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Update on Local Standards in Foreign Accident Claims
In the aftermath of the recent decisions in cross border claims, Sarah Prager KC and Julia Brechtelsbauer discuss: We welcome audience participation; if you have any questions for Sarah and Julia, please either let us have them in advance, or come armed with your trickiest local standards issues for…
The Southport Inquiry is hearing opening statements this week
The Southport Inquiry is hearing opening statements this week. The Inquiry is chaired by Sir Adrian Fulford and has been set up to examine the events leading up to the attack at a children’s dance class in Southport in July 2024 and the circumstances surrounding…
Stuart McKechnie KC to chair session at Cambridge Annual Medico Legal Conference
Stuart McKechnie KC will be chairing an Upper Limb Masterclass session on Friday, 19 September, at the sold out Cambridge Annual Medico Legal Conference at Peterhouse College. The conference will end with a keynote speech from Mr Justice Martin Spencer.
The Dekagram: 15th September 2025
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…
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…
Deka Chambers is pleased to welcome Shekinah Anson
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…
The Dekagram: 8th September 2025
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 successful in obtaining £20,000 Exemplary Damages in Credit Hire Fraud case
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 instructed in successful prosecution of Chinese prostitution Organised Crime Group
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…
The Dekagram: 1st September 2025
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…
Tom Collins and Dominique Smith appointed as Deputy District Judges
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…
Stuart McKechnie KC is shortlisted for ‘Personal Injury Silk of the Year’ at Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards 2025
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…
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