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Alternative Dispute Resolution Briefing: May 2023
Welcome to the first edition of the Deka ADR Team Briefing. This is a really exciting time in the history of ADR, which is increasingly at the front and centre of any litigation procedure. Lisa Dobie here considers the future of ADR, focussing on the…
Clinical Negligence Briefing: March 2023
Welcome to the March 2023 edition of the Clinical Negligence briefing. Here, Laura Begley and Ella Davis bring you commentary on some of the notable clinical negligence cases reported over the last few months, touching upon a range of issues from consent and causation, to…
Briefing: Work Accident Claims and Insolvency
Work Accident Claims and Insolvency: A whistlestop tour A range of issues are thrown up in a work accident claim where either the claimant or defendant becomes insolvent. Less common, but it does come up in work accident claims is the insolvency of the claimant…
Crime Briefing: February 2023
Welcome to the first edition of the Crime Briefing which focuses on the topical area of protest law and legislative changes as a result of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, with articles from Francesca Kolar and Madeleine Miller. Tom Little KC appeared…
Deka Briefing: Workplace Liabilities
Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set. We are proud of the range of market leading expertise we offer across our different practice areas. At the heart of our ethos is celebrating those things that connect us as well as championing our differences. This briefing…
Special Briefing – The Brexit Bonfire: The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
It is perhaps unsurprising that in the light of all the recent political excitement the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill has not received sustained publicity. But for cross border and travel lawyers the implications of the Bill’s provisions are as significant as Brexit…
TATLA Newsletter: August 2022
CROSS-BORDER CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE & THE “LOCAL SAFETY STANDARDS” DEFENCE: Clarke v Kalecinski & Others [2022] EWHC 488 (QB, Foster J) It is increasingly common for UK consumers to travel overseas for cosmetic/aesthetic surgical procedures. On occasions, there is a sub-optimal outcome and this is sometimes…
Special Briefing – Holiday Cancellations and Refunds: Is the Flicker of Hope Test a Thing of the Past?
The Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken in response to it have revealed a number of fault lines in all areas of the law. These areas of uncertainty are slowly being resolved as the courts grapple with claims brought in the aftermath of the various…
TATLA Newsletter: February 2022
From Keefe to Tattersall and section 3 of Brussels I recast: expansion and contraction in “matters relating to insurance“ Introduction Prior to 13 December 2007 an English solicitor seeking compensation for an English client injured elsewhere in the European Union would have advised that client…
Medical Law Briefing: December 2021
Medical treatment and non-delegable duties of care A recent trio of dental treatment claims (Ramdhean v Agedo (2020), Breakingbury v Croad (2021) and Hughes v Rattan (2021)) have all resulted in findings that a dental practice (or its owner) owes a non-delegable duty of care…
Covid Briefing: November 2021
This year’s 1 Chancery Lane Autumn Bumper Briefing takes as its theme – what else? – Covid-19 and its consequences. Some two years after the virus was first identified, and just over eighteen months since the first lockdown began, the courts are starting to deal…
Medical Law Briefing: October 2021
There have been a number of recent decisions on limitation; it is fertile ground for argument. One such recent decision is the case of Wilkins v University North Midlands NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2164 (QB) 30/7/21, in which Paul Stagg of 1CL represented the claimant,…
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