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Giles Bedloe successfully prosecutes Southampton business park attempted murder
Giles Bedloe successfully concluded the prosecution in Operation Orientation, a case widely reported in the media (including the BBC and The Independent), at Winchester Crown Court on the 5th of June 2026 The defendant, Anwar Ashraf, was convicted of attempted murder in April for stabbing his…
Thom Dyke and Jennie Oborne speak on war crimes at APL National Security Conference
Thom Dyke and Jennie Oborne were invited to speak at the recent Association of Police Lawyers (APL) National Security Conference, which took place on 8 June 2026 at the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre (CTOC) in London. They covered a range of issues in international criminal…
Deka Chambers is pleased to welcome Kane Simons and Daniel Boal
We are delighted to welcome Kane Simons and Daniel Boal to Deka Chambers. They join us from 18 St John Street Chambers. Kane specialises in personal injury law, predominantly representing claimants in complex, high-value cases. He has experience across all quantum aspects of catastrophic injury,…
The Dekagram: 8th June 2026
This week Anirudh Mandagere gives us the most lucid explanation we have yet seen of the decision of the Supreme Court in Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference [2026] UKSC 16 relating to deprivation of liberty. We also bring news, from Robbie Parkin and Dominique…
Edwin Buckett wins claim against Transport for London
On 29 May 2026, following a 3-day trial before HHJ Murch, liability was established in a personal injury claim brought by a passenger who sustained a severe spinal fracture, amongst other injuries, when the doors of a stationary Northern Line train closed on her as…
The Dekagram: 1st June 2026
This week Sarah Prager KC examines a recent judgment of the Court of Appeal relating to the late service of witness evidence. Meanwhile the team has been celebrating Andrew Spencer and wishing him well as he embarks on the next stage of his career – he will be sitting as…
A Healthy Reminder
In this update on reported Clinical Negligence cases Lisa Dobie recommends that practitioners take a look at two recently reported cases concerning applications to amend clinical negligence pleadings – In each case the applications to amend were made late. In Williams, the application to amend (along with several other…
Andrew Spencer appointed District Judge
The King has appointed Andrew Spencer to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice…
The Dekagram: 26th May 2026
This week John Schmitt covers a decision regarding a Defendant seeking to withdraw from a pre-action admission of liability: Industrial Maintenance Engineers (IME Contracts) Ltd v Webster Miller Ltd [2026] EWHC 393 (Comm). In this most fiendishly difficult of procedural areas, he is a most welcome…
Court of Appeal affirms Application to extend time made before deadline prevents sanctions taking effect.
In Pryor v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2026] EWCA Civ 650, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that an application to extend time to comply with a court order, made prior to the deadline for compliance, operates to prevent any sanction associated…
The Dekagram: 18th May 2026
This week Charlie Stonehill considers a difficult philosophical question: is there any distinction between not telling the truth and lying? Readers will readily appreciate that the question is not just an abstract one; the answer to it matters for the purposes of QOWCS and other…
Ness v Miller [2026] EWHC 113 (KB)
After previously striking out the claimant’s libel claim against the first defendant, the High Court struck out a false imprisonment claim against the first defendant as there were no reasonable grounds for bringing it. Mrs Justice Williams also struck out a data protection claim as…
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