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Kerry Nicholson writes about Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the implications for secondary victims in cross border cases for the Journal of Personal Injury Law
Kerry analyses Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and the Supreme Court’s attempt to impose coherence on decades of caselaw from McLoughlin, Alcock and Frost through Walters, Shorter and Ronayne. She then asks the hard question for modern travel law practitioners: what, if anything, can claimants do…
Laura Elfield appointed as NHS Resolution Panel mediator
Laura Elfield has been appointed as a NHS Resolution Panel mediator to mediate clinical negligence claims against the NHS. NHS Resolution has appointed Global Mediation as one of three national providers of mediation services for clinical negligence, personal injury and workplace mediation services. Laura is one of eight mediators…
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…
Matthew Chapman KC, Sarah Prager KC and Conor Kennedy are speaking at the APIL International Injuries Conference 2025
Sarah Prager KC will be chairing the APIL’s International Injuries Conference in the afternoon, and Matthew Chapman KC and Conor Kennedy will be speaking. The conference takes place in London on the 28th of November 2025. Matthew’s talk is titled: Stade de France Judgment Conor’s…
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…
Liability of police for injuries caused by pursued vehicles – ASB v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
A claim brought by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau and two Article 75 insurers against the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis was abandoned on November 19th 2025 during the closing stages of the trial before Ritchie J in the High Court. The anonymised claimant, ASB,…
Virtual Pupillage Event 2025 – Recording
On 19 November 2025, Deka Chambers hosted its online pupillage information event. In this webinar attendees heard about pupillage at Deka Chambers, a common law (mixed practice) set of chambers based in London. Three Deka Chambers barristers, Eleanor Mawrey, Ben Rodgers and Madeleine Miller, explained…
Deka Chambers takes part in the Great legal Bake
Deka Chambers is taking part in the London Legal Support Trust and the Access to Justice Foundation’s Great Legal Bake, raising money in aid of free legal advice charities. Our winning cake was baked by Megan Bithel-Vaughan who retained the title from last year. Many…
Deka Chambers top ranked in Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2026
We are proud to have retained our top ranking in the latest edition of the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide, with 97 barrister rankings across 15 practice areas. We are ranked as band 1 in the fields of Personal Injury and Travel: International Personal…
Case Note: Liability Decision in O’Connell v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 2301
Theodore Bunce writes about the decision in O’Connell v Ministry of Defence [2025]. The Claimant, a gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery, suffered a serious shoulder injury during a riding lesson at the King’s Troop when the horse she was riding bucked and unseated her….
Deka Chambers is pleased to welcome Mark Bradley
We are delighted to welcome Mark Bradley to Deka Chambers. He joins us from Deans Court Chambers. He has a significant healthcare practice. He specialises in Clinical Negligence, Coroner’s Inquests, Personal Injury, Professional Discipline / Regulation and Court of Protection. View Mark’s profile here. To…
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…
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