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12/01/2023

Donations to Dere Street Barristers Charitable Trust head towards £200,000 

The Dere Street Barristers Charitable Trust is pleased to report that in excess of £165,000 has now been raised and anticipates donations will exceed £200,000 by the end of the year.  The following charities are currently benefiting from The Trust: AMBLE FOOD BANK: BOWEL CANCER UK: LIMBBO FOUNDATION: SCHOOLS CONSENT PROJECT Dozens of Barristers at Dere […]

10/01/2023

Cleveland Police officer Lee Morgan receives a suspended sentenced

A former police inspector who groped female colleagues at a Christmas party has been given a suspended prison sentence. In mitigation, Jane Waugh said Morgan’s behaviour that night was out of character and that he had lost his career in public service during which he had displayed “exemplary conduct”. Media coverage of the matter can […]

10/01/2023

Chambers is delighted to Welcome Marc Atkins

Marc is a 2017 call and before joining Chambers was a Senior Crown Prosecutor for the CPS.  He is already accepting instructions in criminal matters in the Crown and Magistrates Courts and will soon be accepting bookings in Family matters too.  For further details please click here.

03/01/2023

Dere Street Barristers are pleased to welcome Jonathan Godfrey to Chambers.

Jonathan was called in 1990 and specializes exclusively in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Head of Chambers John Elvidge KC said  “We are delighted to recruit a practitioner of Jonathan’s calibre and experience to our expanding civil team.” Jonathan’s profile can be found here. If you wish to instruct Jonathan his clerks can be contacted […]

12/12/2022

Chambers Business hours over the Christmas period

29/11/2022

Dere Street Barristers York Refurbishment Event

Thank you to all our guests for attending our York Refurb Event.  It was great to show so many of our clients around our newly fitted out state of the art premises.  If you missed the event but would like to come and take a look please feel free to call in for a coffee.

28/11/2022

Pupillage applications – choosing a set with a difference

Chambers runs its own scheme. Pupillage applications are available here from today. The submission window will open from 10:00am 4 January 2023 and will close at 10:00am 8 February 2023. Why choose Dere Street? Regular, positive recruitment is the key to our success. We recognise that uncertainty and insecurity is perhaps the greatest deterrent to […]

15/11/2022

Sophie Buckley appointed as Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal

Chambers is very pleased to announce Sophie Buckley’s appointment as a Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Chamber. Sophie was sworn in by Mrs Justice Farbey DBE in a ceremony at the Rolls Building on 14th November. Alongside this new role, Sophie will continue to sit as a Judge of the Employment Tribunals […]

03/11/2022

The Northern Family Law Conference

Dere Street Barristers are proud to sponsor The Northern Family Law Conference at The Guildhall, York on Tuesday 15th November.  For further information, an agenda and how to book tickets please click here

02/11/2022

Family Arbitration Webinar

Scarborough CILEx Branch invite you to attend the Family Arbitration Webinar on Thursday 17th November 2022 @ 16:00 (Zoom link will follow) presented by Dere Street’s Crispin Oliver. TO BOOK YOUR PLACE, PLEASE CONTACT: debbie.agus@jlmsolicitors.co.uk