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Max Melsa appears in Court of Appeal in Re D (Children: Interim Care Order: Hair Strand Testing) [2024] EWCA Civ 498
Max Melsa represented the children, through their Children’s Guardian, in the first case to reach the Court of Appeal specifically dealing with the interpretation of Hair-Strand Tests in care proceedings. The appeal was made by the mother against the interim separation of three children from…
Deka Chambers launches new website
We are excited to unveil our new website. Deka Chambers launched in 2022 as a forward thinking, modern and inclusive set that aimed to break with convention, offering our clients the range, scale and depth to lead the most complex cases, with a client-centred personal…
Jay Levell promoted to Assistant Practice Manager
We are delighted that Jay Levell has been promoted to Assistant Practice Manager, effective today, 8th May. Jay joined Chambers in 2022 as Junior Clerk. As Assistant Practice Manager his responsibilities will increase to include diary management, attending listing appointments, and assisting with the day-to-day…
Interim / Immediate Suspension Orders and Sanction post Aga and Adil: A Search for Ultimate Meaning
In The General Dental Council v Manori Balachandra (2 May 2024), the first case before the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) to consider the principles in Aga v GDC [2023] EWHC 3208 (Admin) and Adil v GMC [2023] EWCA Civ 1261 following remittance to the PCC…
Stuart McKechnie KC secures settlement of just under £15 million in complex cerebral palsy case
As a result of negligent treatment during birth, the Claimant suffered hypoxic brain damage causing mild Cerebral Palsy and global developmental delay. The case was complicated by the fact that the Claimant, who is now 14 years of age, comes from a Traveller family and…
Ella Davis returns to chambers following parental leave
We are delighted to welcome Ella Davis back to chambers this week following her parental leave. Ella is a civil practitioner specialising in clinical negligence and personal injury. In addition to a busy court and paperwork practice, she is also frequently instructed in mediations and…
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…
The Dekagram: 8th April 2024
This week we bring you news of one of those applications that has it all – a jurisdictional challenge, a dispute over standing, and an objection to substitution of a party. When sorrows come, they come not in single spies, but in battalions, as good…
The Dekagram: 2nd April 2024
Rainer Hughes Solicitors v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd, Karadag, Ilieva [2024] EWHC 585 (KB) In a recent case Martin Spencer J dismissed an appeal from His Honour Judge Monty KC, who (it was held) had been entitled to order a firm of solicitors to…
Deka Chambers delivers training on the Ogden Tables
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…
SZR v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council [2024] EWHC 598 (KB)
With CN v Poole Borough Council [2019] UKSC 25 and HXA v Surrey County Council [2023] UKSC 52 having all but closed the door to common law claims (despite the Supreme Court maintaining in HXA that there might be examples of an assumption of responsibility…
The Dekagram: 25th March 2024
Chilton v Payne [2024] EWHC 451 (Admin) In a case which will be of interest to all practitioners undertaking claims arising out of cosmetic surgery, Henshaw J recently dismissed an appeal in a claim founded on allegedly poorly provided aftercare following abdominoplasty. The Facts The…
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