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Tom Little, led by Clare Montgomery QC, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice have succeeded in the Divisional Court in resisting a public law challenge to section 76(5A) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.
In a judgment handed down today Sir Brian Leveson, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, has ruled that the statutory provisions do not materially extend the ambit of the law of self-defence and do not breach the Article 2 ECHR rights of burglars.
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Dekinar: Non-Party Costs Orders and Fundamental Dishonesty Updates
In this webinar, Simon Trigger will provide an update on non-party costs orders. He will consider case law concerning non-party costs orders and the circumstances in which a costs order can be pursued against a party other than the claimant in credit hire and low…
The Dekagram: 16th September 2024
This week the team turns its attention to flying for leisure, and in particular the Regulation 12 right to a refund – and, perhaps more esoterically, whether such flights can ever be justified at all. We do hope so, because we will be flying to…
Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference
Deka Chambers will be in attendance at the Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference. Stuart McKechnie KC, who also co-organises the conference, will be chairing a session on catastrophic injuries. Laura Johnson KC will be speaking on psychiatric injuries after Paul, and ex Member of Chambers, Mr…
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