News & Events
News & Events
We are delighted to announce that Outer Temple pupils Elliott Courcha and Sophie Hyland have accepted offers of tenancy in Chambers. Their tenancies will commence in September 2025. Elliott and Sophie began their pupillages at Outer Temple Chambers in September 2024 and have recently both accepted offers of tenancies to commence in September 2025. Head of pupillage, Saul Margo says, “We are very lucky to have Elliott and Sophie and have no doubt they will prove to be real assets to Chambers in the years to come. We wish them every success.” Elliott Courcha Prior to studying law, Elliott had a ten year career as a doctor. He studied Medicine at the University of Cambridge and spent six years as…
News 17 Jul, 2025
James Leonard KC was invited to speak on LBC Radio’s ‘The Legal Hour’, hosted by Daniel Barnett. James Leonard KC joined Daniel Barnett on Saturday 12th July 2025 on LBC’s Radio Show. James Leonard KC discussed Health & Safety, and on the show interacted with callers who spoke of personal experiences about what factors relating to Health & Safety affect them at work. Callers spoke of heat as one factor, and Weil’s disease as another. James’ Health, Safety & Environmental work leads to appearances in Courts at every level but his caseload includes the most serious cases for high profile clients. They invariably include fatalities in the workplace, allegations of Gross Negligence Manslaughter against individuals, and offences under the Corporate…
News 16 Jul, 2025
Louis Weston delivered a webinar session on ‘Drafting Effective Safeguarding Policies’ to Sport Resolutions, as part of their Sport Case Management Programme on Thursday 10th July 2025. The webinar focused on policies to help all participating National Governing Bodies (NGBs) strengthen their safeguarding frameworks. The session covered the common challenges in drafting safeguarding policies and subsequent disciplinary processes, and provided clear, practical guidance for creating a procedure that is both legally robust and operationally effective. The webinar session also highlighted the safeguarding process from end-to-end, from referral to hearing, providing tips and suggestions to create a seamless and effective framework to assist NGBs to manage and progress cases. Key Topics Covered included: Policy vs Procedure: Getting the Balance Right –…
News 14 Jul, 2025
James Smith has written an article titled ‘Russia sanctions and the prohibition on trust services’ for the latest journal article of Trusts & Trustees, published on 9th July 2025. UK sanctions law contains a prohibition on the provision of trust services to or for the benefit of designated persons and persons connected with Russia. This article analyses the background to and legal framework of the prohibition. The article then looks at the application of the prohibition to Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, before considering practical steps for affected practitioners. It concludes that a prohibition on trust services is likely to be a lasting feature of the UK’s sanctions regime, posing significant compliance challenges for the trusts industry. Read the full…
External Publications, News 11 Jul, 2025
International injury specialist Ian Denham has been appointed to sit on the EU-UK Working Group of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) together with a panel of expert lawyers from across the UK and Europe. The first step of the Workgroup has been to publish its first Position Paper: “Rights of Personal Injury & Fatal Accident Victims in the Field of Jurisdiction and Enforcement – A Call for EU-UK Cooperation.” A copy of the Paper can be found here. Ian, who sits as the PEOPIL General Board Member for England & Wales played a pivotal role in successfully advocating for the creation of the Workgroup and drafted an initial position paper together with colleagues Phil Banks (of…
External Publications, News 9 Jul, 2025
Following the release of Part 1 in April 2025, Harry Lambert is featured in The New Law Journal with Part 2 of his article; ‘Is social media a defective product?’ In the second part of this series, Harry Lambert tackles some key questions: is social media a ‘product’ at all, and how might claims be brought against its platforms? In Part 1, the article considered whether it was possible to sue social media companies at all, or whether they are protected by statutory or contractual immunity. In Part 2, Harry Lambert tackles some key questions including: is social media a ‘product’ at all, and how might claims be brought against its platforms? He explores the possible causes of action as a vehicle…
External Publications, News 3 Jul, 2025
In R (BIA, BKT, BKD, BLT) v (1) Islington Borough Council (2) Governing Body of St Jude and St Paul’s School (3) Parochial Church Council of St Judge and St Paul’s School (4) London Diocesan Board for Schools, Alex Line and Imogen Egan successfully represented the Defendant local authority in a challenge to its decision to close a local voluntary aided primary school. In April 2025 the local authority decided to close the school pursuant to powers under the Education and Inspections Act 2006, following a consultation process which started in late 2024. The school was a small primary school which had been significantly undescribed for several years. The Defendant concluded that it no longer remained viable and so took…
News 1 Jul, 2025
Fiona Horlick KC and Charlotte Elves act for the Municipality Claimants (MCs) in a contempt application arising out of Município De Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Limited & Ors [2025] EWHC 1601 (TCC). The case is currently litigated before the Technology and Construction Court, following the collapse of the Fundão Dam in 2015. The Contempt Application was brought in October 2024, alleging that the Defendant mining corporation had interfered in the due administration of justice by procuring and funding a claim before the Brazilian Constitutional Court with the aim of removing the MCs access to the English Courts in the ongoing proceedings. The Defendant sought strike out on the basis that the Contempt Application: Was an abuse of process because…
News 26 Jun, 2025
Join the Association of Pensions Lawyers Dispute Resolution Committee Forum on Thursday 3rd July 2025 with Outer Temple’s David E. Grant KC, Philip Stear and Naomi Ling at Gowling WLG LLP, London. David E. Grant KC, Philip Stear and Naomi Ling will be discussing ‘Pension law give and take? Cross-fertilisation with other areas of legal practice: some thoughts.’ This forum will explore cases in which public law, private trusts law and contract law have been imported into pensions and, on occasions, where developed principles have been re-exported, enabling us to consider the scope for further cross-fertilisation. The talk will highlight potentially lesser known cases and concepts from which pensions practitioners might profit and consider when it might be appropriate for…
News 26 Jun, 2025
Section 124 of the recently passed Data Use and Access Act, once enacted, will mark a key development in the legal framework governing coronial investigations into child deaths involving social media. Harry Lambert is acting for a number of bereaved parents. On Thursday 19th June 2025, the Data Use and Access Bill (now Act) 2025 or “DUAA” received Royal Assent and passed into law, although the commencement dates for each provision vary (see section 142) . The ICO has already followed suit with some useful guidance, published here. Of particular note is section 124 which (once it is in force) will represent a key development in the legal framework governing coronial investigations in cases of child death, specifically focusing on…
News 25 Jun, 2025
Philip Punwar and Sean Yates provided training at the DIFC Academy as part of their DIFC Laws & Courts Procedures course on Monday 23 June 2025. The ‘DIFC Laws & Courts Procedures’ course is part of the DIFC Laws Certificate Programme 2025. The series of lectures aims to provide education and training on the DIFC Laws and DIFC Courts Procedures to civil law lawyers, DIFC Courts practitioners, Emirati advocates, In-house counsel and other professionals whose work involve exposure to common law systems and jurisdictions. Philip Punwar and Sean Yates presented at the second session of ‘DIFC Laws’ on DIFC Contract Law. There are a total of 7 sessions under DIFC Laws, part of the DIFC Laws & Courts Procedures course. To…
News 24 Jun, 2025
We are delighted to announce that Outer Temple Chambers has been shortlisted across 12 areas, including ‘Set of the Year’ for Chancery, Clinical Negligence, Employment, Financial Services, Personal Injury, and Professional Disciplinary & Regulatory at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025. The Legal 500 Bar Awards seek to recognise the highest quality chambers as a whole across England and Wales, as well as all people within them. The awards celebrate the finest barristers, chambers, and legal expertise, bringing together some of the brightest minds in the industry. The Legal 500 Bar Awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 24th September 2025 at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London. Set Awards We are proud to share that we have been shortlisted for…
News 19 Jun, 2025
