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Improper Pleadings and No Second Chance – Strike Out Where the Police Complied with their Human Rights Duty under Article 3
Julia Brechtelsbauer, instructed by Brittany Mooney of Bedfordshire Police Legal Services, represented the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police and successfully struck out human rights claim in the High Court pleaded at £6,000,000. Introduction The Claimant alleged “failure to investigate 2 crimes” from 2024 and 2023….
The Dekagram: 28th July 2025
In this week’s Dekagram Thomas Yarrow considers an issue which has been the subject of some considerable controversy ever since the changes to the jurisdictional rules wrought by Brexit; and provides us with a characteristically erudite summary of the arguments, which (to the editor’s eye)…
The Dekagram: 21st July 2025
This week Ben Rodgers considers how airline pilots are employed (or not); whilst Sarah Prager discusses a recent decision on discontinuance and costs. Casenote : Lutz v. Ryanair [2025] EWCA Civ 849 Aviation and shipping employers often use third party recruitment agencies to recruit crew. There…
The Dekagram: 14th July 2025
This week the team addresses two recent decisions on matters close to the hearts of all litigators: success fees, and striking out for defective service. Success fees are a matter of contract between lawyer and client, not a matter of costs inter partes In a…
The Dekagram: 8th July 2025
In the week the Hague Convention came into force, whilst the domestic courts heard an important appeal on Covid refund claims, Anirudh Mandagere and Tom Collins bring us all the latest news both internationally and nationally. And as always, members of Deka Chambers are at…
The Dekagram: 30th June 2025
This week Julia Brechtelsbauer grapples with the continuing issues around taking evidence from abroad, and examines a case which illustrates well the problems, both legal and practical, that can arise when dealing with witnesses located in another jurisdiction. Meanwhile, Andrew Spencer asks whether UK law…
The Dekagram: 23rd June 2025
This week Megan Bithel-Vaughan reports back on the Civil Justice Council report on litigation funding – an important document some 150 pages long (the report, not Megan’s article). Having read Megan’s summary you will be armed with the latest news on CFAs and DBAs and…
What can lawyers in the Family Court take from Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse?
The report of the National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (“grooming gangs”) was published on 16th June. The Government confirmed the same day that action would be taken on each of the Audit’s 12 recommendations through introduction of legislation, police operations to…
The Dekagram: 18th June 2025
This week Sarah Prager KC joins forces with Rebecca Huxford of Stewarts to bring news of a jurisdictional challenge in which (perhaps somewhat unusually) practical and logistical factors were placed front and centre. Practical and Logistical Factors in Challenges to Jurisdiction The High Court of…
The Dekagram: 9th June 2025
This week Russell Wilcox and Thomas Clarke examine whether in applications to set aside default judgment there exists such a thing as a ‘co-defendant principle’; essential reading for all practitioners. Co-defendants and Applications to Set Aside: the More the Merrier? In the recent case of…
URS v BDW – The winner takes it all…
Introduction On Wednesday 21st of May, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the long-awaited case of URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21. The judgment was awaited by almost all with an interest in construction law and related professional negligence. BDW…
The Dekagram: 27th May 2025
This week poor preparation of witness statements drives Robert Parkin to exasperation; but his pain is our gain, because he’s been moved to provide us with a handy guide to what evidence should (and perhaps more pertinently) should not be included in statements. Meanwhile Dominique…
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