We are delighted to announce that Thomas Clarke has accepted an offer of tenancy at Deka Chambers. He becomes a tenant after successfully completing his pupillage, during which he was supervised by Jeremy Ford, Tabitha Barran, Louise McCullough and Jennie Oborne.
Thomas joins our busy practice groups and accepts instructions in all of our main areas.We wish Thomas the best for his career at Deka Chambers.
The Supreme Court has ruled that claims for compensation by a man who killed three people, but was acquitted by a jury in the Crown Court on the grounds of insanity, are barred by the doctrine of illegality. The Claimant, Mr Lewis-Ranwell, sought damages from…
In this week’s Dekagram Dominique Smith examines a recent decision of the Court of Appeal considering and endorsing 90:10 split liability offers (contrary to the received wisdom following the decision of the High Court in Mundy v TUI [2023] EWHC 385 (Ch); and Robbie Parkin…
Kerry analyses Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the Supreme Court’s attempt to impose coherence on decades of caselaw from McLoughlin, Alcock and Frost through Walters, Shorter and Ronayne. She then asks the hard question for modern travel law practitioners: what, if anything, can claimants do…
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