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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. […]

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 […]

09/03/2021

Recruitment

We invite applications from new and established practitioners, including those who wish to transfer from the solicitors profession, to join each of our practice groups – civil, employment, family and crime – to meet demand for our services which has increased year on year since we formed in 2011. Please address applications for tenancy to […]

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 […]

26/02/2021

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Rebecca Cowell – pupil to Charles McCain On 19 February 2021, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the highly-anticipated employment case. Background to the dispute In summary, the dispute concerned the employment status of the drivers who provide their services through the Uber App. The first […]

19/02/2021

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Kelly Sherif – pupil to Anne Richardson Usually, the Crown courts are bustling places, alive with court staff, Lawyers, reporters and members of the public. Not today…not any day in these times. Today I find myself at the security point with no queue, obligingly unzipping every single […]

18/02/2021

HH Simon Hawkesworth QC

Chambers was saddened to learn of the death of Simon Hawkesworth yesterday evening. Simon was called to the Bar in 1967 and completed his pupillage with Rudolph Castle Miller at 2 Harcourt Buildings where he remained until York Chambers was formed in 1990. He had a stellar practice on this Circuit and beyond both as […]