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Medical Negligence as a novus actus interveniens
To paraphrase Lady Bracknell, to pay for one catastrophic injury may be regarded as a misfortune; to pay for the consequences of subsequent negligent medical treatment looks like carelessness. All personal injury practitioners will be familiar with a variant on this theme – the man…
The Dekagram: 26th February 2024
Further confusion reigns this week over additional fees charged to air passengers for de-packaged services ancillary to flights. This time the spotlight is on Wizz Air, the Hungarian low-cost airline. Wizz Air appears to have as many as four different options for flight check-in, each…
The Dekagram: 30th October 2023
Another week, another call for evidence. This time it’s the Justice Committee, seeking evidence to inform its inquiry on the work of the County Court, whether the delay in hearing cases is having a detrimental effect on the administration of justice and on litigants themselves,…
Attorney General appoints Thomas Yarrow as Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel)
Thomas Yarrow has been appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. The appointment will commence on Friday 1st September 2023 and runs for a period of 5 years. The Attorney General panels of counsel undertake civil and EU work…
The Dekagram: 30th May 2023
Regular readers will already be aware of the team’s concerns about the enthusiastic embrace amongst some judges (cough – Sir Geoffrey Vos MR – cough) of artificial intelligence in a legal context. Naturally the use of intelligence of any variety in the courts of England…
Deka Briefing: Workplace Liabilities
Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set. We are proud of the range of market leading expertise we offer across our different practice areas. At the heart of our ethos is celebrating those things that connect us as well as championing our differences. This briefing…
The Dekagram 5th December 2022
This week the team has been reflecting on a recent Court of Appeal case which turned out to be something of an evidential surprise; and on issues around disability and handicap on the open labour market. Both areas in which uncertainty is to be discouraged,…
Special Briefing – The Brexit Bonfire: The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
It is perhaps unsurprising that in the light of all the recent political excitement the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill has not received sustained publicity. But for cross border and travel lawyers the implications of the Bill’s provisions are as significant as Brexit…
The Weekly Roundup: The Establishing Jurisdiction Edition
This week the team has found time to consider two interesting cases on jurisdiction, which does seem to be a topic consuming a very large amount of court time, post-Brexit. We understand that various proposals seeking to simplify matters are currently being considered, and this…
Webinar Recording: Contractual Liability in Holiday Claims
In yesterday’s webinar Sarah Prager and Thomas Yarrow examined a surprisingly under-used cause of action in holiday claims. Among the topics they discussed are: brochure descriptions and express terms; fairness of terms; implied terms; supplier contracts; airline terms and the Montreal Convention and Denied Boarding…
1CL Webinar: Contractual Liability in Holiday Claims
In this webinar Sarah Prager and Tom Yarrow examine a surprisingly under-used cause of action in holiday claims. Among the topics they discuss are: brochure descriptions and express terms; fairness of terms; implied terms; supplier contracts; airline terms and the Montreal Convention and Denied Boarding…
1CL Webinar: From Exodus 21:28 -29 to the Animals Act 1971: horses, cattle and dogs
In this webinar Matthew Chapman QC and Thomas Yarrow survey the key cases on the modern law of animals. They consider: Horse cases (under section 2(2) of the 1971 Act and in negligence); Straying animals (cattle); Naughty dogs.
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