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The Dekagram: 16th of February 2026
In this week’s Dekagram Tom Collins and Julia Brechtelsbauer consider two recent High Court decisions of Master Davison (in his twin roles as KBD Master and Admiralty Registrar). Tom was instructed in Rehman, which provides reassurance for care home defendants in Covid‑19 litigation that such…
The Dekagram: 1st December 2025
Now that Advent is upon us, and the most junior members of the team have been sent up into chambers’ attic to retrieve the Dekabaubles and tinsel whilst the silks undertake the difficult task of selecting the Christmas Day canapés we’ve taken a moment to…
The Dekagram: 22nd September 2025
In this week’s travel law Dekagram, Anirudh Mandagere examines a case which is required reading for all solicitors and others who litigate claims, and Tom Collins considers the interface between employment and personal injury claims, including an assessment of the doctrine of state immunity. Meanwhile,…
Tom Collins and Dominique Smith appointed as Deputy District Judges
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Lady Chief Justice, The Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has appointed both Tom Collins and Dominique Smith to sit as a Deputy District Judges on the South Eastern Circuit. They will continue their practices alongside their…
The Dekagram: 8th July 2025
In the week the Hague Convention came into force, whilst the domestic courts heard an important appeal on Covid refund claims, Anirudh Mandagere and Tom Collins bring us all the latest news both internationally and nationally. And as always, members of Deka Chambers are at…
The Dekagram: 22nd April 2025
We hope our readers enjoyed the long Easter weekend and grasped the opportunity, as we did, to spend a restful few days away from the coalface. We kept one eye on the courts though, and it’s just as well we did, because last week brought…
The Dekagram: 27th January 2025
This week’s Dekagram concentrates on matters of evidence: the use of Part 18 requests, and the admissibility of settlements in multiparty claims. In both instances the courts have grappled with the use of evidence of (at best) peripheral usefulness at the stage of proceedings at…
The Dekagram: 23rd September 2024
Think my claim’s hopeless? So what? – ADR becomes the rule, not the exception From 1 October 2024, a raft of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) will usher in a new era of mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in civil litigation. The 171st…
The Dekagram: 29th April 2024
This week’s Dekagram sees the team in action on all fronts, both in applying and in making the law. Sarah Prager reports on a cancellation claim decision from the Court of Appeal and on the recent Symposium on Air Accessibility, attended by all the great…
The Dekagram: 22nd January 2024
Another year, another consultation, this one a Call for Evidence to inform the upcoming review of the Personal Injury Discount Rate. This will be the first review where the Lord Chancellor will consult with an expert panel as well as the Treasury, and the Call for Evidence…
The Dekagram 13th March 2023
This week we bring tidings of such importance that we have devoted the entire Dekagram to them – a forthcoming rule change of the utmost importance to all those undertaking work in the Admiralty Division. Gone are the days of issuing in the Admiralty Court…
The Weekly Roundup: The Self-Congratulatory Edition
Our devoted readers will already be aware that today is a very special day in the history of the Weekly Roundup; it will cease to be the 1CL Weekly Roundup, and becomes the Deka Chambers Weekly Roundup. This is due, of course, to the merger…
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