This week Julia Brechtelsbauer grapples with the continuing issues around taking evidence from abroad, and examines a case which illustrates well the problems, both legal and practical, that can arise when dealing with witnesses located in another jurisdiction. Meanwhile, Andrew Spencer asks whether UK law…
Last month saw an additional twist in the litigation currently under way in the English courts between pilots and their employers resulting from what the pilots claim to have been exposure to toxic fumes in aircraft cockpits. The trial in the case is expected to…
The ALARM South Conference is taking place on 23rd to 25th February 2025 in Slough. The conference is packed with presentations and workshops, including a session on School Trips from Sarah Prager KC and Andrew Spencer. They will be considering the law relating to school trips, within…
Join us at The Hoxton, Holborn on Thursday, 13th February 2025 for our half day conference on Accidents and Deaths Abroad. We are delighted that we will be joined by Sir Peter Thornton KC, Former Chief Coroner of England and Wales, for a talk on…
Welcome to the Deka Chambers January Briefing where we draw once again upon our multi-disciplinary expertise to deliver a series of articles which examine key themes in litigation. For this edition we consider Best Evidence. Success at trial is often as much about enabling clients…
This week we bring you a further example of the dangers associated with the use of artificial intelligence in litigation, without the tempering effect of any checks or balances. As more and more of these example come to light, we can expect the courts to…
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…
This week the team turns its attention to flying for leisure, and in particular the Regulation 12 right to a refund – and, perhaps more esoterically, whether such flights can ever be justified at all. We do hope so, because we will be flying to…
Our team of 15 walkers took part in yesterday’s London Legal Support Trust Legal Walk. The team joined tens of thousands of walkers who come together to raise funds and awareness and help support over 100 free legal advice charities, including Advocate and Free Representation Unit (FRU). Please…
We’ve said it before, and no doubt will again: you wait ages for a jurisdiction challenge to come along, and then a bunch of them come along at once. The post-Brexit avalanche of challenges continues unabated, this week seeing cases involving highly unusual facts from…
The duty to warn guests of risks seen (with the benefit of hindsight) as being obvious has evolved significantly over the twenty years since the House of Lords (as it then was) handed down judgment in the seminal case of Tomlinson v Congleton BC [2003]…
Welcome to the latest Deka Chambers Personal Injury Team briefing. In this edition we will be looking at ‘The Discount Rate,’ ‘Third Party Costs Orders in Credit Hire’ and hot off the press, the recently published 17th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for the…
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