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.
A commonly encountered question for those dealing with claims concerning injury suffered by aircraft passengers is whether or not the accident leading to the injury occurred in the course of embarkation or disembarkation. Whilst tempting to think this might be a simple question with a…
This week’s Dekagram is all about cancellations and delays – what happens when a package holiday is cancelled, what happens when a flight is delayed due to the behaviour of a passenger. Both sets of circumstances are giving rise to increasing numbers of claims, in…
We are pleased to be event partners at the ABTA Travel Regulations Conference, taking place in London on 18th November 2024. The one-day conference provides a comprehensive day of essential updates on the key regulatory challenges in the travel industry. As the industry faces a new…
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