The Ministry of Justice has released a consultation paper seeking views on potential reforms to the law of limitation in child sexual abuse cases in England and Wales. Under the current law, child sexual abuse cases in civil courts are subject to the same three-year…
Even in cases where breach of duty and some degree of loss or injury is admitted, Defendants will commonly have doubts about medical causation regarding a claim intimated under the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury in Road Traffic Accidents from 31 July 2013…
In welcome news for practitioners, changes have this week been announced to address what PIBA describes as ‘long-standing flaws in the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime for advocates’. These include: In summary: On the fast track, advocacy fees will be recoverable at 100% on the…
Theo obtained a rare non-party costs order on behalf of his client, the Applicant in private law children proceedings. The case involved serious allegations of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Having represented the Applicant and reached a compromise at fact-finding, the Respondent went on to…
Over the past months, a number of Claimant solicitors have approached the author seeking representation at hearings to oppose dismissal of Part 8 (RTA and EL/PL Protocol “Stage 3”) Proceedings.
Deka Chambers: 5 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1DR