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Dekinar Recording: Understanding the New Fixed Costs Regime
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…
The Dekagram 24th April 2023
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…
Sports Law Update: TVZ v Manchester City Football Club [2022] EWHC 7 (QB) (Part 2 of 2)
Limitation and Quantum This judgment is essential reading for practitioners specialising in abuse claims. It is also of considerable importance to those who practise in personal injury more broadly. With respect to limitation, it provides guidance on: Introduction In the late 1970s and early 1980s,…
Sports Law Update: TVZ v Manchester City Football Club [2022] EWHC 7 (QB) (Part 1 of 2)
Vicarious Liability in Sexual Abuse Claims This judgment is essential reading for practitioners specialising in abuse claims. It is also of considerable importance to those who practise in personal injury more broadly. With respect to vicarious liability, it provides guidance on: Introduction In the late…
When cross border practitioners can get around Brexit (and when they can’t): Cooper v Freedom Travel Group and Bank of Scotland (Halifax) [2022] EWCA Civ 1557
On 31st December 2020, the UK-EU transition period ended. This meant that the recast Brussels Convention ceased to apply. The English courts now apply the jurisdictional rules under CPR 6.36 to such cross-border claims, with the result that a would-be claimant must show that (s)he…
Deka Chambers attends University of Law Pupillage Fair
Members of Deka Chambers attended the University of Law’s virtual pupillage fair on 30 November 2022. The event was held by video to increase accessibility and to permit an informal setting for potential applicants to ask any questions they had. 700 students signed up to…
Sports Law Update: Moskowitz v Detox Club 2022 ONSC 4063
Introduction Allegations of negligence against sports instructors often contend that there has a been a failure to warn of specific risks. This can be a powerful argument, particularly where it is agreed that there was no such warning. In Moskowitz v Detox Club 2022 ONSC…
The Dekagram 31st October 2022
It sometimes seems that the law goes through more phases more quickly than our teenage offspring; the Court of Justice of the European Union has recently determined a rash of cases on the interpretation of the Montreal Convention, and now the courts of England and…
Deka Chambers Attends Legal Cheek Pupillage Fair
Barristers from Deka Chambers attended the Legal Cheek pupillage fair on 9 October 2025. We enjoyed meeting all of the prospective applicants who came to speak to us. Two of our junior tenants, Bethany Hutchison and Anirudh Mandagere, answered questions about applying for pupillage and…
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