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Kerry Nicholson writes about Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the implications for secondary victims in cross border cases for the Journal of Personal Injury Law
Kerry analyses Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the Supreme Court’s attempt to impose coherence on decades of caselaw from McLoughlin, Alcock and Frost through Walters, Shorter and Ronayne. She then asks the hard question for modern travel law practitioners: what, if anything, can claimants do…
The Dekagram: 5th January 2026
In this special Welcome Back edition of the Dekagram, Kerry Nicholson takes a deep dive into applicable law, and in particular a rare case decided under Article 4(3) on Rome II. We hope you enjoy the first update of the year! Court of Session provides…
The Dekagram: 27th October 2025
In this week’s Dekagram Kerry Nicholson considers whether there’s any way around a failure to serve an N510 form on time when issuing a claim, and Robbie Parkin examines a quite extraordinary case which looks set to rumble on through the courts for years to…
The Dekagram: 11th November 2024
This week’s Dekagram is all about cancellations and delays – what happens when a package holiday is cancelled, what happens when a flight is delayed due to the behaviour of a passenger. Both sets of circumstances are giving rise to increasing numbers of claims, in…
Personal Injury Briefing: November 2024
For this edition of the Personal Injury Briefing we are wrapping up warm, pouring a hot chocolate, passing around the treacle toffee and embracing all things Bonfire Night. Whilst we hope that all our readers enjoy the seasonal celebrations safely, we look at some of…
The Dekagram: 15th July 2024
This week we examine the perils inherent in issuing proceedings at the last minute, especially when dealing with the e-filing system implemented in order to make all of our lives easier. As always, the team’s advice is: don’t do it, it’ll end in tears. And…
Dekinar: Actions Against the Police – Part 2
In this webinar, Ella Davis and Kerry Nicholson focus on misfeasance, malicious prosecution and HRA claims. Ella provides a recap of how the HRA 1998 works, considering the positive duties it imposes on the police. Kerry covers misfeasance and malicious prosecution. She provides an overview…
The Dekagram: 8th April 2024
This week we bring you news of one of those applications that has it all – a jurisdictional challenge, a dispute over standing, and an objection to substitution of a party. When sorrows come, they come not in single spies, but in battalions, as good…
Deka Briefing: Abuse
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….
Dekinar Recording: Griffiths v TUI – the Supreme Court Decision
In yesterday’s webinar Kerry Nicholson and Richard Collier, along with Jatinder Paul, Partner at Irwin Mitchell who represented Mr Griffiths, discussed the impact of this landmark decision. The speakers provided the facts of the case and its long journey through the courts and considered the…
Dekinar: Griffiths v TUI – the Supreme Court Decision
In this webinar Kerry Nicholson and Richard Collier of Deka Chambers, along with Jatinder Paul, Partner at Irwin Mitchell who represented Mr Griffiths, discuss the impact of this landmark decision. The speakers provide the facts of the case and its long journey through the courts…
The Dekagram: 4th December 2023
Whistlestop Tour of Griffiths v Tui (in case you missed it) Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Griffiths v TUI [2023] UKSC 48. Dominique Smith wrote a detailed analysis that same day, providing salient commentary valuable for travel and PI practitioners alike….
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