Thomas Jones appointed to the Welsh Government’s Panel of Counsel

The Counsel General for Wales and Minister for Delivery has appointed Thomas Jones to the Welsh Government’s B Panel of Counsel. Panel Counsel are appointed to provide specialist advocacy and advisory work for the Welsh Government. Tom’s appointment runs for a period of five years…

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…

Defending Age Assessment Challenges: A Guide for Local Authorities

Age Assessment challenges are among the most difficult judicial review challenges faced by local authorities. In this Dekinar, Dr Russell Wilcox and Anirudh Mandagere consider how to defend such challenges both at the judicial review stage and at the Upper Tribunal. You can access the…

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…

Deka Chambers Top Ranked in Legal 500 2026

We are delighted to retain our top tier set ranking in the latest Legal 500 guide, with 129 total rankings across several practice areas, including personal injury, clinical negligence, family, crime, police law and professional negligence. We are ranked as top tier in the field…

Jake Richards joins Ministry of Justice as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Deka Chambers congratulates Jake Richards MP on his appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and as Assistant Whip, House of Commons on 7 September 2025.  Jake was a barrister with Deka Chambers until he was elected as a member of…

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…

Improper Pleadings and No Second Chance – Strike Out Where the Police Complied with their Human Rights Duty under Article 3

Julia Brechtelsbauer, instructed by Brittany Mooney of Bedfordshire Police Legal Services, represented the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police and successfully struck out human rights claim in the High Court pleaded at £6,000,000. Introduction The Claimant alleged “failure to investigate 2 crimes” from 2024 and 2023….

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…

Deka Chambers at ALARM South Conference

The ALARM South Conference is taking place on 23rd to 25th February 2025 in Slough. The conference is packed with presentations and workshops, including a session on School Trips from Sarah Prager KC and Andrew Spencer. They will be considering the law relating to school trips, within…

Andrew Warnock KC and Edwin Buckett successfully defend the Chief Constable of Leicestershire in a £10m brain damage claim

Following a 5-day liability trial in the High Court in Manchester, the Claimant’s negligence and Human Rights Act claims were dismissed by HHJ Bird sitting as a Judge of the High Court. The Claimant was a Type 1 diabetic who suffered from a history of…

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