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Deka members recognised for their exceptional advocacy work
Five members of Deka have been included in the latest rankings published by the Lexology Index. This index features the leading barristers and solicitors at the UK Bar who stand out for their exceptional advocacy work across an array of practice areas. Within Aviation &…
High Court holds that pre-judgment interest is not recoverable on damages under Article 3 of the ECHR
In Adegboyega v Secretary of State of the Home Department (2025) EWHC 155 (KB) the High Court (HHJ Roberts) held, in the context of a claim for unlawful detention and trespass to the person leading to psychiatric injury, that pre-judgment interest is not recoverable on…
The Manchester Arena bombing – Limitation periods and the boundaries of the Osman test
In Various Claimants v Security Service & others (2024) UKIPTrib 6 the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (Lord Justice Singh and Mr Justice Farbey) considered an application to extend time under section 7(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (mirrored in section 67(5) of the Regulation of…
Schrödinger’s Fact: An Update
This article is co-written by Jack Harding of Deka Chambers and Michael Hagan of Serious Injury Law. This is an edited version of an article the authors originally published in 2022, which we have revisited in light of the recent Court of Appeal decision in…
Recognition for Deka Chambers’ barristers in Best Lawyers 2025
Congratulations to our eleven barristers who have been recognised by their peers in The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2025. Jacob Levy KC, Simon Readhead KC, Edward Faulks KC, Graham Aldous KC, Edward Bishop KC, Andrew Warnock KC, Matthew Chapman KC, Sarah Prager KC,…
Failure to Remove: Where are we now?
Join us on Thursday, 9th May when leading practitioners from Deka Chambers’ Civil and Family teams will come together to provide a unique analysis of issues arising in claims against local authorities relating to the removal of children into care. The conference will be followed…
Dekinar: Data Protection Claims – A busy practitioner’s guide
This webinar focuses on key principles and pitfalls in claims involving data protection and information rights, as well as providing a summary of recent developments in the law. Jack Harding, Ian Clarke and Anirudh Mandagere discuss de minimis and assessment of damages, jurisdictional matters and…
Judgment handed down in Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services & Others (2024)
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its long-awaited judgment in Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services & Others (2024). It held, by a majority of 2 to 1, that a person who deliberately and unlawfully kills whilst insane is not barred by the defence…
Ward v Tesco Stores revisited
“The accident was such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if floors are kept clean and spillages are dealt with as soon as they occur. If an accident does happen because the floors are covered with spillage, then in my judgment…
Recognition for Deka Chambers’ barristers in Best Lawyers 2024
Congratulations to our twelve barristers who have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2024. Jacob Levy KC, Simon Readhead KC, John Foy KC, Edward Faulks KC, Graham Aldous KC, Edward Bishop KC, Andrew Warnock KC, Matthew Chapman KC, Sarah Prager KC,…
BXB: Vicarious liability, sexual abuse and the Canadian Perspective
…Hall or at a Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses and all when he was “ostensibly performing his duties as a Jehovah’s Witness ministerial servant”. b. Mark Sewell was not exercising control…
Highways: only a touch of frost
1. This is the fourth and final article in a short series which focuses on case law which may assist in the defence of claims against Highways Authorities under s.41 of the Highways Act 1980. 2. In this article, and inspired at least in part…
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