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Welcome to the Spring Clinical Negligence Briefing. It has been a busy start to 2024 for Deka’s clinical negligence team. We are delighted that two members of the team were appointed as silks in March 2024 (Paul Stagg KC and Edward Lamb…
This week’s Dekagram brings to our readers’ attention an interesting Court of Appeal decision on incorporation of standard terms via website tickbox – the conclusion seemingly likely to favour those travel agents and tour operators who seek to argue in favour of…
In yesterday’s webinar Kerry Nicholson and Richard Collier, along with Jatinder Paul, Partner at Irwin Mitchell who represented Mr Griffiths, discussed the impact of this landmark decision.
The speakers provided the facts of the case and its long journey through the courts…
As you know, we keep a weather eye on what’s going on in other jurisdictions; often developments internationally can inform and sometimes even influence our own domestic law. We wonder whether the recent increase in the personal injury discount rate from -0.25%…
An unusual, complicated and interesting case which confronts the delicate conflict between religious belief and inclusive secular education.
Earlier this year HHJ Lethem handed down judgment in Montague, a case that generated a good deal of press coverage. In this article Richard…
Last week we were asking ourselves whether the courts’ introduction of artificial intelligence is imminent. This week we read that the time it takes to bring a claim to trial has reached an all-time high of just under 80 weeks, up six…
The big news this week is that, as foreshadowed by Roderick Abbott
Excalibur & Keswick Groundworks Ltd v McDonald [2023] EWCA Civ 18
The issue
How to approach setting aside of a Notice of Discontinuance pursuant to CPR 38.4 and the interpretation of the phrase “likely to obstruct the just disposal of the proceedings”,…
Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set. We are proud of the range of market leading expertise we offer across our different practice areas. At the heart of our ethos is celebrating those things that connect us as well as championing…
