19/08/2020
Edward Lamb, Tom Restall and Tom Rainsbury have all been appointed to the London B Panel. This appointment is for 5 years, commences on 1 September 2020 and followed an open competition.
The Attorney General’s panels of counsel consist of junior counsel who undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. Counsel on the panels continue to be available to be instructed in their existing practice areas and to act against the government as well as for the government.
The competition to be selected for a panel is described as ‘fierce’ and only those junior counsel of the ‘highest quality’ are selected. Chambers congratulates them all on their achievement.
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…
Deka Chambers: 5 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1DR