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The Dekagram: 1st April 2025
This week brings a further twist in the long and winding road to group claims, the High Court seemingly favouring ‘omnibus claims’ over the more procedurally complex Group Litigation Order option; and a case on who bears responsibility for transcribing audio files which is of…
Thom Dyke writes for the LRB about Guantánamo and international law
Following his visit to Guantánamo Bay last year, Thom Dyke has a piece published in the current issue of the London Review of Books about the trial proceedings against the 9/11 detainees, as both sides gear up for an inevitable showdown in the US Supreme…
The Dekagram: 24th March 2025
The current glut of cases on service outside the jurisdiction and on jurisdictional challenges more generally continues, and with no sign yet of the EU acceding to the UK’s attempt to join the Lugano Convention club, we see no reason why this type of satellite…
Francesca O’Neill successfully strikes out Part 8 detailed assessment proceedings in the Senior Courts Costs Office
Francesca O’Neill successfully strikes out Part 8 detailed assessment proceedings in the Senior Courts Costs Office Read the full Judgment here
Deka Chambers attending AvMA Annual Clinical Negligence Conference
Deka Chambers will be exhibiting at the 35th AvMA Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) in Bournemouth on 20th-21st March 2025. The focus of this year’s conference is Cancer and Oncology, whilst also covering many other key medico-legal topics at such an important time for clinical…
The Dekagram: 18th March 2025
This week the team, in a shameless demonstration of our multilingualism, brings you an article on Covid refund claims rendered in no fewer than three languages. And to cap it all the subject of the article is a claim in which Deka’s own Tom Yarrow…
Andrew Warnock KC and Gurion Taussig successful in the Court of Appeal in costs case construing retrospectivity term in CFA
In a judgment handed down today, Singh and ors v Ingram (in his capacity as the Liquidator of MSD Cash and Carry PLC) [2025] EWCA Civ 264, Andrew Warnock KC and Gurion Taussig have successfully resisted a costs appeal by the paying party regarding the…
Jacob Levy KC steps down as Joint Head of Chambers
After 6 years as Head and then Joint Head of Chambers of 9 Gough Chambers (formerly 9 Gough Square) and Deka Chambers, Jacob Levy KC will be stepping down from that role. During his 6 years, Jacob successfully guided us through a move to our…
The Doctrine of Foreign Acts of State Clarified: Abram and Others v UEFA [2025] EWHC 483 (KB)
On 28th May 2022, eight hundred supporters of Liverpool Football Club attended the UEFA Champions League Final at the Stade de France in Paris. The event descended into chaos, during the course of which it was alleged that they sustained injuries as a result of…
The Dekagram: 10th March 2025
This week we bring important guidance on where to issue claims and when to consider whether a split trial might be appropriate – and consider a case in which the Court of Protection deftly sidestepped a tricky jurisdictional question, which remains outstanding for another day….
International Women’s Day 2025
For International Women’s Day, as Michael Goodridge, Director of Clerking & Business Development, approaches 25 years at Deka (previously 9 Gough Chambers) he reflects on those who have most influenced his career to date. As I celebrate twenty five years in Chambers later this year,…
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…
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