Deka Chambers offers leading silks and juniors practising in travel and cross-border claims, who have been involved in this field of specialism since its inception and who have appeared in most of the key cases in the area.
The team undertakes the full range of cross-border disputes: private international law including cross border clinical negligence, package travel claims, international carriage conventions and contractual recovery. Members are regularly instructed on both sides of the Court, including instructions from consumers, tour operators, airlines, cruise operators, trade associations, tourist boards, charities and insurers (both domestic and overseas). The team frequently deal with high-value, complex and sensitive cases and provides nationwide representation in all civil courts, including the Admiralty Court, Supreme Court and, prior to Brexit, the Court of Justice (EU).
Deka Chambers is the home of the leading textbook in the field, Saggerson on Travel Law and Litigation, as well as Accidents at Sea and A Practical Guide to Cross Border Clinical Negligence Claims. Members of the team have also been invited to participate in policy making in this field, as members of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation panel of experts and of the Admiralty Court Users’ Committee, as well as participating in the invitation-only Air Accessibility Conference and launch of the Air Accessibility Act at the Palace of Westminster.
This week on Halloween we scared ourselves by reading judges’ comments on the late provision of skeleton arguments and on when and if remote hearings are appropriate; and considered a case involving Thomas Cook Airlines, reaching out from beyond the grave and seeking orders concerning…
This week the High Court gave further guidance as to the measures to be adopted when taking evidence from vulnerable witnesses, drawing a clear distinction between the approach taken by the criminal, family and civil courts; a useful reminder that the court systems, although interconnected,…
Another week, another heartfelt thank you from the team for our readers’ support during the Directory Submissions Season – this time for references to Chambers & Partners, which have seen us ranked as a Band 1 set in Travel: Personal Injury, with four ranked silks…
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