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01/04/2021

Digital Forensics Seminar

      Dere Street Barristers’ Family Group invites you and your colleagues to a ‘Digital Forensics Seminar’ to be delivered by Chris Hoyle, a Senior Case Manager at CYFOR. The seminar will be at 4.30pm on 15.4.2021 via MS Teams and will consider the following topics: The importance of adhering to forensic methodology for data preservation. […]

01/04/2021

Digital Forensics Seminar

      Dere Street Barristers’ Family Group invites you and your colleagues to a ‘Digital Forensics Seminar’ to be delivered by Chris Hoyle, a Senior Case Manager at CYFOR. The seminar will be at 4.30pm on 15.4.2021 via MS Teams and will consider the following topics: The importance of adhering to forensic methodology for data preservation. […]

31/03/2021

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was told he was dying as inquest hears post-mortem’s main finding

          Senior Assistant Coroner, Crispin Oliver, presides over the inquest into the death of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe.  Media coverage can be found here

31/03/2021

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was told he was dying as inquest hears post-mortem’s main finding

          Senior Assistant Coroner, Crispin Oliver, presides over the inquest into the death of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe.  Media coverage can be found here

18/03/2021

Consett bus driver died after hitting his head following one punch attack, coroner rules

    Senior assistant coroner Crispin Oliver records a narrative conclusion,  “This was a death which resulted from a single punch which caused a fatal injury.” Media coverage of the inquest can be found here

11/03/2021

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Doherty – pupil to Sam Healy   A father appealed against a decision to set aside a return order and to dismiss his application for summary return under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, incorporating the 1980 Hague Convention on the civil Aspects of International Child […]

01/03/2021

Chambers is delighted to welcome Jessica Barrowman.

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Barrowman has joined chambers.  Jessica is a 2012 call and joins chambers from the employed Bar.  She will be accepting instruction exclusively in Family Law in the areas of Public and Private Law and she is available for bookings now. For further information or to instruct Jessica then […]

12/02/2021

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Doherty – pupil to Sam Healy  Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen UKEAT/0031/20 The recent EAT case stresses the importance on companies to regularly review policies and to keep training provided to staff up to date. The existence of policies such as Equality and Diversity are simply […]

08/02/2021

Second Six with a difference

After successful completion of their second six and securing a tenancy within Chambers some of our recently appointed tenants reflect on their second six experience during the pandemic. My exerpience as a pupil   I embarked upon my second sixth in March 2020, which coincided with the first national lockdown. To that end, being ‘on […]

11/01/2021

Update on Chambers working arrangements during COVID-19 pandemic

Throughout the public health crisis we have continued to work collaboratively with our professional clients to deliver advice and representation to those in need. We are committed to helping clients to manage cases proactively and efficiently across all jurisdictions in the North East, Yorkshire and beyond. Led by Head Clerk Phil Paxton all members of […]