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24/10/2025

Liam O’Brien Secures Further Acquittals

Liam O’Brien secured not guilty verdicts on all counts once again this week. Liam was instructed by Glenn Reardon of Yarwood Holmes Law to represent a young father stopped in a vehicle shortly before midnight while carrying an axe, a machete, a balaclava and gloves. He was charged with two offences of being in possession […]

23/10/2025

Richard Herrmann and Rachael Landin prosecuted members of a north-east based Organised Crime Group

Richard Herrmann and Rachael Landin prosecuted members of a north-east based Organised Crime Group headed by Shaun Monaghan. The group were involved in the supply of industrial scale quantities of cocaine, heroin and amphetamine as well as having access to an arsenal of lethal firearms including machine guns and other automatic weapons and an improvised […]

22/10/2025

Jordan Parkinson secures suspended sentence order for a woman who was subject to the third-strike provisions for class A drugs

Jordan Parkinson was instructed by Paul Armstrong of Armstrong Westgarth Law Ltd to represent a woman who was charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs. Jordan successfully advanced that there are particular circumstances which relate to both the offence and to the offender that would make it unjust to impose that statutory […]

16/10/2025

Members of Chambers ranked in Chambers and Partners 2026 Edition

Crime – North Eastern (Bar) What the Team is Known For Dere Street Barristers is noted for its team, which includes “experienced silks and juniors as well as an energetic group of talented younger barristers.” The set is noted for their expertise in a wide range of criminal matters, including serious crimes such as homicides […]

16/10/2025

Gateshead grooming gang found guilty

Anne Richardson recently finished prosecuting a six handed, seven week case involving a Gateshead grooming gang who sexually assaulted and raped young girls. Anne Richardson was leading Emma Dowling of the Crown Prosecution Service. You can view full media coverage here and here. If you would like to book Anne or any of the Criminal […]

13/10/2025

Liam O’Brien Secures Acquittal

Liam O’Brien was instructed by Amy Lamb of David Gray LLP to represent a male accused of anally raping a teenage girl in 2002. The Accused, now in his forties, was found not guilty by the jury after less than one hour of deliberations. The case notably featured a successful defence application to adduce hearsay […]

09/10/2025

Liam O’Brien Secures Acquittal

Liam O’Brien was instructed by Amy Lamb of David Gray LLP to represent a 20 year old male accused of committing a series of anal and oral rapes on a younger boy when he (the Accused) was just 10 years old. This was a complex and sensitive case which involved both the Complainant and the […]

02/10/2025

Jessica Noble successfully prosecutes “The Birdman of Hartlepool”

Jessica Noble successfully prosecuted a well-known local man, know as The Bird Man of Hartlepool, who appealed his conviction and sentence. He was sentenced to a criminal behaviour order, for feeding birds around Hartlepool which also resulted in attracting rats, following a trial in the Magistrates Court and appealed to Teesside Crown Court. Jessica Noble […]

01/10/2025

The Legal 500 2026 – Chambers are delighted to have over 20 members, from across all disciplines, including Rising Stars, recognised in the 2026 publication

Dere Street Barristers is renowned for its ‘brilliant, dedicated, and persuasive advocates, handling cases of the utmost gravity across all practice areas’. John Elvidge KC was recently instructed to prosecute a case involving five men charged with the attempted murder of a 16-year-old boy in Salford. Peter Makepeace KC represented a father who was charged with murder and […]