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Civil Fraud

Deka Chambers publishes pupillage application form and guidance

Deka Chambers will be inviting applications from candidates for pupillage in line with the Bar Council timetable. Applications will be accepted from 4 January to 8 February 2023.

We are advertising for up to three vacancies: one to commence in October 2023;…

Big changes afoot to QOCS: new rules will reverse Ho v Adelekun & Cartwright v Venduct

Introduction

All personal injury practitioners know that in a QOCS case a costs order in a defendant’s favour can be enforced against orders for damages and interest in a claimant’s favour (“costs/damages enforcement”). Whether a costs order in a defendant’s favour can…

Deka Briefing: Workplace Liabilities

Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set.  We are proud of the range of market leading expertise we offer across our different practice areas. At the heart of our ethos is celebrating those things that connect us as well as championing…

Dekinar: Annual Festive Case Law Update: Part 1

In the first of our annual case law updates, Maurice Rifat, Cyrus Katrak, Roderick Abbott, Conor Kennedy and Francesca O’Neill take attendees on a whistlestop tour of key cases of 2022.

They look at the most interesting and significant cases of the…

1CL Webinar: Non-Party Costs Orders and Civil Fraud Update

In this webinar Roger André and Richard Collier give an update on non-party costs orders.

They cover rehabilitation fraud and credit hire, including some recent case examples. They also discuss Section 57 and provide an update on exaggerated personal injury claims.

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Rehabilitation Damages, Fraud, Dishonesty and Wasted Costs

Those who defend personal injury claims are increasingly used to seeing rehabilitation based special damages claims. Insurers and policymakers should be aware of dishonest layering of rehabilitation special damages. Being alert to this is important because they can be relied upon to…

1CL Weekly Webinar: Fraud and Fundamental Dishonesty: tackling disingenuous personal injury claims

In this webinar, Simon Trigger and Dominique Smith discuss the topic of fundamental dishonesty. They cover the relevant case law and talk about some things to look out for.

They also discuss fundamental dishonesty in the context of remote hearings, as well…

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