Trinity's members and staff warmly welcome Nick Dolan and Rob Bewick who join Chambers’ Fees team headed by Lead Fees Clerk, David Robinson.
Alongside Fees Clerk, Hayley Ivison, who joined in July 2025, Nick and Rob will contribute to the delivery of Chambers' day-to-day fee-related functions for the rapidly growing Civil, Family and Criminal practice groups across each of Trinity's premises in Newcastle, Leeds and Middlesbrough.
Their contribution will include effective and timely billing, fee collection, as well as helping with the wider continued development and streamlining of Chambers’ revenue operations.
Nick joins Chambers with over 15 years’ experience in clerking bringing with him extensive knowledge in both criminal defence and prosecution billing. Nick particularly enjoys training colleagues and developing processes to ensure timely and accurate billing of counsels’ fees.
Before becoming a fees clerk, Nick progressed from office junior to clerking roles for Criminal, Family and Civil teams. He has a breadth of knowledge developed across various practice areas in a busy barristers’ chambers with experience in managing cases from initial instruction through to their payment.
Rob joins Trinity after 33 years working within the legal profession in Sunderland, initially spending 5 years as an usher at Sunderland County Court before joining the busy Family department of a well-established law firm in the City, where he remained for the following 28 years.
In his previous role, Rob gained an in-depth knowledge of the workings of the Legal Aid Agency’s online CCMS system prior to the national roll-out in 2014 and for the following decade was responsible for maintaining the firm’s legal aid billing.
Commenting on the new additions to his team, David said:
“I’m delighted with the appointment of three new Fees Clerks, marking an exciting period of growth for the department.
Over recent years, the demand on the team has continued to increase in parallel with Chambers’ growth both geographically and in the number of barristers we now support. This investment in and expansion of the fees team will strengthen our ability to provide an efficient, responsive service to all our members and clients.
As Lead Fees Clerk, I’m really excited to see the team growing and look forward to building on this momentum as we continue to modernise our processes and support Chambers ongoing success.”
(Pictured L-R: Rob Bewick, Nick Dolan, Hayley Ivison & David Robinson)