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02/08/2022

Harvey Murray

All members of chambers and staff at Dere Street join in congratulating Harvey Murray on his forthcoming appointment as a Circuit Judge. Harvey is a highly respected member of our distinguished family team who became a Recorder in 2019. He was born and raised in New Zealand, educated at the Universities of Auckland and Newcastle […]

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01/08/2022

Stewart & Ors, R. v [2022] EWCA Crim 1063 (29 July 2022)

Royal Courts of JusticeStrand, London, WC2A 2LL29/07/2022 These extremely serious and high-profile cases provided an opportunity for the Lord Chief Justice to consider the provisions relating to the imposition of ‘whole life’ tariffs when passing a sentences of life imprisonment. Full transcript of the Judgment can be found here

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21/07/2022

SUMMARY OF A, R. v [2022] EWCA Crim 988 (July 2022) by Dere Street’s Anne Richardson

The Appellant was convicted after trial of two counts of sexual assault against a 16-year-old girl by then 18 year old defendant. Appeal against conviction on basis that section 28 YJCEA1999 Act application should not have been granted, as relevant legislation in force at time did not permit the evidence of complainant to be adduced […]

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13/07/2022

SCC v FP & Ors [2022] EWCOP 30

‘Simon Garlick recently appeared for the local authority in SCC v FP & ors [2022] EWCOP 30 – a complex personal welfare dispute heard by a Tier 3 judge, resulting in interim orders preventing face to face contact between ‘P’, a woman with severe and enduring mental health problems, and her mother. The orders were […]

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11/07/2022

Financial Dispute Resolution

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Dawson pupil to Philip Morgan Private FDR’s what are they and are they useful: One of the stages of a matrimonial finance application is the Financial Dispute Resolution hearing or FDR. Normally at an FDR you have to attend court at a set time and a Judge will provide […]

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08/07/2022

Carly Henley 

All members of chambers and staff warmly congratulate Carly Henley on the news of her forthcoming appointment to the Circuit Bench.   Carly has been an outstanding member of the Dere Street family team, appearing in many high profile cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal. She has also served as Assistant Coroner […]

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04/07/2022

8 members of the Dere Street Family Team appeared in a three week fact finding hearing regarding the nature and causation of ‘shaking’ and other injuries to a 12 week old baby. 

Tim Donnelly and Lindsay Webster appeared on behalf of the applicant local authority. Frazer McDermott led by Nicholas Stonor QC appeared on behalf of the first respondent mother. Pauline Moulder led by Rachel Langdale QC appeared on behalf of the second respondent father. David Rowlands appeared on behalf of the children. Stephen Ainsley, Harvey Murray […]

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29/06/2022

Dere Street counsel appear in High Court radicalisation case

    Claire Gibson led by Nicholas Stonor QC acted on behalf of the applicant local authority.         Lindsay Webster led by Damian Woodward-Carlton QC acted on behalf of the first respondent mother.        Christopher McKee led by Tim Donnelly acted on behalf of the second respondent father.      […]

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22/06/2022

Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All York 10K

The team will be taking part to raise funds for The Dere Street Charitable Trust. In the lead up to the event this week we are pleased to announce that we have been named as Corporate Challenge Team of the week.  For coverage please see here If you would like to sponsor the team our […]

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