Viewed as ‘an excellent set for personal injury with a number of outstanding practitioners at all levels’, Deka Chambers advises on a wide range of high-profile cases pertaining catastrophic injuries, fatal accidents and psychiatric injuries. Members routinely act for claimants and defendants in both domestic and cross-border disputes. Matthew Chapman KC stands out as ‘the number one travel law silk to instruct on any complex, cross-border personal injury case; he gets to the crux of the case with ease and aplomb’. Paul Stagg KC is regularly instructed in prominent cases concerning claims involving public authorities. The ‘fiercely bright’ Laura Begley ‘acts like a KC and is a safe pair of hands on the papers and in court’.
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Work Department
Clinical negligence and personal injury.
Position
All aspects of clinical negligence work and personal injury work with additional expertise in criminal injuries compensation claims.
She is a well-established and highly respected senior junior regularly instructed against silks and occasionally led by silks from chambers. Her work is complex and high value and relates to life changing and catastrophic injuries of any sort. She is approachable, dynamic and knowledgeable. She regularly lectures in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Law. She is a qualified arbitrator with PIcARBS.
Publications:
General Editor of the Third Edition of 9 Gough Square's 'Clinical Negligence Claims, a Practical Guide' published in 2015, Co-author of Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims (Law Society) and General Editor of the 2nd Edition published in 2016. Contributing editor Kemp and Kemp 'The Quantum of Damages.' Contributing editor Kemp and Kemp 'Law Practice and Procedure.' Contributing editor 'Guide to RTA Liability' (Jordans). She also sits on the editorial board of ‘Medicine Science and the Law’, the journal of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Career
LLB (Hons) Leeds (1991); BVC (Inns of Court School of Law) (1993); Called to the Bar 1993 (Lincoln's Inn); Pupillage completed at 9 Gough Square, with Grahame Aldous QC and Richard Merz and thereafter tenant at 9 Gough Square.
Memberships
Personal Injuries Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; Association of Personal Injuries Lawyers.
Education
Leeds (1991 LLB Hons).
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- 'Clark Chessis is always extremely helpful and approachable.'
- 'David Barrow and Clark Chessis are superb with customer service.'
- 'David Barrow and Jaime Brooks are outstanding.'
- 'Outstanding clerks room.'
- 'Deka Chambers are a first class set. A true leader in the personal injury sphere.'
- 'Unmatched strength in depth.'
- 'Impressive wide range of depth of experience, from junior to most senior counsel.'
- 'Deka is a strong set in this field with a deep roster of talented barristers.'