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Deka Chambers supports ‘An Evening with Cerebra’
On Thursday 3 October, Deka Chambers supported ‘An Evening with Cerebra’ hosted by Bolt Burdon Kemp. Cerebra is a National Charity that supports families of children with brain injuries and other brain conditions. Barristers, solicitors, case managers and other professionals met over drinks and canapes to…
Guide to MIB Claims published
Now in its 5th edition, Guide to MIB Claims: Uninsured and Untraced Drivers provides practical advice that all personal injury litigators handling RTA cases involving untraced and uninsured drivers need. Written by Jeremy Ford, Perrin Gibbons and Helen Pooley this edition has been comprehensively revised…
Members taking part in Cycle for Smart Works Challenge
Ten members of chambers are taking part in the Cycle for Smart Works challenge, raising vital funds this International Women’s Day. There are two teams of five, with each team cycling 500 miles between 1st – 8th March. Team Deka-Gones – Laura Johnson KC, Laura…
Deka Briefing: Workplace Liabilities
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…
Stuart McKechnie QC and Helen Pooley settle birth brain injury claim for capital equivalent of just under £33.2 million
Stuart McKechnie QC and Helen Pooley have settled a long running birth brain injury claim for £11.8 million plus PPOs of £315,000 rising to £345,000 across the Claimant’s lifetime. This case was viewed by all of experts involved as uniquely complex, with the Claimant’s hugely…
Helen Pooley considers the decision in Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK [2019] EWHC 842
We might still be seven months away from the beginning of the festive period 2019 but those that are already thinking about their work Christmas parties might be interested in this recent High Court decision.
Helen Pooley successful in appeal by way of case stated to the High Court
Helen Pooley was instructed in a premises licencing case that was originally heard by a magistrates court earlier this year.
Helen Pooley reviews a Court of Appeal decision that reminds practitioners of the importance of the ‘Montgomery’ test
The Claimant child was born in January 2003. He had profound physical and cognitive impairment which had been caused by a brain injury.
A Coroner’s power to order disclosure of documents: what happens when independent bodies have overlapping investigatory jurisdictions?
Helen Pooley looks at the High Court decision in R (on the application of Secretary of State for Transport) (Claimant) v HM Senior Coroner for Norfolk (Defendant) & British Airline Pilots Association (Intervener) [2016] EWHC 2279 (Admin).
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