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An update on medical tourism claims: Ashamu v Get Slim in Turkey [2025] EWHC (QB)
This case note by Dominique Smith, who acted for the claimants, explains the factual basis of this cross-border clinical negligence claim and provides analysis about the significance of the judgment. Dominique was instructed by Phil Banks, Carly McGill and Daniella Preger of Irwin Mitchell. Last week,…
Kyah Mufti, Thomas Clarke and Max Melsa’s update of The Advocate’s Gateway Toolkit published
The updated version of “Toolkit 13 – Vulnerable Witnesses in the Family Courts” is now available online and can be accessed here. It also includes a new Crib Sheet for ease of access. The toolkit provides guidance and advice as to how to approach proceedings where…
The Dekagram: 2nd February 2026
In this week’s Dekagram Bethany Hutchison considers the consequences of failing to acknowledge service, failing to apply for permission to be heard on an application for summary judgment, and failing to attend the hearing of the application. Spoiler: it didn’t go well for the defendant…
Dominique Smith Featured in LexisNexis Video
We’re delighted to share that Dominique Smith was recently interviewed by LexisNexis for their Future of the Bar series. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dominique explores: • How the Bar is responding to change and innovation • The growing importance of wellbeing in a high-pressure profession • The real-world…
A New Case Concerning Transparency and the Scope of PD12R FPR 2010
A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2025] EWHC 3498 (Fam) This judgment of Mrs Justice Lieven, handed down on 2 December 2025, concerns the scope of a Transparency Order in ongoing care proceedings and, in particular, whether an NHS hospital trust may be…
Deka Chambers has been recognised in The Lawyer’s Top Appeals 2026
Francesca O’Neill has been instructed by the CILEX Support Group Core to intervene in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys, which is recognised by The Lawyer in its list of Top Appeals 2026. The list highlights the most high profile and significant appeals this year. The…
The Dekagram: 26th January 2026
This week we welcome Imogen Todd to the Dekagram team. Imogen, who was taken on as a tenant in October, brings news of an important Supreme Court decision on ex turpi causa (the illegality defence), in which no fewer than three members of chambers were…
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Eleanor Mawrey has been awarded the rank of King’s Counsel
It is with great pleasure that Deka Chambers announces that Eleanor Mawrey has been appointed as King’s Counsel in the Ministry of Justice’s new Silk appointments published today, 23rd of January 2026. Eleanor Mawrey is an experienced barrister practising in serious crime and is ranked in the Financial…
Thom Dyke prosecutes dangerous rapist sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment
Thom Dyke was instructed by the CPS to prosecute a man accused of a nine-year campaign of rape and sexual abuse against his young daughter. He was convicted after standing trial at the Crown Court at Croydon last September. Passing a sentence of thirty years’ imprisonment,…
Success for Andrew Warnock KC, Jack Harding and Gurion Taussig in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that claims for compensation by a man who killed three people, but was acquitted by a jury in the Crown Court on the grounds of insanity, are barred by the doctrine of illegality. The Claimant, Mr Lewis-Ranwell, sought damages from…
The Dekagram: 19th January 2026
In this week’s Dekagram Dominique Smith examines a recent decision of the Court of Appeal considering and endorsing 90:10 split liability offers (contrary to the received wisdom following the decision of the High Court in Mundy v TUI [2023] EWHC 385 (Ch); and Robbie Parkin…
Kerry Nicholson writes about Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the implications for secondary victims in cross border cases for the Journal of Personal Injury Law
Kerry analyses Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the Supreme Court’s attempt to impose coherence on decades of caselaw from McLoughlin, Alcock and Frost through Walters, Shorter and Ronayne. She then asks the hard question for modern travel law practitioners: what, if anything, can claimants do…
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