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Simon Trigger successful in obtaining £20,000 Exemplary Damages in Credit Hire Fraud case
Simon Trigger, instructed by Morgan Davies of HF Solicitors, represented Hastings Direct, in the case of Advantage Insurance Company Limited v Arrow Car Hire UK London Ltd and Mr Vinayak Soman. The case concerned motor insurance fraud undertaken by the First Defendant and Second Defendant…
Amelia Katz instructed in successful prosecution of Chinese prostitution Organised Crime Group
Amelia Katz, led by Andrew Bousfield of Rose Court Chambers was instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service Complex Case work Unit in a major case involving a Chinese prostitution Organised Crime Group. Andrew and Amelia secured convictions against all three Defendants for controlling prostitution and…
Tom Collins and Dominique Smith appointed as Deputy District Judges
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Lady Chief Justice, The Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has appointed both Tom Collins and Dominique Smith to sit as a Deputy District Judges on the South Eastern Circuit. They will continue their practices alongside their…
Stuart McKechnie KC is shortlisted for ‘Personal Injury Silk of the Year’ at Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards 2025
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Stuart McKechnie KC has been nominated at the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2025 for ‘Personal Injury Silk of the Year’. This nomination marks another excellent year for Stuart working on behalf of those who have suffered injuries of…
Edward Lamb KC shortlisted for Family Law KC of the year at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards 2025
Chambers are delighted to announce that Edward Lamb KC has been shortlisted for Family Law KC of the year at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards 2025. The award ceremony is to be held in November 2025. This prestigious shortlisting sits alongside Edward’s other nomination…
Deka Chambers barristers appointed to Attorney General’s Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown
We are delighted to announce that Jennie Oborne and Francesca O’Neill have been appointed to Attorney General’s B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown, and Anirudh Mandagere as Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel). They are appointed to the Panel for a period…
Dominique Smith represented the family of Leslie Green at the inquest into his death, which happened while on holiday in Spain
An inquest has concluded that the death of a British man who died in Spain was as a result of contracting salmonella from partially cooked chicken he ate whilst on holiday. Dominique Smith represented the deceased’s family. She was instructed by Jennifer Hodgson and Jatinder Paul of…
Bethany Hutchison joins us as a tenant
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Bethany Hutchison joins us as a tenant from today, 1 August 2025, having accepted an offer of tenancy following successful completion of a third six pupillage. Bethany brings a valuable breadth of experience to Deka Chambers; she transferred…
Anirudh Mandagere questions witnesses at the Paterson Inquests
Anirudh Mandagere is instructed as counsel to the inquest into the deaths of patients of Mr. Ian Paterson. He is led by Jonathan Jones KC, Briony Ballard and Scott Matthewson, and is instructed by Sarah Huntbach of Higgs LLP. He has questioned witnesses on behalf…
We are advertising for third six pupils
We are seeking up to three third six pupils to assist in meeting an ever-expanding base of work and as an opportunity to develop a common law practice at the Bar with a view to tenancy. Each successful applicant will be someone who: For further…
Stuart McKechnie KC acted as leading counsel to secure a £14m settlement for a motorbike rider who experienced complications after a spinal cord injury
In July 2022, the client was involved in a road traffic collision while riding his motorcycle, resulting in a high-level spinal cord injury classified as T1 complete paraplegia. One-year post-accident, he was diagnosed with a post-traumatic spinal cord syrinx, an uncommon but serious complication that…
James Thacker KC prosecutes Metropolitan Police Officer for two Rapes
Jake Cummings, a police officer working for the Metropolitan Police, was unanimously convicted by a jury of raping two women following a nine-day trial at St. Albans Crown Court. He had been in controlling and coercive relationships with the women and thereafter stalked them. He…
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