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Today the Court of Appeal (with the Lady Chief Justice presiding) handed down an important judgment following an Attorney General’s Reference on a point of law which concerned the scope and effect of the defence contained within section 5(2)(a) of the Criminal…
Chambers is delighted to announce that Tom Little KC has been appointed as a Justice of the British Indian Ocean Territory Court of Appeal.
Following an open competition Tom Little KC has been appointed as a Justice of the British Indian Ocean…
Chambers is delighted to announce that Tom Little KC has been appointed as First Senior Treasury Counsel by the Attorney General from 1st April 2024. This follows on from his last 6 years as Senior Treasury Counsel at the Central Criminal Court….
On 21st December 2023 following a three week trial before Bryan J and a jury at the Old Bailey Joshua Jacques was convicted of having murdered his girlfriend, her Mother, her Grandmother and her Step Grandfather. The case involved difficult issues of…
On 31st July 2023 Lady Justice Carr (soon to become the next Lord Chief Justice) gave judgment in a case in which lengthy prison sentences were upheld for those undertaking a Just Stop Oil protest on the QEII Bridge on the M25….
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for 5 awards in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Chambers, Members of Chambers, and our Clerking Team have all received nominations.
Shortlisted Categories:
Personal Injury Set of the YearPersonal Injury…
Chambers is delighted that following a string of successful and high profile trials and appeals in the last year Tom Little KC has been commended in the Barrister of the Year category at The Lawyer Awards 2023.
This podcast contains references to sexual violence.
In February, David Carrick received 36 life sentences for an ‘unrestrained campaign of rape and abuse of women’.
A week later, Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty to 3 offences of indecent exposure, reported days before Sarah…
Chambers is delighted that following a string of successful and high profile trials and appeals in the last year that Tom Little KC is one of only eight barristers shortlisted by The Lawyer Magazine as Barrister of the Year.
The winners…
On the 7th of February 2022 Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb sentenced David Carrick at the conclusion of a two day sentencing hearing. Carrick was prosecuted by Tom Little KC and Claire Harden-Frost of Deka Chambers.
In her sentencing remarks the Judge praised the…