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Deka Chambers Clinical Negligence Conference in Bristol on 8 July 2026
We are hosting a Clinical Negligence half day conference on Brain injuries and Functional Neurological Disorders in Bristol. The conference is taking place at the M Shed, Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, Bristol BS1 4RN on Wednesday the 8th of July 2026. Registration starts at 13:15 and the conference starts…
Deka Chambers at Alarm South Conference 2026
The ALARM South Conference is taking place the 2nd and 3rd of March in Slough. We will also have an exhibition stand at the event, staffed by Clark Chessis and David Barrow. Do come and say hello if you’re attending. We will be at stand…
Annual Case Law Update 2025
In our annual case law update, barristers Sarah Prager KC, Laura Hibberd and Ella Davis take you on a tour of the key cases of 2025, considering the most interesting and significant cases of the year in the areas of travel law, personal injury, and…
Dekinar: Annual Case Law Update 2024
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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