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In yesterday’s webinar James Holmes-Milner and Francesca O’Neill looked at some of the most recent decisions on scope, and examined the impact of the decisions in Miller v Irwin Mitchell, Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP, and Percy v Merriman…
Deka Chambers will be inviting applications from candidates for pupillage in line with the Bar Council timetable. Applications will be accepted from 4 January to 8 February 2023.
We are advertising for up to three vacancies: one to commence in October 2023;…
Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set. We are proud of the range of market leading expertise we offer across our different practice areas. At the heart of our ethos is celebrating those things that connect us as well as championing…
We are delighted to announce that Deka Chambers and 66 members are ranked in 14 practice areas in Legal 500.
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Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud: ‘A very good set with a…
In Daniel Khan v Taylor Haldane Barlex Solicitors, the Claimant brought a claim in professional negligence against his former representatives alleging that they had failed to properly advise him as to the terms of a restraining order precluding contact with his children…
In this webinar yesterday, Francesca O’Neill and Henk Soede dealt with the assessment of damages in professional liability cases and, in particular, in the personal injury and conveyancing context.
They addressed the basic legal principles, worked through various illustrative case studies and…
In their webinar yesterday Sarah Prager and Ian Clarke looked at GDPR, data protection and privacy issues, bringing you right up to date with recent developments in the law relating to data protection and misuse of information.
If you missed it, you…
Professionals’ scope of duty examined at trial: some thoughts
Harry v Curtis Law LLP (“CWC”)
HHJ Mitchell
Since SAAMCO, and latterly MBS v Grant Thornton [2021] UKSC 20, lawyers generally think that they understand how arguments on the scope of duty for…
Andrew Ritchie QC, representing 17 of the families involved in the Tunisia beach massacre at the Inquest, said: “There is a line of thinking from the families that the FCO may have failed in their responsibility to the 60,000 British citizens who…
On the 28th October 2015, Mrs Justice Laing dismissed an appeal by the Claimant from an order of the Designated Circuit Judge at Central London County Court in the case of Fahy-v-PCS Union and Thompsons Solicitors (Lawtel AC9401825).
The Claimant sought…
