News & Events
News & Events
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to announce the arrival of Samuel Cuthbert which bolsters the Health Team. Samuel brings with him a wealth of experience and talent in his specialist areas of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence, Private and Public Law, Sports Law, and Commercial Law. He is an award-winning Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury barrister and joins the London office as of 17 October 2022. Samuel Cuthbert joins the Health Department which includes the formidable Outer Temple Clinical Negligence and PI teams. He is frequently instructed both as led junior counsel and in his own right. He also has a growing Sports Practice, regularly acting on behalf of both athletes and national governing bodies and has recently been published…
News 17 Oct, 2022
David Holloway was invited to speak at the Taiwan Arbitration Week, which took place in Taipei between 3th-7th October. David spoke on the topic of party-appointed experts in international arbitration. The week commencing October 3rd was Taiwan Arbitration Week, a week to expand the understanding of arbitration and mediation and other extra-litigation dispute resolution mechanisms. Outer Temple’s David Holloway spoke at the event on the topic of party-appointed experts in international arbitration, giving a counsel’s perspective and sharing a panel with a leading arbitrator and professional expert. More details on Taiwan Arbitration Week can be found here. Find out more David Holloway is a specialist in international trade law and international commercial dispute resolution. Throughout his career he has developed particular experience of…
Events 12 Oct, 2022
Elaine Palser, instructed by Moore Barlow LLP, acted for the successful Claimant in Morley v Morley. The Claimant was awarded a 50% beneficial interest in the substantial home of her late father and step-mother on the basis of proprietary estoppel, not only on her own behalf but also on behalf of her brother. Facts The Claimant advanced her father (the Deceased) monies some 15 years ago to assist him in buying a substantial property with his then new partner, the Defendant. The Deceased told the Claimant that if she advanced him these monies, she and her brother would inherit his 50% share in the property when he died. The Deceased said that he would make a will to that effect,…
News 11 Oct, 2022
On Friday 30th September 2022, Outer Temple Chambers and Charles Russell Speechly (OTC Rangers) played in Mayer Brown’s charity 5-a-side football match. Proceeds from the event went to two great charities, Samaritans and Weavers Adventure Playground. Although OTC Rangers did not make it to the finals, we are thrilled to have made it to the semi-finals. Ultimately, we are glad that everyone had a great time and that we raised money for two worthy charities. Please click here to find out more about samaritans and here to find out more about Weavers Adventure Playground.
Events 11 Oct, 2022
Outer Temple’s Anson Cheung has been published in The MENA Business Law Review (LexisNexis). Her ‘Case Comment’ is entitled ‘IGPL General Trading v. Hortin Holdings & Ors’. Anson Cheung has written an article (Case Comment) for The MENA Business Law Review (LexisNexis). Within the article, Anson provides a detailed analysis of the ‘IGPL General Trading v. Hortin Holdings & Ors’ case. Please view Ansons’s full article here- This article was first published in The MENA Business Law Review No. 03/2022 (LexisNexis) Find out more Anson Cheung practises in international arbitration, construction and commercial litigation including financial services, professional negligence and pensions. She was awarded a full-ride merit-based scholarship, the Swire Scholarship, for her undergraduate degree, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Double First in…
External Publications 10 Oct, 2022
On October 6th 2022, Harry Trusted and Olinga Tahzib presented a talk on the topic of Law and Statistics entitled ‘An Introduction to Statistics’ for the Professional Negligence Bar Association (PNBA). The Professional Negligence Bar Association is an organisation with some 900 members including 80 silks. The work undertaken by its members includes generic professional indemnity issues and specialisation concerning legal, clinical, financial and construction professionals, and extends to matters of ethics, discipline, regulatory control and public law accountability. Harry Trusted and Olinga Tahzib both spoke at the recent PNBA event which was an introduction to statistics for advocates. The talk was introduced by Tom Grant KC, Chair of the PNBA. Approximately 30 barristers practicing in different branches of Professional…
News 7 Oct, 2022
Outer Temple’s Andrew Allen KC and Naomi Cunningham presented at our ‘After Forstater: Sex and Gender in the Workplace’ seminar on 21st September 2022. The slides and full video of the talk are now available. Barristers Andrew Allen KC and Naomi Cunningham, who both specialise in Employment & Discrimination, spoke at the recent ‘Sex and Gender in the Workplace Seminar’. This event provided advice for both employers and employees on how to approach the current gender critical debate in the workplace by focussing on recent case law and the practical measures that employers can or must do. The Discussion Andrew Allen KC, joining remotely, opened the event with a short tour of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality…
Webinars 7 Oct, 2022
James Counsell KC and Alex Haines, who were instructed by Janes Solicitors, represented the contemnor in a landmark appeal to the CA against the findings of contempt and the sanction imposed. The Court of Appeal gave helpful guidance on when permission to appeal is needed and on the Court’s power retrospectively to dispense with service of the injunction under the new CPR Part 81 regime. In Hussain v Business Mortgage Finance 4 PLC & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1264, delivered on 4th October 2022, the Court of Appeal (Arnold, Stuart-Smith and Nugee LJJ) gave judgment upholding the committal order against the Appellant by Mr Justice Miles and the ensuing 24-month sentence of imprisonment, the maximum term. The Judgment is available…
News 7 Oct, 2022
Join Outer Temple Chambers and guests for our upcoming Travel Law Conference. The event will be taking place in London on Thursday 13th October 2022 1pm – 5pm. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers and our esteemed guests at our upcoming Travel Law Conference. This event will include a number of topical talks on international injury claims. Agenda 13:00 Arrival and Welcome by Eliot Woolf KC (Chair) 13:15 Talk 1 – Enforcement and Torpedoes – All you need to know from a Spanish perspective! with David Sanchez Almagro of Estudio Jurídico Almagro 14:00 Talk 2 – with Daniel Clarke and Katherine Allen of Hugh James 14:45 Coffee Break 15:00 Talk 3 – Running PI claims North…
Events 6 Oct, 2022
We are proud to share that 25 Outer Temple Barristers and members of staff will be taking part in this year’s Tour De Law 2022 static bicycle challenge to raise money for Breast Cancer Now. This will be going ahead from 12th – 13th October 2022. Tour de Law is an annual static bike challenge that involves squads from different law firms and chambers in the UK racing against each other to raise money for Breast Cancer Now. Breast Cancer Now is a charity that aims not only to carry out life-saving breast cancer research but to also support and care for those going through treatment. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, please click here. Any…
Events 5 Oct, 2022
Outer Temple’s Andrew Short KC and Helen Pugh have been published in the New Law Journal (LexisNexis). Their article is entitled ‘No green light (yet) for climate actions’. Andrew Short KC and Helen Pugh have written an article called ‘No green light (yet) for climate actions’ which has been published in the New Law Journal (Lexis Nexis). Within the article, they discuss the high hurdles still faced by claimants when bringing climate-related derivative actions. Please click here to read the full article. Find out more Andrew Short KC’s practice centres on pensions, employment, and general commercial work. He is able to bring years of experience as a trial lawyer in hostile and contentious claims to bear whenever necessary. He has been recommended for Pensions…
External Publications 5 Oct, 2022
The OAS Administrative Tribunal has handed down judgment in Griner v Secretary General of the OAS, judgment no. 169. Alex Haines and Victoria Brown appeared for the successful Complainant during a three-day hearing at the OAS’s headquarters in Washington DC in April 2022 before all six judges of the Tribunal sitting en banc for the first time. In its historic decision, the Tribunal changed the applicable standard of proof for cases of serious misconduct. The landmark win entirely vindicates Mr Griner, whom the Tribunal ordered be re-instated with back-pay, or be awarded the maximum available under the Tribunal’s Statute; the latter for only the second time in the Tribunal’s history, and for the first time since the 1980s. The Trump…
News 4 Oct, 2022
