News & Events
News & Events
David Russell KC will be lecturing at the 3rd batch of the comprehensive Aurifer GCC Tax Certificate course in collaboration with Middlesex University Dubai. The Aurifer GCC Tax Certificate program will start on Thursday, 3rd October 2024 until Thursday, 28th November 2024. This course is designed for professionals who wish to expand their expertise in tax regulations and compliance across the GCC region. The course offers a thorough and practical understanding of 6 key models including UAE Corporate Tax, GCC VAT and Excise Tax, GCC Customs, Domestic Tax Systems in the GCC, International Tax, and Transfer Pricing. This year’s edition also features an additional module with two specialisation tracks covering Pillar 2 Implementation in the GCC and the UAE Free…
News 2 Oct, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Martina Murphy has been shortlisted for Employment ‘Junior Counsel of the Year’ at the International Employment Lawyer (IEL) Awards taking place on Wednesday 13th November at The Dorchester, London. The annual International Employment Lawyer Awards recognises the very best private practice and in-house teams from around the globe. Martina Murphy has been shortlisted for ‘Junior Counsel of the Year’ for 2024. This award recognises the advocacy, investigative, and advisory skills of leading independent junior advocates from around the globe. Nominees will have worked on high-profile, cutting-edge disputes, been instructed in sensitive workplace investigations, or acted on complex advisory matters in the past 12 months. To view a full list of nominees, click here. Find…
News 2 Oct, 2024
Earlier this year, Olinga Tahzib was appointed an editor of Facts & Figures, the key practitioners guide used by barristers, solicitors and all levels of the judiciary in calculating past and future losses in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. The 29th edition of the book, which is available to pre-order, will be published this month by Sweet & Maxwell. New additions to the 29th edition include guidance on the offsetting of benefits against damages and details of historical rates for Carer’s Allowance. About the author Olinga Tahzib is a sought-after personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, ranked by Legal 500, where he is described as an “impressive junior”. His caseload increasingly consists of catastrophic injury claims, including brain and…
External Publications, News 25 Sep, 2024
Aliyah Akram and Olinga Tahzib of Outer Temple Chambers presented a talk on ‘Asbestos and product liability litigation – the challenges of historic claims’ at our half day product liability conference ‘Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US’. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a half day conference on product liability claims in the UK and the US in early September 2024. Our specialist barristers were joined by colleagues from around the world to discuss a range of product liability issues and claims, including the differences in defending claims in the UK and the US, the Boeing 737 litigation, and recent vaccine litigation claims, amongst other topics. The recordings of…
Webinars 23 Sep, 2024
Andrew Spink KC will be speaking at COMBAR’s 6th India Roundtable Conference 2024 taking place on 21st September 2024 at The Oberoi Hotel, Delhi. The COMBAR India Committee was established in 2016 to promote links between the English commercial and arbitration Bar and their counterparts in India, taking advantage of the two jurisdictions’ shared legal heritage and frequent opportunities for cross-border work. The COMBAR 6th India Round Table 2024 – Delhi will take place on 20th and 21st September 2024, starting with a reception at the Imperial Hotel on the evening of Friday 20th September 2024 and finishing with a dinner at The Oberoi Hotel on Saturday 21st September 2024. The conference on 21st will begin with breakfast served for…
News 20 Sep, 2024
Outer Temple’s Lucian ILIE has co-authored the ‘Romania‘ chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide – International Arbitration 2024 with Adrian Iordache from Consortium Legal. Lucian ILIE has co-authored the 21st edition of the ‘Romania‘ Chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide – International Arbitration 2024 article alongside Adrian Iordache. The article covers common issues in International Commercial Arbitration, divided into 15 different parts: Part One : Arbitration AgreementsPart Two: Governing LegislationPart Three: JurisdictionPart Four: Choice of Law RulesPart Five: Selection of Arbitral TribunalPart Six: Procedural RulesPart Seven: Preliminary Relief and Interim MeasuresPart Eight: Evidentiary MattersPart Nine: Making an AwardPart Ten: Challenge of an AwardPart Eleven: Enforcement of an AwardPart Twelve: ConfidentialityPart Thirteen: Remedies/Interests/CostsPart Fourteen: Investor-State ArbitrationPart Fifteen: General Read full article Read the Romania chapter here. Find out more Lucian ILIE is an English barrister, and a French and Romanian avocat specialising in international…
External Publications, News 19 Sep, 2024
Event Date: 10 Oct, 2024
You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for the launch of our Group Litigation Series on Thursday 10th October 2024 in London. Outer Temple Chambers is renowned for its expertise in a wide range of areas including Product Liability, Personal Injury, Industrial Disease, Medical Claims, Employment, Financial Services and Pensions amongst others. A growing number of these matters involve group actions and, if you have been instructed in such matters, you will recognise the need for a very different approach. The practice teams at Outer Temple Chambers have now joined forces to offer a series of advisory sessions on the unique aspects of group claims, with each session offering insights into the differences, similarities, and sharing of knowledge from…
Kevin P. Durkin of Clifford Law presented a talk on ‘Holding Boeing to account – the 737 Max Litigation’ at Outer Temple’s half day product liability conference ‘Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US’. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a half day conference on product liability claims in the UK and the US in early September 2024. Our specialist barristers were joined by colleagues from around the world to discuss a range of product liability issues and claims, including the differences in defending claims in the UK and the US, the Boeing 737 litigation, and recent vaccine litigation claims, amongst other topics. The recordings of this event are now…
Webinars 17 Sep, 2024
Joel Smith of Bowman and Brooke presented a talk on ‘Litigating vehicle accidents in an age of automated vehicles’ at Outer Temple’s half day product liability conference ‘Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US’. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a half day conference on product liability claims in the UK and the US in early September 2024. Our specialist barristers were joined by colleagues from around the world to discuss a range of product liability issues and claims, including the differences in defending claims in the UK and the US, the Boeing 737 litigation, and recent vaccine litigation claims, amongst other topics. The recordings of this event are now…
Webinars 16 Sep, 2024
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to again be a co-sponsor of the flagship annual event for international injury lawyers; the PEOPIL Annual Conference, this year in Prague on 20th – 21st September 2024. The PEOPIL Annual Conference is a two-day event held in a different member country each year and will be taking place in Czech Republic this year. Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to co-sponsor this year’s conference including the welcome drinks reception and dinner on 19th and coffee break on the 20th. Outer Temple’s Travel Law maestro, Ian Denham, is a member of the PEOPIL General Board as representative for England and Wales and also Secretary of the PEOPIL RTA & Whiplash EEG. He will be attending the conference…
News 12 Sep, 2024
Ben Compton KC contributed to IOSH Magazine’s Sep/Oct 2024 edition on ‘Legal Perspectives on 50 years of the HSWA’. The full article can be accessed below. As the UK Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 celebrates its half-century, Paul Verrico of Eversheds, asked some of the UK’s leading legal practitioners for their views on its efficacy. Outer Temple’s Ben Compton KC contributed alongside other industry experts. The full article can be read here. Find out more Ben Compton KC is a specialist advocate in health and safety renowned for his extensive experience in civil and criminal courts, subsequent appeals at the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court, together with jury inquests throughout the UK. He is recognised as one of…
External Publications, News 10 Sep, 2024
Tom Gibson represented a young adult in his successful claim for the delayed diagnosis of his life-threatening sepsis. The claimant was just 28 years old when his GP failed to refer him to hospital one Thursday morning. By Friday evening he was seriously unwell. After a 999 call and an emergency ambulance to hospital, he was diagnosed with life-threatening sepsis. He then needed 4 months of hospital treatment – including over 3 months at a specialist centre in London, where he was put in an induced coma. He also needed ECMO [extracorporeal membrane oxygenation] treatment, a type of artificial life support, for 39 days. The claimant’s road to rehabilitation was a long one. He needed multiple fingertip and toe…
News 10 Sep, 2024
