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Personal Injury Claims on behalf of Children Conference in Sheffield – 16 September 2026
We are hosting a half day conference in Sheffield on Personal Injury Claims on behalf of Children. The conference is taking place at Millennium Gallery, 48 Arundel Gate, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2PP. Registration starts at 13:15 and the conference starts at 13:30 –…
We are delighted to welcome Nick Beechey and Nasreen Shah to Deka Chambers
They join us from Great James Street Chambers. Nick is an experienced leading junior, noted for his particular ability to cut through complex issues of fact and law in order to get to the heart of the case. Nick’s practice is in defending clients…
The Dekagram: 13th July 2026
This week Anirudh Mandagere has written a longer briefing on the use by lawyers of artificial intelligence and how to avoid being accused of negligence (it’s not as straightforward as you may think); the link to his briefing is here. Meanwhile Sarah Prager KC draws…
You could be liable for not using AI. Read this article to find out why
The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce have produced a Legal Statement on Liability for AI Harms. Given that very few cases have reached the courts, the Legal Statement provides much-needed guidance to legal advisors and representatives. In this article Anirudh Mandagere sets out the key aspects of…
James Thacker KC prosecutes Murder trial at the Old Bailey
On 7 July 2026 the jury unanimously convicted Kevon Jenkins for the murder of a 22 year old man in Wembley. Detailed analysis of CCTV demonstrated that the defendant travelled from his home address to Wembley Police Station, where he was required to report following…
Deka Chambers Clinical Negligence Conference in Bristol on 8 July 2026
We hosted a Clinical Negligence half day conference on Brain injuries and Functional Neurological Disorders in Bristol. The conference is took place at the M Shed, Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, Bristol BS1 4RN on Wednesday the 8th of July 2026. Registration started at 13:15 and the conference starts at…
A new approach to deprivation of liberty
This month has seen a significant change in how practitioners and courts are to approach deprivations of liberty for both adults and children moving forward with the Supreme Court decision in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under…
Leave to Oppose Adoption: Good Practice Guidance
In this article, Oliver Millington considers R (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption) [2026] EWCA Civ 673, a helpful reminder of guidance to be applied when the court is considering an application for leave to oppose the making of an adoption order. In the recent case…
When is a father not a father?
Oliver Millington looks at the Court of Appeal’s decision in Re J (Loss of Parental Responsibility) [2026] EWCA Civ 344, which provides clear guidance that an unmarried man who is registered on a child’s birth certificate does not acquire parental responsibility unless he is, in…
The Dekagram: 6th July 2026
This week Bethany Hutchison considers a recent Court of Appeal decision on negligence by omission, and Sarah Prager KC examines how to deal with multiparty claims. If you missed the recent dekinar on claims arising from carriage by sea and air presented by Sarah and…
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…
When the Specialists Mark Their Own Homework
RAIB Investigations, Coroners’ Constrained Powers, and Why Families Must Still Press By James Byrne and Giles Mooney KC Introduction The recent collision between two trains at Bedford is a sober reminder of how suddenly lives can be lost on the railway, and of the machinery…
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