News 2008 (Jan-Sept)

Outer Temple Chambers is Chambers of the Year 2008
On 24th June, at London's Grosvenor House Hotel, Outer Temple Chambers saw off competition from Brick Court, Fountain Court, Maitland and other leading sets to win the coveted Chambers of the Year award at the Lawyer Awards. more »

Outer Temple Chambers barristers register with DIFC
With its focus on expansion, Outer Temple Chambers builds on its Middle Eastern presence by registering five of its barristers, Richard Lissack QC, Robert Rhodes QC, Andrew Spink QC, Keith Bryant, Robert-Jan Temmink and Farhaz Khan at the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts (DIFCC). more »

James Leonard joins Outer Temple Chambers
Outer Temple Chambers are delighted to announce that James Leonard has joined Chambers and will be specialising in the areas of Financial Fraud and Commercial, Regulatory and Enforcement, Health and Safety and Serious Crime. more »

Patrick Sadd writes on Lotto rapist case
Patrick Sadd writes on The House of Lords "Lotto rapist" case, published in the New Law Journal more »

E.A.T win for Naomi Ling
Naomi Ling acted for the successful claimant in a case giving rise to important new Authority that the Serco principles, limiting statutory employment rights to employment "based in the UK", would not apply where the right was based on directly effective European law and where the relevant legislation was capable of being harmoniously interpreted with that law more »

Record £5m Compensation for Actress Leslie Ash
Simeon Maskrey QC and Caroline Hallissey, instructed by Russell Cooke solicitors, have secured a record £5m compensation payout for Actress Leslie Ash after contracting MSSA (Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus) more »

Robert Rhodes QC lectures in Hong Kong
Robert Rhodes QC has been invited to lecture in Hong Kong during December, on directors' duties under English company law, money laundering, and prosecuting serious fraud. more »

Outer Temple Breaks New Ground in the Middle East
Outer Temple Chambers is to become the first barristers' set to have a physical presence in the Middle East with a launch in Abu Dhabi next Monday (12 November). more »

Lissack & Temmink Called to Northern Ireland Bar
On 26th October 2007 Richard Lissack Q.C. and Robert-Jan Temmink were called to the Bar of Northern Ireland by the Lord Chief Justice sitting in the Nisi Prius Court in the High Court in Belfast. more »

Death Row Prisioners Granted Stay of Execution
A prisoner in Georgia has been granted a stay of execution after round-the-clock efforts by leading lawyers from the UK. more »

Deathy Row Team Attempt to Stop Execution A team of leading UK lawyers has intervened to halt the execution by lethal injection this week of America's longest-serving prisoner on "death row" more »