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23/03/2020
Corona virus (COVID-19) Message from the Lord Chief Justice.
Recently published review of the court arrangements due to COVID-19 can be found here. Information on the planning and preparation for jury service can be found here.
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Update on COVID-19 from our Head of Chambers
We are grateful to our solicitors for their support during these challenging times and hope we have been able to reciprocate. To those who are returning to work – welcome back! Many of our barristers are attending an increasing number of court hearings in person as well as by remote means using the latest technology. We are committed to managing old and […]
Read More24/02/2020
Crispin Oliver delivers lecture to an international audience
Crispin Oliver lecturing to an international audience at the Institute of Art and Law, on 22 February, on the subject of Treasure Inquests.
Read More12/02/2020
Dere Street Barristers is proud to be a funding and delivery partner for the Sutton Trust’s Pathways to Law programme at Newcastle University.
Social mobility in Britain is low. The educational opportunities and life chances of a child born today are strongly linked to their parents’ socio-economic background. The Sutton Trust works to address this through programmes, research and policy influence to fight for social mobility from birth to the workplace so that every young person – no matter who […]
Read More29/01/2020
Kate Armstrong – Family Law Journal Publication
An article by Kate Armstrong that has been published in this month’s edition of Family Law Journal: ‘Not for sharing: passive growth, post-separation accrual, and post-separation earning capacity’ can be found at January [2020] Fam Law 107’. Details of Kate’s practice can be found here
Read More13/01/2020
Chambers sponsor Family Justice Board Conference – Middlesbrough Town Hall 30 January 2020
Chambers are delighted to sponsor the Family Justice Board Conference to be held in Middlesbrough on Thursday 30 January 2020. Details on how to book your place can be found here.
Read More10/01/2020
Eleanor Irons joins Dere Street
We are delighted to welcome Eleanor Irons to Chambers. Eleanor was called to the bar in 2017 and completed a specialist family pupillage at Zenith Chambers. She joins us after moving back to the North East. Head of Chambers John Elvidge QC said, “Eleanor is a very promising young practitioner and we are pleased that she has […]
Read More08/01/2020
Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver concludes the death of Hollie Jade Maguire was drug related.
Two distressed 12-year-olds desperately gave CPR to a young woman as she lay dying following a drink and drugs binge. Hollie Jade Maguire, 24, was staying at friend’s home following a night out in Halifax town centre on June 21 last year. Medics found two distressed, 12-year-old girls administering CPR to Hollie. She […]
Read More20/12/2019
GRAEME COOK – DEEMSTER
All members of Chambers join in congratulating Graeme Cook upon his forthcoming full time judicial appointment as Deemster at the Isle of Man Courts of Justice where he will have particular responsibility for presiding over the Court of General Gaol Delivery (broadly equivalent to the Crown Court in England and Wales). Formerly a […]
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