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News & Events
Joshua Cainer is instructed as Junior Counsel to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future. UK Covid-19 Inquiry Chaired by Baroness Hallett, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is a statutory public inquiry set up under the Inquiries Act 2005 to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future, across wide-ranging Terms of Reference. Joshua Cainer is instructed as Junior Counsel to the Inquiry for Module 1 as part of a counsel team led by Hugo Keith KC (Lead Counsel to the Inquiry) and Kate Blackwell KC. Module 1 of the Inquiry Module 1 of the…
Covid-19 15 Jun, 2023
Outer Temple’s Sarah Crowther KC and Ian Denham are speaking at the PEOPIL Joint Occupational Health/Workplace Accidents and RTA Conference on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th June 2023 in Greece. PEOPIL was founded in 1996 by a group of personal injury lawyers practicing in various jurisdictions in Europe. Their aim was to set up a networking organisation to provide a forum for personal injury lawyers across Europe and to improve and promote judicial co-operation and mutual knowledge of legal and judicial systems of European jurisdictions in this field. Ian Denham was appointed in September 2022 as Representative for England and Wales on the PEOPIL General Board. Both Sarah and Ian are regularly invited to lecture on aspects of travel law both at home…
News 14 Jun, 2023
The second panel session of the afternoon ‘Running Travel Cases Collaboratively: a view from both sides of the fence’ was chaired Ian Denham (Outer Temple) and discussed by panelists: Clare Campbell (Leigh Day, UK) and Craig Evans (Clyde & Co, UK) at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 1st June together with a selection of esteemed guests from the travel law industry. This was a hybrid event and the recordings are now available online. This was the second panel session of the day, which was chaired by Ian Denham, focused on running travel cases collaboratively as discussed by Clare Campbell and…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
The first panel session of the afternoon ‘Cosmetic Tourism Claims’ was chaired by Carin Hunt and discussed by panelists: Cheryl Palmer-Hughes (Irwin Mitchell, UK) & Shauni De Coorde, (HBSV Advocaten, Belgium) at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 1st June together with a selection of esteemed guests from the travel law industry. This was a hybrid event and the recordings are now available online. The first panel session of the day focused on managing cosmetic tourism claims. Watch the panel session; Cosmetic Tourism Claims About the presenters Carin has a busy travel and cross-border practice and is regularly instructed in injury claims with a foreign…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
Sarah Crowther KC and Dan Clarke presented a talk “Forum Non Conveniens – where are we now?” at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 1st June together with a selection of esteemed guests from the travel law industry. This was a hybrid event and the recordings are now available online. The third talk of the day was “Forum Non Conveniens – where are we now?” presented by Sarah Crowther KC and Dan Clarke. The full slide deck from this presentation can be found here. Watch the talk; Forum Non Conveniens – where are we now? About the presenters Sarah Crowther KC is…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
Sam Cuthbert and Klára Dvořáková presented a talk on overseas sports claims, including legal consequences of climbing accidents with an international perspective at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 1st June together with a selection of esteemed guests from the travel law industry. This was a hybrid event and the recordings are now available online. The second talk of the day was “Overseas Sports Claims. Including Legal Consequences of Climbing Accidents – International Perspective” presented by Sam Cuthbert and Klára Dvořáková. Klara opened the presentation with her pre-recorded video on legal consequences of climbing accidents, followed by Sam’s talk on winter…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
Will Young and Jatinder Paul presented a talk on International Group Actions at the at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 1st June together with a selection of esteemed guests from the travel law industry. This was a hybrid event and the recordings are now available online. The first talk of the day was “International Group Actions” presented by Will Young (Outer Temple Chambers) and Jatinder Paul (Irwin Mitchell). The full slide deck from this presentation can be found here. Watch the talk; International Group Actions About the presenters Will is a leading travel law junior and has a particular interest in…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
We look forward to Outer Temple’s John McKendrick KC and Alex Cisneros speaking at the White Paper Conference on Court of Protection: Shaping New Law into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients in London on Wednesday 14th June. John McKendrick KC’s talk on Capacity, answering ‘Where is the tipping point over borderline and fluctuating capacity, including distorted memories, false beliefs and personality change?’ will begin at 12:10. Followed by, Alex Cisneros’ talk on Property, answering ‘How far can you push the Court when evidencing a decision to sell a property when moving a person permanently into residential care?’ Further details on the conference can be found here. Find out more John McKendrick KC practises in all areas of public and commercial law and…
News 13 Jun, 2023
We look forward to Outer Temple’s Justina Stewart speaking at the C5 Crypto and Digital Asset Fraud & Recovery conference on Tuesday 13th June at the Hilton London Kensington. Justina’s talk is scheduled for 2:15pm. Justina, alongside Dan Wyatt (Reynolds, Porter Chamberlain LLP), Wern-Jhien Yam (Partner at Setia Law LLC) and Josh Kemp (Partner at ADG Legal), will be speaking on the hot topic of crypto exchange liability, taking a multi-jurisdictional look at potential causes of action against exchanges if their knowledge falls short of that required for fraud. Find out more Justina is ranked in the legal directories as a leading junior in numerous practice areas – cryptocurrency, insolvency, banking and finance, financial services regulation and commercial dispute resolution. …
News 7 Jun, 2023
Olinga Tahzib, of Outer Temple Chambers, has recently been instructed to join a team of counsel to represent the interests of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. The Inquiry has been set up to examine the UK’s response to and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to learn lessons for the future. The Inquiry’s work is guided by its Terms of Reference. Olinga’s work for the DHSC is focussed on Module 3, which examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare. It will look into the governmental and societal response to COVID-19 as well as examining the impact that the pandemic had on healthcare systems, patients and healthcare workers. This will…
Covid-19 5 Jun, 2023
Bianca Venkata has recently been published in Lexis Nexis® PSL. Her article provides a short overview of the proposed amendments of Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 (1995 Regs). On the 5th December 2022, DHSC launched a consultation regarding proposed amendments to the 1995 regulations. The background to the consultation was a desire to make it more attractive for NHS employees to work for longer and thereby reduce NHS waiting times and retain the skills and knowledge of experienced NHS employees. The key reform proposals include allowing pensionable re-employment for retired members of the 1995 Scheme, allowing partial retirement for members who wish to continue working while reducing their hours and drawing…
External Publications 22 May, 2023
