Dere Street Barristers opens second Newcastle office

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Dere Street Barristers, one of the largest chambers in the North East, has opened a second Newcastle office.

The Provincial House office complements existing chambers facilities in Newcastle, Middlesbrough and York.

The newly refurbished, modern office, based on Northumberland Street, is situated in the heart of Newcastle’s busy shopping and business district, and stands close to the civil, family and tribunal courts at Barras Bridge.

John Elvidge KC, head of chambers, says: “The people and businesses in the North East need access to high-quality, specialist legal services locally.

“Our investment in these new premises, so close to the Newcastle Civil & Family Courts and Tribunals Centre, demonstrates our confidence and our ongoing commitment to serving that demand.

“We look forward to welcoming all clients – old and new – to Provincial House.”

Dere Street Barristers’ new office features a welcoming reception area, a clerks’ room and a barristers’ work room.

It also includes a 60-seat seminar room, five conference rooms, a lounge and a kitchen.

The elegant new space offers an accessible, professional and inviting base for barristers and clients.

As with all Dere Street Barristers’ offices, it is equipped with the technology to seamlessly facilitate remote and in-person conferences, meetings, mediations and private hearings.

The Northumberland Street office complements Dere Street Barristers’ refurbished Newcastle Chambers on Broad Chare, based next to Newcastle Crown Court on the Quayside.

With four well-equipped and welcoming offices across the North Eastern Circuit, the chambers boasts a highly experienced team practising predominantly in family, civil and criminal law.

They are renowned for the provision of high-quality specialist advice and service to a diverse range of clients.

Dere Street Barristers was formed in 2011, following the merger of Broad Chare Chambers and York Chambers.

Now with more than 100 barristers, including King’s Counsel, Dere Street Barristers is one of the largest sets on the North Eastern Circuit.

Nationally, Dere Street Barristers has gone from strength-to-strength, building an enviable reputation for unrivalled expertise and experience across all disciplines.

In addition to a well-established and thriving team of leading and junior counsel, the barristers are assisted by a large team of highly- experienced clerks and staff.

Dere Street Barristers also recruits at least four new pupils annually, providing superb in-house training through a very rigorous yet supportive pupillage programme.

The programme is designed to ensure the continuation of excellence, quality of advocacy, advice and service.

A further, highly unique aspect of Dere Street Barristers is its charitable trust, established in 2018.

The trust contributes to a wide range of local community charities and projects, and is funded by the many barristers in chambers who choose to contribute one per cent of their gross earnings.

Alongside other charitable giving by the chambers, nearly £300,000 has been distributed by the trust alone.

Dere Street Barristers continues to expand its reputation and presence, both in the North East and nationally.

The barristers and staff are exceptionally well trained and supported by the experience and leadership of well-established and highly specialised practitioners, a significant number of whom are noted in the Legal 500 for their excellence and expertise in their respective practice areas.

Dere Street Barristers continues not only to fortify its reputation at the heart of the legal and wider community in the North East, but also as a distinctive and leading set of barristers at a national level.