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The Dekagram: 9th December 2025
As we prepare for the annual Festive Case Law Update, coming to your screens on Thursday (sign up here if you haven’t already done so), our thoughts have turned to various dastardly and underhand means of conducting litigation. William Dean examines the procedure for challenging…
Cyrus Katrak and William Dean deliver training on Ogden tables
On 26 November 2025, Cyrus Katrak and William Dean delivered training on the Ogden Tables, calculating losses and litigation strategy to lawyers at the Medical and Dentistry Defence Union of Scotland at the MDDUS’s London office. Cyrus spoke about the proper use of the Ogden…
Deka Chambers Participates in BVL Event with A-Level Students
On 2 October 2025, William Dean and Francesca O’Neill from Deka Chambers took part in a panel discussion with A-Level students for the 2025 edition of the Big Voice London (“BVL”) Model Law Commission. The project enables 100 students to mirror the work of the…
The Dekagram: 29th September 2025
This week William Dean examines a case in which a litigant’s arguments were described as an ‘affront to common sense’ – perhaps unsurprisingly, the outcome was not to his advantage. Conor Kennedy, meanwhile, looks at recovery of success fees and ATE premiums in infant settlement…
The Dekagram: 14th July 2025
This week the team addresses two recent decisions on matters close to the hearts of all litigators: success fees, and striking out for defective service. Success fees are a matter of contract between lawyer and client, not a matter of costs inter partes In a…
Deka Chambers Instructed in High Profile Child Protection Proceedings Involving Threshold, Privacy and Publication Issues
On 21 May 2025, Mrs Justice Theis handed down a series of judgments, decided over several months from July 2024 to May 2025, in care proceedings concerning siblings who were the subject of physical and emotional abuse perpetrated by their parents. One parent was a…
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…
Conference: Vulnerable Parties – a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective
Join us at The View in the Royal College of Surgeons on Thursday, 6th March for our half day conference focusing on Vulnerable Parties. This conference will provide a legal update on the current position of vulnerable parties/witnesses and participation directions in civil and family…
The Dekagram: 10th February 2025
This week we look at two decisions, both of which will be of critical importance to practitioners in pursuance of contested litigation. In one, unusually, without prejudice correspondence was admissible in a case involving fundamental dishonesty; whilst in the other, the court reviewed the authorities…
Virtual Pupillage Open Event
Join us at this free virtual event to hear from a number of speakers about Pupillage at Deka Chambers and get the chance to have your questions answered. A range of barristers, both new and more established, will provide an overview of pupillage at Deka,…
Deka hosts Virtual Pupillage Event
On 13 November 2024, Deka Chambers hosted its online pupillage information event. Attendees heard from Louise McCullough about the pupillage application process and what we look for in applicants. Madeleine Miller spoke about the pupillage year and her experience of a mix of areas of…
The Dekagram: 21st October 2024
Another week, another heartfelt thank you from the team for our readers’ support during the Directory Submissions Season – this time for references to Chambers & Partners, which have seen us ranked as a Band 1 set in Travel: Personal Injury, with four ranked silks…
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