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Liability for Personal Injury in Carriage by Sea and Air: Is Everything We Thought We Knew Wrong?
Following the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C 629/24, MH v Costa Crociere SpA we ask whether the basis for claims against sea and air carriers will now shift from the Athens and Montreal Conventions (with their two…
Civil Claims for Child Sexual Abuse – the New Limitation Provisions
Section 96 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 implements a proposal of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse by introducing new provisions into the Limitation Act 1980 in relation to claims for child sexual abuse. Paul Stagg KC (who successfully defended the claims…
Court of Protection Practice after Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference [2026] UKSC 16
The recent ruling by the Supreme Court has reversed over a decade of understanding deprivation of liberty. This Dekinar focuses on the impact of the judgment for those involved in Court of Protection proceedings as well as practical tips on how to navigate the new…
Annual Case Law Update 2025
In our annual case law update, barristers Sarah Prager KC, Laura Hibberd and Ella Davis take you on a tour of the key cases of 2025, considering the most interesting and significant cases of the year in the areas of travel law, personal injury, and…
Defending Age Assessment Challenges: A Guide for Local Authorities
Age Assessment challenges are among the most difficult judicial review challenges faced by local authorities. In this Dekinar, Dr Russell Wilcox and Anirudh Mandagere consider how to defend such challenges both at the judicial review stage and at the Upper Tribunal. You can access the…
Virtual Pupillage Event 2025
At this free online (video) event attendees heard about pupillage at Deka Chambers, a common law (mixed practice) set of chambers based in London, and had the chance to have their questions answered. Our barristers, both more junior and more established, explained what pupillage at…
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…
Dekinar: Building Accommodation Claims
Accommodation costs are among the most difficult heads of loss for clinical negligence practitioners. In this Dekinar, David Thomson and Anirudh Mandagere consider how to build accommodation claims in clinical negligence cases from the perspective of the approach and aims of both claimants and defendants,…
Dekinar: Civil Fraud and Credit Hire (Perils of Expert PI Evidence / Credit Hire Update)
In this Dekinar, Roger André talk about the perils of expert evidence by discussing case law and duties of expert witnesses. Robert Parkin’s talk focuses on: – cases relating to the recoverability of credit hire charges as against third parties, – the enforceability of parts…
AI and Professional Negligence: the next challenge
In this Dekinar Conor Kennedy and Francesca O’Neill and will consider some of the most recent breakthroughs in AI technology as it might affect the practical daily lives of lawyers. We have not yet seen a slew of professional negligence claims arising from the use…
Update on Local Standards in Foreign Accident Claims
In the aftermath of the recent decisions in cross border claims, Sarah Prager KC and Julia Brechtelsbauer discuss: We welcome audience participation; if you have any questions for Sarah and Julia, please either let us have them in advance, or come armed with your trickiest local standards issues for…
Dekinar: Police Negligence Liability: an Update
In this webinar Paul Stagg KC talks about recent developments in the liability of the police in negligence, including the decisions in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police v Woodcock, and Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. Richard Collier then considers tasers and the…
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