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Just Stop Oil protestors found guilty of throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh painting
Francesca Kolar has successfully prosecuted two Just Stop Oil protestors who threw tomato soup onto Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ painting. Today Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland have been found guilty of criminal damage, following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, when they threw two tins…
Deka Chambers takes part in London Legal Walk
Our team of 15 walkers took part in yesterday’s London Legal Support Trust Legal Walk. The team joined tens of thousands of walkers who come together to raise funds and awareness and help support over 100 free legal advice charities, including Advocate and Free Representation Unit (FRU). Please…
Dekinar Recording: Maternity & Birth Injury Claims – Legal Update
With the announcement of the Spring Budget in March 2024 the Government has pledged to invest £35 million to boost maternity safety and improve maternity services across England, and a further £9 million to prevent avoidable brain injuries in childbirth. NHS Resolution reports that maternity-related…
Deka Chambers celebrates International Women’s Day 2024
To mark International Women’s Day 2024, four of our barristers have been discussing some of the key issues that affect women at the Bar today. Laura Johnson KC (Call: 2001 | Silk: 2022) – Laura’s practice is focused on claims that are high value, complex…
The Dekagram: 19th February 2024
Defective Service, and the mandatory provisions of CPR 11 Travel Law practitioners will be familiar with the difficulties involve with service of the claim form out of the jurisdiction, which have been exacerbated post Brexit. The issues of jurisdiction following defective service, and the requirement…
Secondary Victim Claims – Where are we now?
The Supreme Court decision in Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1 was eagerly anticipated because of the impact it was likely to have on claims arising in a clinical setting. What was not anticipated was that the Supreme Court would take the…
Deka Chambers attends University of Law pupillage fair event
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…
The Dekagram: 23rd October 2023
As we’ve remarked before, it’s a quirky feature of travel and cross border claims that you wait ages for, say, a decision on jurisdiction, and then three or four come along at once. This week Francesca Kolar looks at two remarkably similar cases on Torpedoes,…
Deka Chambers attends Pupillage Fair
Deka Chambers was delighted to attend the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair on Saturday 14 October 2023. We met a large number of potential applicants, who we hope were interested to learn about the multiple areas of practice we offer to pupils and the high quality…
The Dekagram: 22nd May 2023
This week the team was aghast to read an extremely surprising judgment interpreting Regulation (EU) No.261/2004 (‘the Denied Boarding Regulation’). No, not the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the pilot death cases (discussed below) – but the extraordinary decision…
Supervision Orders: Recommendations to Achieve Best Practice by the Public Law Working Group
The Public Law Working Group’s supervision order sub-group was established to consider how supervision orders could be made more robust and effective. Their final report was published in April 2023. A variety of professionals with considerable experience in child protection and family justice formed the…
Members of Chambers upgraded on the CPS Advocate Panel list
We are delighted to announce that several members of Chambers have been upgraded on the CPS Advocate Panel list. Giles Bedloe and Jennifer Newcomb upgraded to Level 4 in the fraud specialist panel for the CPS. Laura Hibberd upgraded to Level 3 on CPS list….
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