In our annual case law update, Conor Kennedy, Ella Davis and Thomas Yarrow will take you on a tour of the key cases of 2024, considering the most interesting and significant cases of the year in the areas of personal injury, clinical negligence and travel…
Yesterday, Deka Chambers, in collaboration with HF, presented a mock trial and an appeal for Hastings Direct in Bexhill. The trial concerned non tariff injury inflation, claims layering and fundamental dishonesty. The proceedings were presented by Roger André, Simon Trigger and Bernard Pressman. Brendan Hill…
On Tuesday, Gareth Munday, a member of the Pupillage Committee at Deka Chambers, spoke on the panel at the Middle Temple Young Bar Association’s pupillage event. It was an excellent opportunity for students and prospective applicants to learn about the application process and to ask…
James Thacker KC and Claire Harden-Frost were instructed to prosecute a girl, now aged 13 years old, for stabbing her mother with a kitchen knife intending to do her really serious harm, attempting to stab two care workers and threatening to kill them. The girl…
This week we look at cases on two procedural matters which could be fatal to claims; mispleading, and res judicata. In both instances the claimants’ claims survived intact, but it’s never good to have to rely on the appeal courts to rescue you. Much less…
We hope to see as many of our readers as possible at the APIL International Injuries Conference on Friday 29th, which (naturally) Deka Chambers is sponsoring – so you may be assured of the highest level of merch, including some festive objets d’art provided in…
This is the last ADR Bulletin of 2024 and it’s been an incredibly exciting year. There have been wideranging changes to the CPR, bringing the rules in line with the landmark case of Churchill v Merthyr. Bethany Hutchison considers the main provisions, noting that the…
Yesterday, we were pleased to invite Horwich Farrelly into chambers, to take part in a mock trial for Marshmallow insurers. Simon Trigger acted as judge with Roger André and James Byrne acting as counsel in a trial on non-tariff injury claims and claims layering.
Conor Kennedy and Daniel Searle are joined by Saleem Khalid in a webinar discussion of the Building Safety Act 2022, with a particular focus on: View the slides – Civil Liabilities Under the Building Safety Act 2022
For this year’s International Men’s Day, three barristers – Simon Trigger, Ben Rodgers, and Thomas Yarrow – share with Conor Kennedy their experiences of balancing work at the self-employed bar with life as a parent. CK: What are the main advantages (and disadvantages) of the…
We were thrilled to win Client Service Set of the Year at the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards, which took place at Old Billingsgate on Thursday, 14th November. We would like to thank all our clients for their ongoing support and for taking the…
This week John Schmitt considers a recent case setting out the principles to be exercised when a court is considering ordering a party to do something that may be contrary to foreign law – a situation which occurs with perhaps surprising frequency in the cross…
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