In 2017 Lord Sumption delivered a lecture to the Personal Injuries Bar Association entitled, “The
Death of Personal Injury Law”. This was (probably) just a provocative lecture title, rather than a
manifesto. However, it may be fair to say that the content of this presentation sprang from
scepticism about the use of personal injury law (as it has developed in our jurisdiction) as a
means to achieve fairness and justice in the provision of remedy and compensation.
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…
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