Tom Little QC has been appointed as Counsel to the Inquest touching the death of Yassar Yaqub who was shot and killed by an armed Police Officer on 2nd January 2017. The incident took place on a slip road at junction 24 to the M62. The Recorder of Leeds, His Honour Judge Kearl QC, has been appointed as the Coroner to hear the Inquest. A Pre Inquest Review is being held today at Leeds Crown Court. More details about the case can be found at:
The current glut of cases on service outside the jurisdiction and on jurisdictional challenges more generally continues, and with no sign yet of the EU acceding to the UK’s attempt to join the Lugano Convention club, we see no reason why this type of satellite…
Francesca O’Neill successfully strikes out Part 8 detailed assessment proceedings in the Senior Courts Costs Office Read the full Judgment here
This week the team, in a shameless demonstration of our multilingualism, brings you an article on Covid refund claims rendered in no fewer than three languages. And to cap it all the subject of the article is a claim in which Deka’s own Tom Yarrow…
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