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Dekinar: Understanding the New Fixed Costs Regime
From 1st October 2023, civil litigation in England and Wales will dramatically change. Virtually all claims valued up to £100,000 will be subject to a new fixed costs regime. Fixed recoverable costs will be extended across the fast track, and a new intermediate track will…
Dekinar recording: The Damages Claims Portal
In yesterday’s webinar, Robert Parkin considered the Damages Claims Portal and made suggestions as to the circumstances in which use of the DCP is mandatory, how to avoid this, and how to get out of trouble if mistakes happen. Practitioners are still finding themselves caught…
Dekinar: The Damages Claims Portal – when it applies and avoiding pitfalls
Use of the Damages Claims Portal has been fully operational and, in some cases, mandatory for nearly a year at the date of writing. In many cases, issuing or defending claims in the old-fashioned way will simply not work anymore. Practitioners are still finding themselves…
Deka Chambers publishes pupillage application form and guidance
Deka Chambers will be inviting applications from candidates for pupillage in line with the Bar Council timetable. Applications will be accepted from 4 January to 8 February 2023. We are advertising for up to three vacancies: one to commence in October 2023; and two to…
Big changes afoot to QOCS: new rules will reverse Ho v Adelekun & Cartwright v Venduct
Introduction All personal injury practitioners know that in a QOCS case a costs order in a defendant’s favour can be enforced against orders for damages and interest in a claimant’s favour (“costs/damages enforcement”). Whether a costs order in a defendant’s favour can be enforced against…
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…
Dekinar: Annual Festive Case Law Update: Part 1
In the first of our annual case law updates, Maurice Rifat, Cyrus Katrak, Roderick Abbott, Conor Kennedy and Francesca O’Neill take attendees on a whistlestop tour of key cases of 2022. They look at the most interesting and significant cases of the year in the…
1CL Webinar: Non-Party Costs Orders and Civil Fraud Update
In this webinar Roger André and Richard Collier give an update on non-party costs orders. They cover rehabilitation fraud and credit hire, including some recent case examples. They also discuss Section 57 and provide an update on exaggerated personal injury claims. View the slides –…
Rehabilitation Damages, Fraud, Dishonesty and Wasted Costs
Those who defend personal injury claims are increasingly used to seeing rehabilitation based special damages claims. Insurers and policymakers should be aware of dishonest layering of rehabilitation special damages. Being alert to this is important because they can be relied upon to damage the claimant’s…
1CL Weekly Webinar: Fraud and Fundamental Dishonesty: tackling disingenuous personal injury claims
In this webinar, Simon Trigger and Dominique Smith discuss the topic of fundamental dishonesty. They cover the relevant case law and talk about some things to look out for. They also discuss fundamental dishonesty in the context of remote hearings, as well as deal with…
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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