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The Dekagram: 15th January 2024
It’s 2024! The team has returned from its Winter holidays (skiing in Lincolnshire, since you ask. That’s the last time we let Jack book our hols), and we’re ready to attack the year with renewed vigour. And it’s just as well that we’re at the…
Court Bundles – if we don’t fear them, we should
The team knows of one eminent silk whose greatest apprehension prior to appearing in the Court of Appeal is not about his (meticulous) case preparation or his (encyclopaedic) legal knowledge, but whether the Court will raise some hitherto unnoticed issue with pagination. Hugh Rimmer recounts…
The Dekagram: 24th July 2023
Court bundles. If we don’t fear them, we should. The team knows of one eminent silk whose greatest apprehension prior to appearing in the Court of Appeal is not about his (meticulous) case preparation or his (encyclopaedic) legal knowledge, but whether the Court will raise…
Barry v Ministry of Defence or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Adjustments To Contingencies Other Than Mortality
Although the Ogden Tables (8th Edition) were published in July 2020 there is little by way of reported case law regarding the revised (and remarkably helpful) explanatory notes which accompany them. Barry v Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 459 (KB) is a helpful example demonstration of…
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 27th March 2023
This week the team has been musing on the forthcoming Coronation – as our readers will know, we do love a party. Speaking of which, it’s Silks Day, and as a consequence Sarah Prager will be spending the day in fancy dress, nodding, bowing and…
Amount of a Part 36 offer can be reduced by a subsequent payment on account
The case of Gamal v Synergy Lifestyle Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 210 relates to a claim against an invoice for unpaid building work.
9 Gough Chambers welcomes new member Hugh Rimmer
9 Gough Chambers is delighted to announce that Hugh Rimmer has joined its team.
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