This week the government announced a further consultation on proposed amendments to the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018; Anirudh Mandagere considers the proposals in detail and provides a link for the use of those who wish to respond to them. Alternatively, you…
We are delighted for 6 of our members to be included within the Recognition List 2025, for undertaking 25 hours or more pro bono work over the last year.
We are extremely proud to have five of our members – Giles Mooney KC, Edward Lamb KC, Simon Butler, Francesca O’Neill and Anirudh Mandagere – included in the inaugural Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales. The list recognises barristers and solicitors who have…
Well done to Anirudh Mandagere who has been nominated for Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year in the Advocate Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024. The awards recognise those individuals and chambers who have gone above and beyond expectation when undertaking pro bono work to…
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment yesterday in Roberts v Jones [2024] EWCA 118 and [2024] EWHC 290 (KB), allowing the appeal. Simon Butler and Anirudh Mandagere acted for the Appellant. They were instructed via Advocate. You can read the judgment here and here.
In yesterday’s webinar, Anirudh Mandagere was joined by Dino Nocivelli, Partner at Leigh Day, to discuss abuse in sport. They discussed the importance of athlete welfare, the common types of abuse in a sports setting, and the challenges of litigating abuse claims in sports. Legal…
Another year, another consultation, this one a Call for Evidence to inform the upcoming review of the Personal Injury Discount Rate. This will be the first review where the Lord Chancellor will consult with an expert panel as well as the Treasury, and the Call for Evidence…
Simon Butler led Anirudh Mandagere in the Court of Appeal yesterday in Roberts v Jones. The Court of Appeal was sitting in Swansea County Court. The significant issues in this appeal concern the operation of CPR 71 and the civil enforcement regime, as well as the relevance of…
Barristers from Deka Chambers were delighted to attend the University of Law’s online pupillage fair on 21 November 2023. During the event, students on the Bar Course were able to meet practising barristers to ask about our various practice areas and to learn more about…
You wait ages for a government consultation, and then they all come along at once. Not only is the consultation on fixed recoverable costs ongoing (particularly excitingly, given that the regime is only a week from implementation), the (mixed) results are in from the consultation…
From 1st October 2023, civil litigation in England and Wales will dramatically change. Virtually all claims valued up to £100,000 will be subject to a new fixed costs regime. Fixed recoverable costs will be extended across the fast track, and a new intermediate track will…
This week the team look at what some will find a surprising development in the doctrine of novus actus interveniens in the context of medical interventions, and ask whether we’re likely to see an increase in claims against the NHS as a result; and we…
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