Happy International Women's Day. To celebrate, our barristers Laura Johnson KC (Laura Johnson KC), Claire Harden-Frost (@harden_claire), Esther Pounder & Francesca Kolar discuss key issues affecting women at the Bar today. ow.ly/QKbc50QOxZP #IWD2024 #inspireinclusion #womenatthebar

A big day of celebrations today as Paul Stagg KC, @_JamesThacker KC & Ed Lamb KC (Edward Lamb KC) have been formally sworn in as King's Counsel. Everyone at Deka offers huge congratulations to all 3 on their well deserved appointments. #newsilks #silksday #KC2024 #kingscounsel

Congratulations Tom

Honoured and privileged. Look forward to assisting and nurturing the next generation of talent. Ability not background for a forward thinking Inn.

We are delighted to announce that Lauren Carter has been promoted to Practice Manager to both Chambers’ Criminal and Police Law teams. Congratulations Lauren on her well-deserved promotion. #crime #financialcrime #promotion

‘I’m scared about what will happen without investment in justice’ thetimes.com/article/5fcf99…

Wonderful to attend the Opening of the Legal Year and meet friends and colleagues, old and new. A good conversation had with Attorney General's Office about issues in the Criminal Justice System. A genuinely nice person who has the best interests of legal professionals in mind.

Another good year for Deka in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025. We have 96 barrister rankings, across 15 practice areas, with 7 ranked departments. Congratulations to all our Members for their rankings, and a big thank you to our clients for taking the time

A superb appointment. A truly brilliant criminal practitioner who we love and will miss. We are very proud of you Claire.

The backlog in crown courts in England and Wales is projected to reach 100,000 cases without significant reform, warns Anthony Rogers, chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Currently, the backlog stands at 71,000, with prosecutors managing caseloads exceeding

Congratulations to you both Eleanor Mawrey and Jennie Oborne . You will be brilliant. We are very proud of your success

A great evening of cocktails and canapés

. James Thacker KC and Claire Harden-Frost prosecuted one of the youngest defendants to appear in the Old Bailey. The girl, now aged 13 years old, was prosecuted for stabbing her mother with a kitchen knife intending to do her really serious harm, attempting to stab two care

Statement from Mary Prior KC, Chair of the Criminal Bar Association We are relieved that the Government has found the budget for an extra 2000 Crown Court sitting days for the next few months. It will be a bitter pill for victims and those accused of crime who have already had

Eleanor Mawrey (Eleanor Mawrey) has been interviewed by Sonia Simms for the Spotlight feature in The Advocacy Tutor Brief in which she reflects on her extensive experience in criminal and regulatory law and her recent appointment as a Recorder ow.ly/OkRU50UBIOg

First Senior Treasury Counsel, and Joint Head of Chambers, Tom Little KC along with James Thacker KC, Head of the Deka Crime Team welcomed leaders and members of the CPS Homicide Unit for a training and social evening. In addition to training, the evening provided an opportunity

Deka Chambers is a leading common law (mixed practice) set of chambers based in London. We are seeking up to three third six pupils to assist in meeting an ever-expanding base of work and as an opportunity to develop a common law practice at the Bar with a view to tenancy. Full

This weekend saw 5 members of Deka’s Crime Team take part in the 3 Peaks of Yorkshire. Whilst those down south basked in unseasonably warm weather, those in the North know that Saturday saw a yellow severe weather warning for heavy rain! Undeterred the team set off, long before

James Thacker KC leading Brian Reece prosecutes ‘dangerous’ disgraced Metropolitan Police officer for ‘campaign of abuse’. Jake Cummings, a disgraced Police Constable working for the Metropolitan Police, was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court on 23 September 2025 to an 18-year