Members and staff at Deka Chambers enjoyed meeting the winners and runners up of the Aqeel H Noorali Essay Competition in chambers last night. Following a speech from Joint Head of Chambers Jacob Levy KC, the winners were presented with their certificates and prizes and then had a chance to speak with some of Deka’s barristers.
The legal essay competition is organised in partnership with BVL in memory of dear friend Aqeel H Noorali, who was a talented and dedicated barrister who particularly enjoyed arguing novel points of law.
This week we examine an unusual arbitration case involving (or did it?) a foreign limitation period; and another 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…
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…
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