Members at Deka Chambers are routinely instructed on professional negligence cases within a range of industries such as the construction, legal and financial sectors. Saleem Khalid lends his expertise to construction matters. Andrew Warnock KC led Andrew Spencer in Miller v Irwin Mitchell, a claim successfully defended at the high court and Court of Appeal concerning when and how a solicitor assumes a duty of care to a potential client prior to the agreement of a retainer. Francesca O’Neill was instructed in a negligence claim brought against a former client of criminal law solicitors by a police informant who had his identity revealed – the claim was struck out and the claimant subjected to an Extended Civil Restraint Order.
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Francesca O’Neill
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