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Charlie Stonehill joins us as a tenant
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Charlie Stonehill joins us as a tenant from today, 7 January 2026, having accepted an offer of tenancy following successful completion of pupillage. Charlie accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice and regularly appears in court. Before…
Deka Chambers welcomes new pupils
Deka Chambers is pleased to announce that Charlie Blair and Beatrice Fatungase have joined Deka Chambers as pupils. We are also delighted to welcome Florence Stocker as a third six pupil, who is able to accept instructions with immediate effect. Charlie, Beatrice and Florence will…
Tenancy Announcement: Imogen Todd
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Imogen Todd joins us as a tenant from today, 1 October 2025, having accepted an offer of tenancy following successful completion of pupillage. Imogen accepts instructions across Chambers’ core areas of practice and regularly appears in court. Imogen is currently a Grade 1…
Bethany Hutchison joins us as a tenant
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Bethany Hutchison joins us as a tenant from today, 1 August 2025, having accepted an offer of tenancy following successful completion of a third six pupillage. Bethany brings a valuable breadth of experience to Deka Chambers; she transferred…
Deka receives seven nominations in the 2025, Legal 500 awards
We would like to thank our clients and everyone else who supported our seven nominations across four practice areas in the 2025, Legal 500 awards. We extend our warmest congratulations to all the finalists and in particular our four members. The nominations are:- Clinical negligence…
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…
Thomas Jones represented the Secretary of State for the Home Department in Re C (A Child) (Recognition of Nigerian Adoption) [2025] EWHC 204 (Fam)
Summary In Re C (A Child) (Recognition of Nigerian Adoption) [2025] EWHC 204 (Fam), Mr Justice Harrison allowed an application to recognise an international adoption where the strict application of the conditions in Re Valentine’s Settlement [1965] Ch 831 would have resulted in a disproportionate…
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…
Tenancy Announcement: Nerys Wyn Rees
We are delighted that Nerys Wyn Rees has joined us as a tenant. Nerys has a wealth of experience, having spent 25+ years at the Bar. She specialises in public law children work and, having spent the last 14 years working within local government, she…
Family Law Briefing: July 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of the Briefing from the Family Team at Deka Chambers with articles by Francesca Kolar and Al Hogarth. At the end of a month of Pride celebrations across the country, in this edition of the Briefing we look at some…
Max Melsa appears in Court of Appeal in Re D (Children: Interim Care Order: Hair Strand Testing) [2024] EWCA Civ 498
Max Melsa represented the children, through their Children’s Guardian, in the first case to reach the Court of Appeal specifically dealing with the interpretation of Hair-Strand Tests in care proceedings. The appeal was made by the mother against the interim separation of three children from…
Deka Chambers will take part in Legal Cheek’s virtual pupillage fair on 9 October
We look forward to attending Legal Cheek’s virtual pupillage fair 2025 on the 9th of October. The fair gives students from all parts of the UK the opportunity to meet several leading sets of chambers from their laptops, as well as the Inns of Court and a number of law…
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