02/08/2020
Tom Little QC successfully prosecuted Aman Vyas before Bryan, J and a jury in one of the first socially distanced criminal trials and which lasted four weeks at the Croydon Crown Court. The offences all took place in the Spring of 2009 and involved increasingly violent stranger rapes on lone woman at night in Walthamstow. Vyas left the UK in July 2009 2 days after the case featured on the BBC’s Crimewatch. He was not able to be extradited back to the UK until last year.
This week we welcome our two newest tenants, Julia Brechtelsbauer and Megan Bithel-Vaughan, to the Dekagram family. Working collaboratively, as you have come to expect from Deka Chambers, they have produced a joint article on where the burden of proof lies in quality complaint cases,…
Following the 10 week trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Kwabena Duodu was sentenced to 10 years for his role as the accountant submitting the false claims. Moses Asare, head pastor of Praise Harvest Community Church received 7 years imprisonment for submitting the claims in relation…
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…
Deka Chambers: 5 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1DR