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Matthew Chapman KC, Sarah Prager KC and Conor Kennedy are speaking at the APIL International Injuries Conference 2025
Sarah Prager KC will be chairing the APIL’s International Injuries Conference in the afternoon, and Matthew Chapman KC and Conor Kennedy will be speaking. The conference takes place in London on the 28th of November 2025. Matthew’s talk is titled: Stade de France Judgment Conor’s…
Cyrus Katrak and William Dean deliver training on Ogden tables
On 26 November 2025, Cyrus Katrak and William Dean delivered training on the Ogden Tables, calculating losses and litigation strategy to lawyers at the Medical and Dentistry Defence Union of Scotland at the MDDUS’s London office. Cyrus spoke about the proper use of the Ogden…
Tom Restall appointed Circuit Judge
The King has appointed Tom Restall to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice…
Liability of police for injuries caused by pursued vehicles – ASB v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
A claim brought by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau and two Article 75 insurers against the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis was abandoned on November 19th 2025 during the closing stages of the trial before Ritchie J in the High Court. The anonymised claimant, ASB,…
Virtual Pupillage Event 2025 – Recording
On 19 November 2025, Deka Chambers hosted its online pupillage information event. In this webinar attendees heard about pupillage at Deka Chambers, a common law (mixed practice) set of chambers based in London. Three Deka Chambers barristers, Eleanor Mawrey, Ben Rodgers and Madeleine Miller, explained…
Deka Chambers takes part in the Great legal Bake
Deka Chambers is taking part in the London Legal Support Trust and the Access to Justice Foundation’s Great Legal Bake, raising money in aid of free legal advice charities. Our winning cake was baked by Megan Bithel-Vaughan who retained the title from last year. Many…
Dominique Smith instructed in an inquest concerning a homicide
Dominique was instructed by Tom Sampford and Rosie Brown from Trowers & Hamlin to represent Homes in Somerset in an inquest into the death of man who was killed by his neighbour. The BBC has written about the inquest here.
Breeze and Wilson v Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary [2025] EWHC 2684
The High Court has dismissed a multi million pound claim for malicious prosecution and misfeasance in public office against Norfolk police. The claims arose out of the unsuccessful criminal prosecution of two owners of Cawston Park hospital, a private mental health facility, in 2009. Cotter…
Deka Chambers top ranked in Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2026
We are proud to have retained our top ranking in the latest edition of the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide, with 97 barrister rankings across 15 practice areas. We are ranked as band 1 in the fields of Personal Injury and Travel: International Personal…
The Building Safety Regulator’s first injunction
Deakins Yard is a development in Staffordshire that was intended to provide student accommodation. Its developers, however, did not follow the necessary route to achieve completion and sign off from the new Building Safety Regulator in relation to this Higher Risk Building. Nevertheless, the developer…
Case Note: Liability Decision in O’Connell v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 2301
Theodore Bunce writes about the decision in O’Connell v Ministry of Defence [2025]. The Claimant, a gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery, suffered a serious shoulder injury during a riding lesson at the King’s Troop when the horse she was riding bucked and unseated her….
Thom Dyke acts for Cambridgeshire Police in “grotesque” WhatsApp misconduct case
Six police officers with Cambridgeshire Police were found to have committed gross misconduct as a result of their participation in a WhatsApp group chat. The group was uncovered following an investigation carried out by Cambridgeshire Police and is one of the largest collective misconduct cases in the…
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