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.
Now that the summer seems to be under way at last, the team has dispersed to go crabbing in Skegness, paddling in Bridlington, and of course sampling the amuses on Clacton pier. But before we packed our branded Dekachairs and parasols, we found time for…
This week we look at service of documents, and in particularly originating process and notices to prove documents – what happens when (against our advice) you leave service to the last minute? Spoiler: no good can come of it. On the other hand, if you…
The 3rd edition of Work Accidents at Sea has been published, written by Grahame Aldous KC and Linda Nelson, and contributing author Ben Rodgers. Work Accidents at Sea provides an introduction to the language, law, procedure and practicalities of claims relating to work accidents at…
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