This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Dawson pupil to Philip Morgan   The recent case of Shittu v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EAT 18 has provided the proper approach of a Tribunal to the quantification of consequential loss and evaluates the approach considered in […]

  John Elvidge QC and Jolyon Perks of CPS Northumbria prosecuted the case. Media coverage of the case can be found here [please use a hyperlink below]. The defendants will be sentenced at a later date.   Media coverage can be found here      

This weeks blog is brought to you by Sarah Preest -pupil to Ravi Randawa D and E (Parent with Autism) [2020] EWFC [144]“Mild autism doesn’t mean one experiences autism mildly… It means you experience their autism mildly.” It is essential that a parent with an autism spectrum condition receives a diagnosis as soon as is […]

Good luck to our pupils, Grace Atkinson, Laura Callaghan, Laura Dawson and Sarah Preest who embark upon their second six pupillage today.  If you require any further information regarding their experience then please see their individual profiles or contact one of our clerks.    

    It was with great sadness that members of chambers and staff learnt of the sudden and premature death of our former colleague and friend Duncan Smith at the age of just 66. Duncan was a great character who graced a number of chambers on the North Eastern Circuit including our own. He was […]

This week’s blog is brought to you by Grace Atkinson – pupil to Frazer McDermott   The number of potential modern slavery victims referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) has risen from 2,340 in 2014 to over 10,000 in 2020. Labour and criminal exploitation are the most prevalent forms of modern slavery identified in […]

  Dere Street Barristers are super proud that Katy Watson (Criminal Clerk Andrea Eccleston’s daughter) who we have recently sponsored for the remainder of this season and next has scored her first senior goal for Sunderland AFC Ladies this weekend.  What a great Mother’s day gift for Andrea!   You can see the matchday programme […]

Chambers would like to congratulate Katie Spence on successfully completing her probationary tenancy.  Katie joined Chambers as a probationary tenant practising exclusively in criminal law in October 2021 after working for 18 months as an in house barrister for a large criminal firm in London. Head Clerk Phil Paxton said, “Katie has proved to be […]

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 […]