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Deka Chambers Participates in BVL Student Mooting Competition
Barristers from Deka Chambers were delighted to support this year’s Big Voice London (“BVL”) mooting competition by acting as judges on 5 March 2026. The competition is open to students at A-level (or equivalent) at non-fee-paying schools. The scheme pairs participants with graduates studying on…
Stuart McKechnie KC and Sarah Prager KC have articles featured in the March edition of APIL’s PI Focus magazine
Stuart McKechnie KC and Daniel Taylor co-authored an article in which they examine a landmark new proposed national strategy for spinal cord injury Sarah Prager KC’s piece highlights pitfalls when it comes to expert evidence. PI Focus is a professionally designed magazine published in print…
Stephen Glynn featured as an Expert by LexisNexis
Stephen Glynn is featured as an expert by LexisNexis for his assistance on their Lexis Plus Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence module. He reviewed and updated the following pages with legislative changes and latest developments: Lexis+ is an online legal practical guidance service, providing legal…
Deka Chambers shortlisted in 3 categories at the Legal Cheek Awards 2026
Deka Chambers is delighted to be shortlisted in the following categories at the Legal Cheek Awards 2026 The Legal Cheek Awards 2026 will take place at Kings Place, London, on Thursday 14 May 2026.
Deka Chambers at Alarm South Conference 2026
The ALARM South Conference is taking place the 2nd and 3rd of March in Slough. We will also have an exhibition stand at the event, staffed by Clark Chessis and David Barrow. Do come and say hello if you’re attending. We will be at stand…
Jacob Levy KC and Stuart McKechnie KC recently presented a talk on amputation claims to Moore Barlow
Jacob Levy KC and Stuart McKechnie KC recently presented a talk on amputation claims to the Personal Injury and Medical Negligence team at Moore Barlow. 📸 In the photo: Matthew Tuff, Legal Director at Moore Barlow and President of APIL (back left), Alan McDougall from Proactive Prosthetics (back middle),…
Dominique Smith Featured in LexisNexis Video
We’re delighted to share that Dominique Smith was recently interviewed by LexisNexis for their Future of the Bar series. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dominique explores: • How the Bar is responding to change and innovation • The growing importance of wellbeing in a high-pressure profession • The real-world…
The Dekagram: 26th January 2026
This week we welcome Imogen Todd to the Dekagram team. Imogen, who was taken on as a tenant in October, brings news of an important Supreme Court decision on ex turpi causa (the illegality defence), in which no fewer than three members of chambers were…
Success for Andrew Warnock KC, Jack Harding and Gurion Taussig in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that claims for compensation by a man who killed three people, but was acquitted by a jury in the Crown Court on the grounds of insanity, are barred by the doctrine of illegality. The Claimant, Mr Lewis-Ranwell, sought damages from…
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…
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