We are delighted for 6 of our members to be included within the Recognition List 2025, for undertaking 25 hours or more pro bono work over the last year.
In this week’s Dekagram we bring news of a case involving accusations and counter-accusations, a reminder that when litigating whatever you write or say, you must be prepared to have it read out in the Court of Appeal to an unimpressed Lady Chief Justice. Our…
Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set. We have leading practitioners in civil, family and criminal law. We consider this diversity a real strength in the service we are able to offer our clients. Legal problems often straddle more than one field of law….
This week the team’s been glued to the telly, and in particular SupremeCourtTV, following the progress of Griffiths v TUI as it wends towards its conclusion. Truth be told, we’ve been mildly surprised by the lack of fanfare around the hearing, given that the decision…
Giles Bedloe and Tyrone Smith KC of 25 Bedford Row have secured the acquittal of their client on a charge of murder at Inner London Crown Court. Instructed by Karamjit Singh and Nadeem Afzal of Holborn Law, they successfully argued that their 17 year old…
Another week, another travel alert. Having advised Brits not to travel to Turkey to undergo cheap cosmetic surgery, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued an advisory warning of an outbreak of shigellosis in Cape Verde. Apparently travellers returning from the Santa Maria resort…
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….
Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set. We are proud of the range of market leading expertise we offer across our different practice areas. At the heart of our ethos is celebrating those things that connect us as well as championing our differences. This briefing…
For those with a taste for risk, drama and the elongated nature of the court process, mediation is not for you. If you have an inexhaustible pot of funds to expend on legal costs, including the other side’s – potentially even if you win at…
Giles Bedloe supported his client in winning a successful and hard-fought resolution to a construction dispute following mediation which concluded minutes before midnight. Instructed by Rebecca Roberts of Dean Wilson LLP, the case was both unusual and challenging in that the lifecycle of the litigation…
Giles Bedloe, instructed by Rebecca Roberts of Dean Wilson LLP, has obtained an ex parte freezing injunction in a High Court construction dispute. The injunction was ordered to continue at the return date. The Court was concerned about the risk of asset dissipation, two residential properties being on the market and recently marked…
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