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The 34th Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) Clinical Negligence Conference is taking place on 21-22 March 2024. This year’s programme has a focus on Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Laura Elfield will be speaking on the afternoon of 22nd March, alongside Dr Wael…
The 17th edition of Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases has just been published.
Welcome to the latest edition of the Briefing from the Family Team at Deka Chambers with articles by Madeleine Miller and William Dean.
Madeleine Miller considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in Re K (Children) (Powers of the Family Court) [2024] EWCA…
Today the Court of Appeal (with the Lady Chief Justice presiding) handed down an important judgment following an Attorney General’s Reference on a point of law which concerned the scope and effect of the defence contained within section 5(2)(a) of the Criminal…
Huge congratulations to Paul Stagg KC, James Thacker KC and Edward Lamb KC who have been formally sworn in as King’s Counsel today at Westminster Hall.
It’s been a busy week. No sooner had we waved goodbye to Conor Kennedy and Dominique Smith, off to Paris for the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers New Lawyers’ Group Conference, than the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in…
The Court of Appeal has decided that the Claimant’s solicitors’ costs of attending rehabilitation case management meetings are recoverable as costs of an action, in principle, but has not given solicitors carte-blanche to expect to be paid to attend each and every…
In yesterday’s webinar, Andrew Spencer and Henk Soede discussed the Court of Appeal decision in Miller v Irwin Mitchell and what it means for duties owed to prospective clients. Andrew, along with Andrew Warnock KC, represented the successful defendant.
If you missed it you…
Summary
Thomas successfully represented the Secretary of State for Justice in Cain v. Secretary of State for Justice [2024] EWHC 426 (Admin). The Claimant is a life sentence prisoner who was convicted of two murders. He sought to challenge the decision of…
This week’s Dekagram brings to our readers’ attention an interesting Court of Appeal decision on incorporation of standard terms via website tickbox – the conclusion seemingly likely to favour those travel agents and tour operators who seek to argue in favour of…
