News & Events
News & Events
Outer Temple’s Will Young has recently settled a clinical negligence claim alleging negligent failure on the part of an NHS Trust for a seven-figure sum on the eve of trial. Will was instructed by the Claimant in a clinical negligence claim alleging negligent failure on the part of an NHS Trust to diagnose bowel obstruction, leading to a bowel perforation, and subsequent post-ITU syndrome. The Claimant was a successful businessman, and the claim involved a complex loss of earnings claim, requiring the input of expert Forensic Accountants, and was pleaded just short of £2 million. Attempts to resolve the claim at a joint settlement meeting with the Defendant were unsuccessful, and the case was listed for a 7 day trial…
News 12 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple Chambers’ Employment Law specialist, Daniel Barnett, has recently hit one million downloads on his podcast channel ‘Employment Law Matters’, ranking it a #1 business podcast. Employment Law Matters, the podcast by Daniel Barnett, which features many members of the Outer Temple Chambers employment team, has been ranked a #1 business podcast in the Apple podcast charts, after reaching one million downloads. Launched five years ago, for the first 12 months after the podcast launched, Daniel published one episode a week, mainly consisting of monologues and mini-seminars on employment law. During the height of the Covid lockdown, it moved to up to three episodes a week keeping employment lawyers and HR Professionals up to date on the frequently changing furlough…
News 11 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple’s Gerard McDermott KC, Sarah Crowther KC, Ian Denham and Aliyah Akram will be attending the PEOPIL Conference in Lisbon from Thursday 6th – Friday 7th of June. The PEOPIL conferences offer a great opportunity to network and to share knowledge. Members of Outer Temple regularly provide talks/attend PEOPIL events throughout the year. Gerard, Sarah, Ian and Aliyah are attending the Joint Conference of the Product Liability/Pharmaceutical/Mass Tort and RTA & Whiplash SIGs later on this week for the two day event. Ian Denham, (PEOPIL representative for England and Wales & Secretary of the PEOPIL RTA & Whiplash EEG) will chair a panel session taking place on the afternoon of Friday the 7th of June. Ian, Michał Krzanowski and Dorothy…
News 5 Jun, 2024
Education Law Specialist, Alex Line, has recently been involved in an important Upper Tribunal decision concerning families of armed forces personnel who have children with special educational needs. Alex Line recently appeared in the Upper Tribunal in Hampshire County Council v GC & GC [2024] UKUT 128 (AAC), acting for the local authority. This is an important case (described by Upper Tribunal Judge West in his decision as a ‘test case’) concerning a family who moved to Dubai for two years because the father was deployed there as part of his naval service. The local authority ceased to maintain their child’s EHC Plan pursuant to s.45 of the Children and Families Act 2014, on the basis that the family were…
News 5 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple’s Alex Cisneros, has been praised by the Court of Protection for “exemplary professionalism” in “trailblazer” case involving the Public Guardian and 8 litigants in person. The case involved a 96-year-old woman with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Her six children and one of their spouses were all parties to the proceedings but were unrepresented. The case involved several applications from the person’s attorney for gratuitous care payments, retrospective approval of gifts and authorisation of future renovation work to the attorney’s property. In concluding the proceedings, the court thanked Alex Cisneros, the sole barrister in this case, for his “exemplary professionalism in what was … well, I’m not aware of any other case involving eight litigants in person” –…
News 17 May, 2024
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to announce that personal injury specialist, Sarah Crowther KC, has been appointed Vice Chair of the Personal Injury Bar Association. PIBA (Personal Injury Bar Association) is the specialist bar association for barristers who practise in the field of personal injuries, including clinical negligence, inquests and inquiries with an injury component. PIBA provides a forum of discussion on matters of common concern and interest to its members. More on the Personal Injury Bar Association can be found here. Sarah acts for both claimants and defendants across the range of personal injury disputes, including catastrophic injury claims, spinal cord injuries, brain injury and fatal accidents. She handles employer’s liability claims, including asbestos-related illness claims, public liability claims,…
News 1 May, 2024
Join us to hear from our leading pensions law barristers on Thursday 16th of May 2024 for an afternoon of talks at the second stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join the Outer Temple’s pensions team for an afternoon of talks, covering all things pensions law on Thursday 16th May 2024. Topics will include: the Avon judgment, section 57 of the Trustee Act 1925, defending contribution notices, and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks, followed by early evening networking drinks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration 1.50pm – 2.00pm – Welcome & Introduction 2:00pm – 2:30pm – Severing the bad from…
Outer Temple’s Andrew Spink KC will be chairing a panel session at the Tech Disputes Conference on Tuesday 16th April 2024. Fellow tech disputes specialists, Charlie Morgan, Clara-Ann Gordon and Josephine Davies KC will join Andrew for the panel session. The Tech Disputes Network and Thought Leaders 4 have returned in collaboration for the Tech Disputes Conference 2024. The day event brings together professionals from the technology and legal industries interested in avoiding, managing and winning tech disputes. The event is taking place on Tuesday 16th April 2024 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel London Kensington. From 12:00-12:40pm, Andrew Spink KC will be chairing the panel session alongside speakers Charlie Morgan (Herbert Smith Freehills), Clara-Ann Gordon (NKF) and Josephine Davies KC…
News 12 Apr, 2024
Sam Cuthbert has recently been invited to return to the Everton Fan Channel, Toffee TV’s, ‘More than A Game’ podcast to discuss financial fair play, profitability and sustainability rule breaches by Leicester City, Nottingham Forest FC and Everton FC. Outer Temple’s Sports Law Specialist, Sam Cuthbert, has been invited back to join John and Patric on the ‘More Than a Game’ podcast to discuss recent developments in the investigations of financial conduct of various English football league clubs. Sam previously featured on the podcast in early March, discussing Premier League PSR, the ongoing cases for Everton and Nottingham Forest, and what it means for the future of the competition (click here to view). Sam was delighted to be invited back…
News 11 Apr, 2024
Outer Temple’s Courtney Step-Marsden and Gerard Airey of Kilgannon & Partners LLP were successful in statutory redundancy pay claim for the Claimant against Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. Courtney Step-Marsden was instructed in this case which reinforces the importance of suitability in alternative employment offers during redundancy. Courtney Step-Marsden and Gerard Airey were successful in the claim and achieved a significant victory for the Claimant against Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. The Claimant was employed by Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, initially as a general manager (grade 8c role). He then engaged in a number of secondments over a period of 9 years in which he was working as a Programme Director (‘PD’) a grade…
News 28 Mar, 2024
Join our leading travel law barristers and an esteemed line-up of external speakers for our annual Travel Law Conference on Thursday the 25th April 2024 in Manchester. This will be a hybrid event, with limited in-person tickets and streamed online. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers and a line-up of external, expert speakers for an insightful afternoon discussion on the topic of ‘Package Holidays and Injuries Aboard’. Join us, in person, at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel (Manchester) or remotely (via Zoom) to hear from leading experts in the Travel Law industry. The conference will be followed by an early evening drinks reception. Outer Temple Chambers’ travel law barristers Gerard McDermott KC, Sarah Crowther KC, Ian Denham, Daniel Clarke,…
Outer Temple’s sports law specialists, Harry Steinberg KC and Sarah Crowther KC are delighted to welcome Paul Barber OBE and Steve Kavanagh for early evening discussion on the business of management in the football industry. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for our ‘Beyond the Pitch – The Business of Football’ seminar on the evening of Tuesday 23rd of April 2024 taking place at Arundel House, London. Two of our specialist sports law barristers, Harry Steinberg KC and Sarah Crowther KC, are delighted to welcome two highly revered figures in the football industry, Paul Barber OBE and Steve Kavanagh, for an early evening discussion on the business of management in the football industry. Paul Barber OBE (Chief Executive…
Events 19 Mar, 2024
