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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…
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…
We are delighted to announce that Deka Chambers and 66 members are ranked in 14 practice areas in Legal 500.
Deka Chambers is ranked as a Top Tier Set for:
Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud: ‘A very good set with a…
In Daniel Khan v Taylor Haldane Barlex Solicitors, the Claimant brought a claim in professional negligence against his former representatives alleging that they had failed to properly advise him as to the terms of a restraining order precluding contact with his children…
In this webinar, Saleem Khalid and Henk Soede consider the legal principles of the Defective Premises Act 1972 and the Building Safety Act 2022. They also discuss cladding claims generally, examining the issues that arise in cladding disputes.
In this webinar yesterday, Francesca O’Neill and Henk Soede dealt with the assessment of damages in professional liability cases and, in particular, in the personal injury and conveyancing context.
They addressed the basic legal principles, worked through various illustrative case studies and…
In this webinar Francesca O’Neill and Henk Soede deal with the assessment of damages in professional liability cases and, in particular, in the personal injury and conveyancing context.
They address the basic legal principles, work through various illustrative case studies and provide…
In their webinar yesterday Sarah Prager and Ian Clarke looked at GDPR, data protection and privacy issues, bringing you right up to date with recent developments in the law relating to data protection and misuse of information.
If you missed it, you…
Professionals’ scope of duty examined at trial: some thoughts
Harry v Curtis Law LLP (“CWC”)
HHJ Mitchell
Since SAAMCO, and latterly MBS v Grant Thornton [2021] UKSC 20, lawyers generally think that they understand how arguments on the scope of duty for…
On 16 February 2022 the Supreme Court handed down their unanimous judgment in Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5. The Court held that, in general, a person who is under criminal investigation has, before being charged, a reasonable expectation of privacy…
