Closing out an extremely active 2018, Des Voeux Chambers’ members have had a highly productive year backed by dedicated hard work, creative solutions, keen insights and agile thinking.
Here’s why by the numbers…..
- 22 Silks and Juniors were ranked by Chambers & Partners 2018- 2019
- 3 juniors debuted
- 6 new tenants joined Chambers in September
- 18 events were spearheaded involving
- over 80% of our members
- 19 new initiatives unique to DVC were rolled out
- 4 Harry Liu and John Griffiths QC, SC, CMG Prize Scholars achieved exceptional results in the BCL / LLM examinations
- 3 members were appointed Justices of the Peace
- 1 ground-breaking case secured the GRR award
- 1 Silk won the Asia Barrister of the Year award
- 1 Criminal Silk joined our Chambers completing the spectrum of practice areas to now include Criminal law/White Collar Crime
- 1 member was called as a Bencher to the Middle Temple
- 1 member received an Honorary Award from the Middle Temple
- 1 academic was the recipient of the first ever DVC-Oxford-Fellowship
- 1st ever CSR initiative piloted by Chambers
- 1st ever Private Adjudication Scheme for Family Law involving DVC members exclusively
