Dere Street Barristers

Crime/Regulatory

John Elvidge QC prosecutes and defends cases of the utmost gravity.

Homicide:

• Multiple deaths;
• Causation issues (legal, factual and medical);
• Joint enterprise / secondary liability;
• Killing by/of children and young people;
• Diminished Responsibility and Loss of Control;
• Gross negligence manslaughter.

Organised crime:

• Fraud against financial institutions and insurance companies;
• Controlled drugs and medicines:
• Money laundering;
• Sexual offences against children;
• Blackmail and kidnapping;
• Applications for trial by judge alone, by protected jury and for witness anonymity orders.

Serious sexual offences:

• Sexual exploitation and human trafficking;
• Complaints against professionals;
• Familial abuse;
• Delayed complaints.

Regulatory work:

• Professional and police disciplinary hearings;
• Licensing.

Called 1988; QC 2010; head of York Chambers 2011; head of Dere Street Barristers 2011 to date; Leader of the North Eastern Circuit 2014.

King Edward VII School, Sheffield; University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Inns of Court School of Law.