Dere Street Barristers

At Dere Street Barristers, the ‘very thorough and keen’ team continues to handle a high volume of serious criminal cases, and the set reports an uptick in instructions concerning serious sexual offences. Richard Herrmann, who is ‘extremely attentive to detail’, heads up the group and has expertise in defending and prosecuting in cases involving large-scale drugs conspiracies and serious violence. John Elvidge KC is a highly regarded practitioner in the space, and Peter Makepeace KC has ‘excellent communication skills’. David Lamb KC‘s recent workload includes multi-defendant murder cases. Anne Richardson ’is formidable yet professional‘.