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Secondary Victim Claims – Where are we now?
The Supreme Court decision in Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1 was eagerly anticipated because of the impact it was likely to have on claims arising in a clinical setting. What was not anticipated was that the Supreme Court would take the…
Deka Chambers attends University of Law pupillage fair event
Barristers from Deka Chambers were delighted to attend the University of Law’s online pupillage fair on 21 November 2023. During the event, students on the Bar Course were able to meet practising barristers to ask about our various practice areas and to learn more about…
The Dekagram: 23rd October 2023
As we’ve remarked before, it’s a quirky feature of travel and cross border claims that you wait ages for, say, a decision on jurisdiction, and then three or four come along at once. This week Francesca Kolar looks at two remarkably similar cases on Torpedoes,…
Deka Chambers attends Pupillage Fair
Deka Chambers was delighted to attend the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair on Saturday 14 October 2023. We met a large number of potential applicants, who we hope were interested to learn about the multiple areas of practice we offer to pupils and the high quality…
The Dekagram: 22nd May 2023
This week the team was aghast to read an extremely surprising judgment interpreting Regulation (EU) No.261/2004 (‘the Denied Boarding Regulation’). No, not the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the pilot death cases (discussed below) – but the extraordinary decision…
Supervision Orders: Recommendations to Achieve Best Practice by the Public Law Working Group
The Public Law Working Group’s supervision order sub-group was established to consider how supervision orders could be made more robust and effective. Their final report was published in April 2023. A variety of professionals with considerable experience in child protection and family justice formed the…
Crime Briefing: February 2023
Welcome to the first edition of the Crime Briefing which focuses on the topical area of protest law and legislative changes as a result of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, with articles from Francesca Kolar and Madeleine Miller. Tom Little KC appeared…
Members of Chambers upgraded on the CPS Advocate Panel list
We are delighted to announce that several members of Chambers have been upgraded on the CPS Advocate Panel list. Giles Bedloe and Jennifer Newcomb upgraded to Level 4 in the fraud specialist panel for the CPS. Laura Hibberd upgraded to Level 3 on CPS list….
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…
9 Gough Chambers Congratulates Francesca Kolar on Tenancy
9 Gough Chambers is delighted to announce that Francesca Kolar has accepted an offer of tenancy. Francesca was previously with us as a third six pupil and during that time she developed a busy practice in all our areas of work. We wish her every…
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