Congratulations to Mr David Lamb QC who continues his life at the Bar as Queen’s Counsel from today!

Members of chambers and staff congratulate Oliver Longstaff on his forthcoming appointment to the office of Area Coroner for West Yorkshire, covering the Leeds and Wakefield areas, with effect from the 18th April. As well as being a member of our civil team Oliver has considerable experience of sitting as an Assistant Coroner and is exceptionally […]

  Katy is 16 years old and has been playing football for 10 years. She has always played on the wing until recently when she has been playing more of a forward role and is now top goal scorer for the region currently on 35 goals for this season. She started off at Felling Magpies […]

Chambers are now accepting applications for mini-pupillages. All applications received now and those that Chambers have already received will be considered for the period July to September 2022. At Dere Street Barristers we know mini-pupillages are a vital tool in helping potential barristers make career decisions. We have always selected mini-pupils carefully and tried to […]

Dere Street Barristers’ brand new premises at 2 Centre Square are now open. Our latest state of the art office is staffed by our own clerks, offers a suite of spacious conference rooms, and is equipped with facilities to enable remote access to courts and tribunals across the country. These premises are located just a […]

We are delighted to announce that Kate Branigan QC has accepted an invitation to become a Door Tenant at Dere Street Barristers.  Kate is an accomplished family law specialist with a particular interest in complex public law proceedings involving non-accidental injury, infant death, factitious illness, and neglect.  She is a member of 4pb (4 paper […]

The hearing into the deaths of Mohammed Sohail Aziz, 23, and Suhail Ahmad Akhtar, 20, was held at Bradford Coroners’ Court today.  Crispin Oliver, Assistant Coroner, presided over the inquest. Both young men were both killed when the red BMW they were travelling in crashed into a road barrier in Bradford Road, Brighouse, in 2020.  […]

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Callaghan – pupil to Catherine Fagan  Practice Direction 12J applies to any family proceedings, but for present purposes the focus will be upon its application in private family proceedings. PD12J will be engaged wherever it is ‘alleged or admitted, or there is other reason to believe’ […]

Chambers is delighted to announce that Jodie James-Stadden has been appointed as a Fee Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Property Chamber for the Northern region. The role is part time.  Jodie will continue to practice as a specialist member of both Dere Street’s Civil/Chancery and Court of Protection teams. Jodie’s profile […]

This month’s blog is brought to you by Sarah Preest – pupil to Ravi Randawa           These proceedings involved two competing SGO placements. Z was subject to an interim care order and it was determined within proceedings that neither of his parents could care for him. The choices before the court […]