family law
Dere Street is the largest and most formidable team of specialist family law barristers on the North East Circuit, comprising 49 practitioners, at all levels of seniority.
Experience in all areas of family law
We offer comprehensive experience in all aspects of family and matrimonial law and are able to conduct cases at every tier from the Supreme Court down to the Family Proceedings Court. We aim to meet the needs and expectations of our clients in every respect. We do this by maintaining strong local connections and offering expertise in all areas of family law.
Highly praised for our public law work
Whatever your family or child law requirements, we are an acclaimed one-stop shop that has been highly praised for its public law work. We offer a family law service that is unparalleled in meeting the needs and expectations of clients across the whole of the North East Circuit and beyond. Our experience also extends to the highly specialised areas of forced marriage law and abduction law.
Commended in The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners
Our team includes Kester Armstrong, James Brown and David Rowlands, each of whom has been recommended in The Legal 500.
Chambers & Partners 2011 commended our family barristers as follows:
‘Crispin Oliver, who splits his practice between high-value ancillary relief and complex care work. Sources say: “He is always well prepared and his advice is unfailingly practical.” James Brown, the local solicitors' first choice for public children work. The set is also home to Kester Armstrong, another highly regarded childcare practitioner, and Pauline Moulder, "a gutsy operator" who is much admired for both divorce and children work. David Rowlands earns the respect of the judges with his expertise in childcare work. “He has a folksy style which appeals to clients, and a mighty intellect underneath." ‘
A convenient advisory service for clients
For our clients’ convenience, we offer an advisory service on paper and over the telephone as well as providing conference facilities at each end of the North East Circuit. Naturally, our family law barristers will also travel to solicitors’ offices for the purposes of advising in conference.
Please contact us
From general family law to specialised child abduction law, please contact any of our clerking team who will be pleased to assist you in acquiring the specialist advocate of your choice and needs.
