News & Events
News & Events
Fiona Horlick KC and Oliver Powell, instructed by Andrew Oliver of Andrew Jackson LLP, appeared on behalf of a care home provider at Teesside Crown Court. Following applications made by Fiona and Oliver (& other co-defending counsel), the CPS offered no evidence. Background: between 2016 and 2017, 5 service users, who were residents at two care homes owned by the care provider, passed away. The 8 defendants faced an indictment containing 19 counts arising from the circumstances in which the 5 people died. The deceased were all residents in care homes. The matter was listed for a 10-week trial. The case: Broadly distilled, it was the Crown’s case that the care home provider failed to discharge a duty under s.3…
News 26 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple Chambers’ Equine Law experts, Jonathan Hand KC and Harriet Jerram, share their thoughts on issues arising from recent equine cases and incidents in this podcast. Jonathan Hand KC and Harriet Jerram joined forces this summer to share their thoughts on the most recent equine cases and incidents involving horse safety and the Animals Act 1971 in this Equine Law Update podcast. They discuss some practical issues that have arisen in recent cases including the value of site visits, photos, videos and drone footage, as well as the use of experts and how to do so. Jonathan analyses the question ‘how do you go about proving knowledge?’ of the behaviour of a horse, and Harriet provides some insight into…
Webinars 24 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple’s sanctions law specialists, Alex Haines and Henry Reid are providing a sanctions training session alongside the British Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan on Tuesday the 18th of June 2024. The training session will focus on the Russia sanctions regimes implemented by the UK and US. The sessions will cover: Designated persons, ownership and control, financial and trade sanctions, enforcement, and compliance within the UK context; The role of sanctions in litigation and arbitration, focusing on contentious cases; and An overview of secondary sanctions in the US context. The training aims to ensure that companies comply with specific regulations and standards, enabling employees to understand and adhere to these requirements. By doing so, the training helps minimise legal risks and…
News 14 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple’s Helen Pugh, James Leonard KC and Charlotte Elves were instructed in Commercial Bank of Dubai SC & Ors v Al Sari. The Court of Appeal handed down judgment which clarifies the law on alternative service in contempt proceedings. The Court of Appeal have clarified the law on alternative service in contempt proceedings in an important judgment handed down in Commercial Bank of Dubai SC & Ors v Al Sari [2024] EWCA Civ 643. The Court of Appeal accepted the submission of the 1st Appellant (represented on appeal by Helen Pugh of Outer Temple Chambers) and 2nd Appellant (represented on appeal by James Leonard KC and Charlotte Elves) that an order permitting alternative service in a previous phase of…
News 13 Jun, 2024
Andrew Spink KC and Justina Stewart have succeeded in securing a re-trial in (1) Gate Mena DMCC (2) Huobi Mena FZC v Tabarak Investment Capital Ltd and another DIFC CA-002-2023 (‘Huobi v Tabarak’). In a much anticipated judgment, the DIFC Court of Appeal (Justice Black KC giving the leading judgment) has reviewed the law in relation to digital assets, and developed DIFC jurisprudence in other areas. The DIFC recently enacted wide-reaching legislative reform, in the form of the DIFC Digital Assets Law and Law of Security and associated amendments to numerous DIFC laws (a project on which Andrew and Justina, alongside other OTC members, were instructed). These bespoke and innovative legislative reforms, alongside the Court of Appeal’s decision in Huobi…
News 13 Jun, 2024
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…
