Deka Chambers is a leading common law set comprising 106 barristers including 16 market leading Silks. Our members offer the range, scale and depth to lead the most complex cases across civil, criminal and family law.
Client service and teamwork are the cornerstones of all that we do and we pride ourselves on meeting our clients’ needs in an ever changing and fast paced legal market.
This week we examine a decision on the tension between open justice and protection of commercially sensitive information (we understand, by the way, that on 25th February the Court of Appeal will hear the appeal in PMC relating to the circumstances in which anonymity orders…
This week we look at two decisions, both of which will be of critical importance to practitioners in pursuance of contested litigation. In one, unusually, without prejudice correspondence was admissible in a case involving fundamental dishonesty; whilst in the other, the court reviewed the authorities…
Following a 5-day liability trial in the High Court in Manchester, the Claimant’s negligence and Human Rights Act claims were dismissed by HHJ Bird sitting as a Judge of the High Court. The Claimant was a Type 1 diabetic who suffered from a history of…
Join us at The Hoxton, Holborn on Thursday, 13th February 2025 for our half day conference on Accidents and Deaths Abroad. We are delighted that we will be joined by Sir Peter Thornton KC, Former Chief Coroner of England and Wales, for a talk on…
Join us at The View in the Royal College of Surgeons on Thursday, 6th March for our half day conference focusing on Vulnerable Parties. This conference will provide a legal update on the current position of vulnerable parties/witnesses and participation directions in civil and family…
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…
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