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In yesterday’s webinar, Robert Parkin considered the Damages Claims Portal and made suggestions as to the circumstances in which use of the DCP is mandatory, how to avoid this, and how to get out of trouble if mistakes happen.
Practitioners are…
Deka Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for 5 awards in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Chambers, Members of Chambers, and our Clerking Team have all received nominations.
Shortlisted Categories:
Personal Injury Set of the YearPersonal Injury…
Claimants are waiting to serve claim forms until the last minute – and then making mistakes that are difficult to rectify and can lead to disaster. Meanwhile defendants are growing more savvy: they will challenge the court’s jurisdiction to hear the claim…
Giles Mooney KC, instructed by Kim Milan of Boyes Turner, wins RTA trial where the Claimant, a 12 year old girl, walked out in front of the Defendant’s car at a pedestrian crossing. Liability apportioned 60/40 in the Claimant’s favour.
On 18th…
Use of the Damages Claims Portal has been fully operational and, in some cases, mandatory for nearly a year at the date of writing. In many cases, issuing or defending claims in the old-fashioned way will simply not work anymore.
Practitioners…
In yesterday’s webinar, Edward Lamb covered the following topics:
Protected parties and the CPR: reaching parts the White Book cannot
The new CPR Part 21 a missed opportunity?
White Book guidance on capacity to be treated with caution
Practical solutions to low…
Congratulations to our twelve barristers who have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2024.
Jacob Levy KC, Simon Readhead KC, John Foy KC, Edward Faulks KC, Graham Aldous KC, Edward Bishop KC, Andrew Warnock KC, Matthew Chapman KC,…
Although the Ogden Tables (8th Edition) were published in July 2020 there is little by way of reported case law regarding the revised (and remarkably helpful) explanatory notes which accompany them.
Barry v Ministry of Defence
After grappling with all the arguments that can arise out of how to compensate a claimant for the need for a new property (how to deal with short life expectancy, what credit to give for properties which would have been purchased in…
With effect from 6 April 2023, Practice Direction 21 was revoked and Part 21 was amended to incorporate some of the provisions previously in PD21 (as well as some other changes).
Practitioners will be familiar with this section of the Civil Procedure…
