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04/03/2022

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Dawson pupil to Philip Morgan The long-awaited appeal in the case of Greyson v Fuller [2022] EWHC 211 (QB) was handed down recently. The initial case concerned whether the Claimant was allowed to disclose and rely on a second medical report due to the fact […]

25/02/2022

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Callaghan – pupil to Catherine Fagan The intermediary function was created by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 for use in criminal cases. Their role has since branched out to include usage in the family courts. Under the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) 2010, […]

18/02/2022

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This weeks blog is brought to you by Sarah Preest -pupil to Ravi Randawa Guidance was provided for the payment of contact in cases where abuse has been found or admitted. Background In 2018 the parties separated with the mother leaving the family home with the child (D). Father had contact on an ad hoc […]

11/02/2022

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Grace Atkinson – pupil to Frazer McDermott In September 2021 the NHS announced the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccination to school children aged 12-15 years old. One month later, the winter flu vaccination programme for 2021-22, which already included children of primary school age, was expanded […]

03/02/2022

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Dawson pupil to Philip Morgan An employment tribunal has held that the summary dismissal of a care assistant for unreasonably refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was fair. In Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd ET/1803699/2021 an employment tribunal held that the summary dismissal of […]

02/02/2022

Kate Branigan QC

We are delighted to announce that Kate Branigan QC has accepted an invitation to become a Door Tenant at Dere Street Barristers. Kate is an accomplished family law specialist with a particular interest in complex public law proceedings involving non-accidental injury, infant death, factitious illness, and neglect. She is a member of 4pb (4 paper […]

26/01/2022

Inquest into the deaths of Mohammed Sohail Aziz, 23, and Suhail Ahmad Akhtar, 20

The hearing into the deaths of Mohammed Sohail Aziz, 23, and Suhail Ahmad Akhtar, 20, was held at Bradford Coroners’ Court today. Crispin Oliver, Assistant Coroner, presided over the inquest. Both young men were both killed when the red BMW they were travelling in crashed into a road barrier in Bradford Road, Brighouse, in 2020. […]

24/01/2022

Dere Street’s Pupil Deck

This week’s blog is brought to you by Laura Callaghan – pupil to Catherine Fagan Practice Direction 12J applies to any family proceedings, but for present purposes the focus will be upon its application in private family proceedings. PD12J will be engaged wherever it is ‘alleged or admitted, or there is other reason to believe’ […]

19/01/2022

Jodie James-Stadden: Fee- Paid Appointment as Judge of the First Tier Tribunal, Property Chamber.

Chambers is delighted to announce that Jodie James-Stadden has been appointed as a Fee Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Property Chamber for the Northern region. The role is part time. Jodie will continue to practice as a specialist member of both Dere Street’s Civil/Chancery and Court of Protection teams. Jodie’s profile […]