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Deka Chambers presents mock trial for Hastings Direct
Yesterday, Deka Chambers, in collaboration with HF, presented a mock trial and an appeal for Hastings Direct in Bexhill. The trial concerned non tariff injury inflation, claims layering and fundamental dishonesty. The proceedings were presented by Roger André, Simon Trigger and Bernard Pressman. Brendan Hill…
Dekinar: Non-Party Costs Orders and Fundamental Dishonesty Updates
In this webinar, Simon Trigger provides an update on non-party costs orders. He considers case law concerning non-party costs orders and the circumstances in which a costs order can be pursued against a party other than the claimant in credit hire and low value personal…
Bernard Pressman secures six-figure settlement after children die in fire
A mother has been paid a six-figure settlement from a TV manufacturer following a fire in which both her two young children died. 40 firefighters tackled the blaze at the family home in Cambridgeshire in December 2020. Jade Horton survived, having jumped from a second…
A team from Deka participated in The Push
A team of six from Deka Chambers – Laura Johnson KC, Sabrina Hartshorn, Esther Pounder, Bernard Pressman, Conor Kennedy and Tom Priest – joined forces with a team from Slater and Gordon this weekend to participate in The Push. The Push is Back Up Trust’s…
Personal Injury Briefing: June 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of the Deka Personal Injury team briefing. In this edition we will be focusing on ‘Witness Statements’ and ‘Fundamental Dishonesty and Indemnity Costs.’ Laura Hibberd provides some very helpful guidance through a series of ‘cautionary tales.’ It may be said…
Martin Warren v Yesss (A) Electrical Limited
In Martin Warren v Yesss (A) Electrical Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 24 the following question was asked: what is the correct test to apply when a party makes a late application for expert evidence in a new discipline (not addressed in previous directions)? In a…
Indivisible Injury and the Material Contribution Test
Summary 1. In Michael Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377 the Court of Appeal, in something of a tour d’horizon of the relevant authorities, revisited the “material contribution” test in the context of an indivisible disease or injury – that is an…
Non-Party Costs Orders and Credit Hire Companies
Introduction This article discusses a recent case where I was instructed to act on behalf of an insurer defendant in an application for a non-party costs order against a credit hire company which had provided a claimant with a vehicle on credit hire. The matter…
The Dekagram 28th November 2022
Following the collapse of Thomas Cook we brought a number of claims under s.75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 against credit card suppliers in relation to the tour operator’s alleged breach of contract. All very satisfactory, and a neat way of recovering damages where…
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