Ella Davis

In our annual case law update, Conor Kennedy, Ella Davis and Thomas Yarrow take you on a tour of the key cases of 2024, considering the most interesting and significant cases of the year in the areas of personal injury, clinical negligence and travel law….

Webinars
Webinar: 12/12/2024

Judgment handed down in Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police

The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the case of Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33. The appeal concerned whether police responding to an accident on black ice owed a duty to road users who later came upon…

News
23/10/2024

The latest in striking out failure to remove claims

Just a few months after judgment in SZR v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council [2024] EWHC 598 (KB) was handed down, EXE v City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council [2024] EW Misc 20 (CC) is another example of a failed application for strike out/summary judgment…

Articles
20/08/2024

Dekinar: Actions Against the Police – Part 2

In this webinar, Ella Davis and Kerry Nicholson focus on misfeasance, malicious prosecution and HRA claims. Ella provides a recap of how the HRA 1998 works, considering the positive duties it imposes on the police. Kerry covers misfeasance and malicious prosecution. She provides an overview…

Webinars
Webinar: 13/06/2024

Ella Davis returns to chambers following parental leave

We are delighted to welcome Ella Davis back to chambers this week following her parental leave. Ella is a civil practitioner specialising in clinical negligence and personal injury. In addition to a busy court and paperwork practice, she is also frequently instructed in mediations and…

News
23/04/2024

SZR v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council [2024] EWHC 598 (KB)

With CN v Poole Borough Council [2019] UKSC 25 and HXA v Surrey County Council [2023] UKSC 52 having all but closed the door to common law claims (despite the Supreme Court maintaining in HXA that there might be examples of an assumption of responsibility…

Articles, News
25/03/2024

Property Adaptations

After grappling with all the arguments that can arise out of how to compensate a claimant for the need for a new property (how to deal with short life expectancy, what credit to give for properties which would have been purchased in any event and…

Articles
25/05/2023

Personal Injury Briefing: May 2023

In this Deka Chambers Personal Injury Team briefing we are focusing on recent topical developments in the quantum and settlement fields. Hugh Rimmer provides a practical assessment of the case of Barry v MOD, which addressed the correct approach to adjustments for contingencies other than…

Briefings
25/05/2023

The Dekagram 24th April 2023

This week the team look at what some will find a surprising development in the doctrine of novus actus interveniens in the context of medical interventions, and ask whether we’re likely to see an increase in claims against the NHS as a result; and we…

Articles, News
24/04/2023

Dekinar Recording: Causation in Clinical Negligence Claims

In yesterday’s webinar, Paul Stagg, Ella Davis and Susanna Bennett spoke about causation in clinical negligence claims. They covered causation issues which frequently crop up in practice, including: If you missed it, you can view it here:

News
21/04/2023

Dekinar: Causation in Clinical Negligence Claims

In this webinar, Paul Stagg, Ella Davis and Susanna Bennett speak about causation in clinical negligence claims. They cover causation issues which frequently crop up in practice, including: View the slides – Causation in Clinical Negligence Claims

Webinars
Webinar: 14/04/2023

Clinical Negligence Briefing: March 2023

Welcome to the March 2023 edition of the Clinical Negligence briefing. Here, Laura Begley and Ella Davis bring you commentary on some of the notable clinical negligence cases reported over the last few months, touching upon a range of issues from consent and causation, to…

Briefings
22/03/2023

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