The Dekagram: 17th February 2025

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…

Andrew Warnock KC and Edwin Buckett successfully defend the Chief Constable of Leicestershire in a £10m brain damage claim

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…

Thomas Jones represented the Secretary of State for the Home Department in Re C (A Child) (Recognition of Nigerian Adoption) [2025] EWHC 204 (Fam)

Summary In Re C (A Child) (Recognition of Nigerian Adoption) [2025] EWHC 204 (Fam), Mr Justice Harrison allowed an application to recognise an international adoption where the strict application of the conditions in Re Valentine’s Settlement [1965] Ch 831 would have resulted in a disproportionate…

Francesca Kolar interviewed by The Advocacy Tutor

Francesca Kolar was interviewed by Sonia Simms for The Advocacy Tutor Brief. Spotlight on Francesca Kolar Francesca Kolar was called to the Bar in 2018. She is an experienced barrister practising across civil, criminal, family, clinical negligence, and police law. She appears regularly in the County…

The Dekagram: 3rd February 2025

This week we draw to your attention the Justice Committee Call for Evidence on the work of the County Court: Call for Evidence – Committees – UK Parliament. Responses are due by 13th February and questions cover: Anyone working in the County Court is encouraged…

High Court holds that pre-judgment interest is not recoverable on damages under Article 3 of the ECHR

In Adegboyega v Secretary of State of the Home Department (2025) EWHC 155 (KB) the High Court (HHJ Roberts) held, in the context of a claim for unlawful detention and trespass to the person leading to psychiatric injury, that pre-judgment interest is not recoverable on…

Saleem Khalid elected to PNBA Executive Committee

We are pleased to announce that Saleem Khalid has been elected to the Executive Committee of the PNBA, the Professional Negligence Bar Association. PNBA promotes the idea of a specialist professional negligence Bar, supported by continuing professional education. The work undertaken by its members includes…

Court of Appeal hands down combined judgment in Woodcock v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire and CJ and others v Chief Constable of Wiltshire

In the Northamptonshire case, the Court of Appeal allowed the Chief Constable’s appeal, holding that the police had not owed a duty of care to warn the claimant that they had received a report that her former partner, who had threatened her with violence, was…

Eleanor Mawrey interviewed by The Advocacy Tutor

Eleanor Mawrey has been interviewed by Sonia Simms for The Advocacy Tutor Brief. Spotlight on Eleanor Mawrey Eleanor Mawrey is a barrister at Deka Chambers. She has recently been appointed as a Recorder. Eleanor has extensive experience in criminal and regulatory law and has appeared in…

Pupillage Application Window Now Open

We are currently accepting applications for pupillage. We will be recruiting up to three pupils to commence in October 2026. We adhere to the central Bar Council timetable so all applications must be submitted by 11.59pm on 6th February 2025. Deka Chambers is a common…

Deka Chambers’ Christmas Opening Hours 2024

Everyone at Deka Chambers would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2025. We have reduced opening hours over the Christmas period: We will reopen as usual from 8.30am on Thursday 2nd January 2024. During this period our clerks will be…

Louise McCullough and Madeleine Miller successfully prosecute man for multiple counts of false imprisonment and sexual assault   

Louise McCullough leading Madeleine Miller successfully prosecuted a man who lured vulnerable women to his West London flat where he supplied them with drugs and variously falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted them . They obtained Guilty verdicts on four counts relating to three women. Sentencing…

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