High Court. His case load spans the full range […]

05/06/2025

Provincial House opening sparks media interest!

We are extremely proud of the recent opening of Provincial House, our fourth fully staffed Dere Street Barristers premises on the North Eastern Circuit. The opening has gained considerable media interest. You can read all of the coverage here, here and here.

28/05/2025

Recent pupillage recruitment process sees all offers accepted

Dere Street Barristers are proud to announce that following the recent pupillage recruitment process six offers were made and all six were accepted. This is in addition to two offers made and accepted at last year’s campaign. The full line up of those commencing pupillages in Autumn 2025 & Autumn 2026 is: 2025: Civil Specialist: […]

21/05/2025

Calum McNicholas defends 59-year-old man acquitted of strangling a 15-year-old boy

Calum McNicholas represented the 59-year-old defendant at Teesside Crown Court. The jury trial lasted three days and involved the cross examination of the Complainant, his mother, and a police officer. The jury unanimously acquitted the defendant of a single count of intentional strangulation. If you would like to instruct Calum or any of the Criminal […]

15/05/2025

Drug gang are spared jail after a four-year court delay

Andrew Walker, Liam O’Brien and Kate Barnes represented three defendants who were spared serving time in prison after their case took four years to pass through the court system. During this time all three had turned their lives around and were given suspended prison sentences after admitting to drug-dealing offences. You can read full media […]