On 13 November 2024, Deka Chambers hosted its online pupillage information event. Attendees heard from Louise McCullough about the pupillage application process and what we look for in applicants. Madeleine Miller spoke about the pupillage year and her experience of a mix of areas of…
We will be exhibiting at this year’s Bar Council Pupillage Fair, taking place on Saturday, 19th October at Convene 133 Houndsditch, Liverpool Street, London. We offer two 12 month pupillages each year, with pupils gaining experience across all our areas of civil, criminal and family…
On 11 September 2022, Terence Gillard was crossing the Great West Road in Hounslow in West London when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle. He was taken to hospital and died of his injuries one week later. Although the location of his death is…
Yesterday, Cyrus Katrak and William Dean delivered a training session on the calculation and quantification of losses to Kennedys Law in London, with a focus on the application of the Ogden Tables and related litigation strategy. Cyrus spoke on the history and use of the…
Solicitors’ Assumption of Responsibility: Miller v Irwin Mitchell LLP [2023] EWCA Civ 53 There was good news for travel solicitors this week, with the Court of Appeal giving judgment for the solicitors in Miller v Irwin Mitchell. The Claimant was injured on a package holiday to…
Deka Chambers hosted its online pupillage open event on 27 November 2023. We were delighted to welcome over 130 prospective applicants to hear about our application process and the work of barristers at our common law (mixed practice) set. Claire Harden-Frost, one of our Heads…
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…
Yesterday, William Dean, joint Head of Pupillage at Deka Chambers, spoke on the panel at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy’s Securing Pupillage webinar. The event was an opportunity for students and prospective applicants to learn about the application process and to ask questions….
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…
Another week, another travel alert. Having advised Brits not to travel to Turkey to undergo cheap cosmetic surgery, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued an advisory warning of an outbreak of shigellosis in Cape Verde. Apparently travellers returning from the Santa Maria resort…
William Dean has been appointed as Co-Chair of the Bar Representation Committee, in which capacity he will also be a member of the General Management Committee of the Bar Council. The Bar Representation Committee deals with member services and income and revenue opportunities, including the…
Today at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court, District Judge King fined Shazan Foods Ltd (formerly 1Stop Halal Ltd) for 10 offences of failing to comply with standards set out in animal welfare legislation. The offences related to incidents on six dates when, at the company’s slaughterhouse at…
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