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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…
Louise McCullough interviewed by Counsel Magazine
Louise McCullough has been interviewed for Counsel Magazine’s International Women’s Day issue. In this article she reflects on the last 30 years, identifying the influences and motivation in both her personal and professional development. She discusses mentoring, advocacy training, wellbeing at the Bar, her RASSO…
The Dekagram: 3rd March 2025
This week we bring news of the current position on anonymity orders pending the decision of the Court of Appeal in PMC; and consider a late application to adduce expert evidence in the wake of the decision of the Court of Appeal in Yesss (A)…
The Dekagram: 24th February 2025
Following on from chambers’ highly successful and well attended conference on accidents and deaths abroad on 13th February, Thomas Yarrow has been thinking about the extraterritorial application of the European Convention on Human Rights, a question which should be of concern to all cross border…
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…
The Dekagram: 17th February 2025
This week we examine a decision on the tension between open justice and protection of commercially sensitive information (we understand, by the way, that on 25th February the Court of Appeal will hear the appeal in PMC relating to the circumstances in which anonymity orders…
Conference: Accidents and Deaths Abroad
Join us at The Hoxton, Holborn on Thursday, 13th February 2025 for our half day conference on Accidents and Deaths Abroad. We are delighted that we will be joined by Sir Peter Thornton KC, Former Chief Coroner of England and Wales, for a talk on…
Dekinar: Police Negligence Liability: an Update
In this webinar Paul Stagg KC talks about recent developments in the liability of the police in negligence, including the decisions in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police v Woodcock, and Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. Richard Collier then considers tasers and the…
The Dekagram: 10th February 2025
This week we look at two decisions, both of which will be of critical importance to practitioners in pursuance of contested litigation. In one, unusually, without prejudice correspondence was admissible in a case involving fundamental dishonesty; whilst in the other, the court reviewed the authorities…
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