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Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for 5 awards in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Chambers, Members of Chambers, and our Clerking Team have all received nominations.
Shortlisted Categories:
Personal Injury Set of the YearPersonal Injury…
Giles Mooney KC, instructed by Kim Milan of Boyes Turner, wins RTA trial where the Claimant, a 12 year old girl, walked out in front of the Defendant’s car at a pedestrian crossing. Liability apportioned 60/40 in the Claimant’s favour.
On 18th…
In yesterday’s webinar, Edward Lamb covered the following topics:
Protected parties and the CPR: reaching parts the White Book cannot
The new CPR Part 21 a missed opportunity?
White Book guidance on capacity to be treated with caution
Practical solutions to low…
Congratulations to our twelve barristers who have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2024.
Jacob Levy KC, Simon Readhead KC, John Foy KC, Edward Faulks KC, Graham Aldous KC, Edward Bishop KC, Andrew Warnock KC, Matthew Chapman KC,…
In this Deka Chambers Personal Injury Team briefing we are focusing on recent topical developments in the quantum and settlement fields.
Hugh Rimmer provides a practical assessment of the case of Barry v MOD, which addressed the correct approach to adjustments for…
In Mohamud v Morrisons Supermarkets (2016) AC 677, Lord Dyson MR observed that:
“To search for certainty and precision in vicarious liability is to undertake a quest for a chimaera”
Nonetheless, since Mohamud was decided in 2016, that quest has continued in…
We’re delighted to welcome Abigail Stamp back to chambers this week following her parental leave.
Abigail has a broad and varied practice, representing both claimants and defendants in personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests.
To instruct Abigail contact the clerks…
Shortly before Christmas, I wrote
1. This is the fourth and final article in a short series which focuses on case law which may assist in the defence of claims against Highways Authorities under s.41 of the Highways Act 1980.
2. In this article, and inspired at…
Work Accident Claims and Insolvency: A whistlestop tour
A range of issues are thrown up in a work accident claim where either the claimant or defendant becomes insolvent. Less common, but it does come up in work accident claims is the insolvency…