News & Events
News & Events
Judgment was handed down by The Honourable Mr Justice Globe in the case of Ceri Leigh v The London Ambulance Service in which Christopher Gibson QC was representing the Claimant.
News 25 Feb, 2014
We congratulate Richard Hitchcock on his appointment to the Queens Council.
News 19 Feb, 2014
United States of America v Nolan [2014] EWCA Civ 71 (04 February 2014) www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/71.html On the 4th February 2013 the Court of Appeal handed down its latest judgement in the long running collective redundancy consultation case of USA v Nolan, in which Mark Mullins of Outer Temple Chambers, instructed by Thompsons Law on behalf of the GMB, continues to represent Mrs Christine Nolan. The decision confirms that public sector workers in the UK have statutory redundancy protection (with those in “crown employment” excluded and covered by voluntary arrangements). The USA has sought permission to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. The important question of when the obligation to consult over collective redundancy arises (‘the Fujitsu issue’) is to be…
News 5 Feb, 2014
David Russell QC, together with Javier Canosa, will be covering: Limitless: Exchanging information on an uneven playing field ‘Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely’. Lord Acton In an organized society, is tax collection limitless? Are there other things, principles, concepts, ideas that come before the collection of taxes in a given state? The answer to there questions would have been very straightforward a decade ago; there are clearly other things that should be before the desperate collection of taxes, such as democracy, rule of law, freedom, checks and balances, confidentiality and the respect and value of the citizens as such. These days however, it seems that the answer to those questions has changed. Join us to discuss.…
Events 24 Jan, 2014
Tom Gibson recently wrote an article – ‘A Costs Budgeting Horror Story’ – about a (true) story of a costs budget being struck out for a technical error in an early post-Jackson personal injury case. The article was published in PI Brief Update and is available at http://www.pibriefupdate.com/content/law-journal-summaries/news-category-2-53514/2250-a-costs-budgeting-horror-story-tom-gibson-outer-temple-chambers Since the article was published, several other stories of costs budgets being struck out – or not struck out – for exactly the same technical error (with a budget’s statement of truth wording) have emerged from county courts around the country. With several appeals currently in progress, 2014 looks set to be a busy year for early post-Jackson case law.
News 22 Jan, 2014
Between 13 and 15 January, John was working in El Salvador as a guest of the British Embassy. He made a number of presentations on the rule of law, anti corruption measures, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the EU Central America Association Agreement. He met with the Minister of Public Works, the Presidential Sub-Secretary responsible for transparency and many other state and civil society representatives. John also gave a presentation to the British School in San Salvador. John’s visit attracted significant press attention, on television, radio, the newspapers and on twitter. http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2014/01/15/reino-unido-dio-ponencia-sobre-ley-antisobornos http://elmundo.com.sv/britanicos-instan-a-pais-a-crear-ley-antisoborno https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.587970051280269.1073741864.228023930608218&type=1 Tweets by UKinElSalvador http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2014/01/20/reino-unido-sugiere-a-el-salvador-ley-antisobornos http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_expansion.asp?idCat=75293&idArt=8479877 John continues his time working in the Caribbean, travelling to Port of Spain as a guest of the British High…
News 21 Jan, 2014
Patrick will be discussing ‘A case study in abuse, looking at the critical role of the expert witness’.
News 21 Jan, 2014
Employment specialist Andrew Short QC of Outer Temple Chambers will be joining employment experts later this year at Sweet & Maxwell’s first Employment Law Conference, 3rd April 2014. Following a keynote speech by Mrs Justice Slade DBE and being chaired by 11KBW’s Christopher Jeans QC, the Employment Law conference will cover the most pressing challenges for employment law practitioners including; discrimination, redundancy and unfair dismissal, TUPE, whistleblowing, discrimination, social media, updates in tribunal procedure, legislation updates and a year in review for employment case law. Andrew will be joining a panel discussion focusing on key developments in discrimination with Jane Fielding, Director at Wragge & Co. and Carol Davies, Barrister, Littleton Chambers. To register for the conference and to find…
Events 20 Jan, 2014
The two Outer Temple Barristers are instructed by CMS Cameron McKenna partner Neil Smith in Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund Trustee Ltd v (1) Stena Line Ltd (2) P&O Ferries Ltd (3) Sealion Shipping Ltd (4) International Marine Transportation Ltd (5) Terence Brown. This mammoth case concerns the £272m pension deficit liabilities belonging to the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (MNRPF). At the heart of the dispute is how that liability should be apportioned between the participating employers of seamen employed in the British Merchant Navy. Around 240 employers have joined the MNRPF since its inception in 1978, including oil majors and the main players in the shipping industry, such as Stena and P&O. The proceedings concern the introduction of…
News 6 Jan, 2014
Ben Bradley, Charles Foster, and Katarina Sydow were instructed by Barlow Robbins to intervene on behalf of Care Not Killing in the conjoined appeals of R (Nicklinson & Lamb) v Ministry of Justice and R (AM) v Director of Public Prosecutions.
News 30 Dec, 2013
Outer Temple Chambers was pleased to host once again the Financial Services Lawyers Association Christmas drinks reception on 10th December 2013. Keynote speaker Tracey McDermott, FCA Director of Enforcement, provided a review of FCA achievements of the past year and a detailed analysis of the challenges and priorities for 2014 and beyond. Introduced by Richard Hitchcock FSLA Secretary, the speech generated lively conversation amongst a guest list of the leading industry lawyers.
News 11 Dec, 2013
On 9th December 2013 David Grant spoke at the Annual Winter Trade Finance Conference hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce. David was speaking on recent cases on trade finance including Bulgrains & Co Ltd v Shinhan Bank in which he appeared.
News 10 Dec, 2013
