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Removal of detainees’ clothing in police custody – Carter v Chief Constable of Essex Police
The judgment of the Court of Appeal has been handed down today dismissing an appeal by Mr Matthew Carter. The court’s judgment has the neutral citation number [2025] EWCA Civ 367. The claimant was arrested on December 14th 2017 following an altercation in a pub…
Pro Bono Recognition List 2025
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.
Dekinar: Police Negligence Liability: an Update
In this webinar Paul Stagg KC talks about recent developments in the liability of the police in negligence, including the decisions in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police v Woodcock, and Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. Richard Collier then considers tasers and the…
Deka Briefing: Best Evidence
Welcome to the Deka Chambers January Briefing where we draw once again upon our multi-disciplinary expertise to deliver a series of articles which examine key themes in litigation. For this edition we consider Best Evidence. Success at trial is often as much about enabling clients…
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…
Deka celebrates Silks Day for Paul Stagg KC, James Thacker KC and Edward Lamb KC
Huge congratulations to Paul Stagg KC, James Thacker KC and Edward Lamb KC who have been formally sworn in as King’s Counsel today at Westminster Hall. Paul was called to the Bar in 1994 and has a broad civil practice based mostly in the areas…
Use of force in police custody: Chief Constable of Essex Police v Carter
Martin Spencer J has today handed down a judgment allowing an appeal by the Chief Constable of Essex Police from a judgment given by Recorder Dagnall sitting in the County Court at Colchester in a claim brought by Mr Matthew Carter. The claimant was arrested…
3 New Silks for Deka Chambers
It is with great pleasure that Deka Chambers announces that Paul Stagg, James Thacker and Edward Lamb have been appointed as King’s Counsel in the Ministry of Justice’s new Silk appointments published today, 19th January 2024. Paul was called to the Bar in 1994 and…
HXA and YXA in the Supreme Court
Introduction By its decision in HXA v Surrey CC; YXA v Wolverhampton CC [2023] UKSC 52, the Supreme Court has allowed the appeals of the defendant local authorities from the decision of the Court of Appeal [2022] EWCA Civ 1196, [2023] 1 WLR 116. The…
HXA v Surrey CC and YXA v Wolverhampton CC: Supreme Court allows defendants’ appeals
The Supreme Court handed down judgment on the appeals of the defendant local authorities in these two cases this morning. A copy of the judgment as handed down is attached. The court has allowed the defendants’ appeals and restored the striking out of the negligence…
Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in AB v Worcestershire CC
On November 21st, the Supreme Court made an order dismissing the claimant’s application for permission to appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal in AB v Worcestershire CC, now reported at [2023] 2 FLR 795. The Court of Appeal upheld the granting of…
Deka Chambers marks International Men’s Day 2023
In the run up to International Men’s Day 2023, Paul Stagg writes about why this year’s theme is so important. November 19th every year is International Men’s Day. Knowing this fact gives you a straightforward answer when, in the run-up to March 8th every year…
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