This week we have a bumper issue dealing with a number of crucial developments: Andrew Spencer considers an oft-neglected aspect of local standards evidence, Julia Brechtelsbauer brings us up to date on the Quest for Videolink Evidence, and Megan Bithel-Vaughan examines the recent guidance of…
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…
We are delighted to welcome Shekinah Anson to Deka Chambers. She joins us from 1 MCB Chambers. Shekinah is a highly experienced criminal advocate with over two decades’ practice in serious and complex crime. She is a Grade 4 CPS prosecutor and a member of…
This week we consider yet another case on expert evidence, and a decision bringing clarity on the new(ish) jurisdictional gateway relating to contractual claims. And as if that were not enough, after a break over the summer the dekinar series is returning with aplomb, with…
Simon Trigger, instructed by Morgan Davies of HF Solicitors, represented Hastings Direct, in the case of Advantage Insurance Company Limited v Arrow Car Hire UK London Ltd and Mr Vinayak Soman. The case concerned motor insurance fraud undertaken by the First Defendant and Second Defendant…
Amelia Katz, led by Andrew Bousfield of Rose Court Chambers was instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service Complex Case work Unit in a major case involving a Chinese prostitution Organised Crime Group. Andrew and Amelia secured convictions against all three Defendants for controlling prostitution and…
There seems to be a never-ending supply of judgments in which experts come in for criticism. This week is no exception, although as a change the judge in the latest case also criticised two of the defendants for failing to give evidence at trial, and…
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Lady Chief Justice, The Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has appointed both Tom Collins and Dominique Smith to sit as a Deputy District Judges on the South Eastern Circuit. They will continue their practices alongside their…
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that Stuart McKechnie KC has been nominated at the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2025 for ‘Personal Injury Silk of the Year’. This nomination marks another excellent year for Stuart working on behalf of those who have suffered injuries of…
Chambers are delighted to announce that Edward Lamb KC has been shortlisted for Family Law KC of the year at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards 2025. The award ceremony is to be held in November 2025. This prestigious shortlisting sits alongside Edward’s other nomination…
We are delighted to announce that Jennie Oborne and Francesca O’Neill have been appointed to Attorney General’s B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown, and Anirudh Mandagere as Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel). They are appointed to the Panel for a period…
This week Tom Clarke addresses the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010, a double edged sword if ever there was one – whilst, on the one hand, it can provide a lifeline for claimants seeking redress from insolvent defendants, it is not without its…
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