News & Events
News & Events
An independent group of barristers are providing a forum, chaired by OTC, for BPTC students to discuss and get advice about the difficulties encountered taking their exams this summer. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) exams have not gone well so far this year, first being postponed due to Covid-19, then suffering technical problems during the online exams. Back in May, the BSB announced that the centralised assessments on the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) and the Bar Transfer test (BTT) would be offered as computer based exams in August after the April exams had to be cancelled. Pearson VUE’s OnVUE secure global online proctoring solution was supposed to enable students and transferring qualified lawyers to sit the exams remotely. However…
Events 13 Aug, 2020
Outer Temple and EY invite you to a joint webcast: Practical legal and risk considerations when navigating your compliance and investigations framework. Failure to organise your compliance framework and react to internal issues can be disastrous for organisations, resulting in fines, sanctions and reputational damage. During the heat of the COVID-19 crisis, while most organisations adapted at pace and carried on through the pandemic, aspects of their usual compliance processes did go into a level of hibernation. Now is the time to look back at what happened, put right any ‘wrongs’ and use lessons learnt to strengthen your organisations’ business conduct and ethics framework. Where there may have been ‘wrongs’, the decision of any corporate entity to launch an internal…
Events 15 Jul, 2020
On 21 July 2020 Peter Linstead has been invited by the DIFC Academy of Law to speak on the new DIFC Employment Law of 2019, with Kiersten Lucas and Emily Aryeetey of Stephenson Harwood. This two hour webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the new Law and will include an update of events since its enactment and the 2020 amendments relating to Dubai Employee Workplace Savings plans. Peter Linstead has unique insight into the Law having advised the DIFC Authority on aspects of its drafting. The new Law is an important development in terms of the importance of the DIFC as a base for commerce and international business. Booking the Webinar You may read more about the webinar and…
Events 14 Jul, 2020
Outer Temple invites you to a multi-disciplinary webinar on the courts’ recent wrestles with RPI, with Lydia Seymour, David Grant, Philip Stear, Nicholas Hill and Richard Gibson. What is the outlook for inflation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and the various government support schemes for businesses? Will there be renewed pressure on schemes to explore options to switch out of RPI-based escalation? A run of cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court since 2012 have confirmed that in principle scheme powers may be available to switch from RPI to CPI, following the lead taken by the State schemes (and the statutory minima for revaluation and LPI increases) in 2010. But these decisions have also suggested…
Events 8 Jul, 2020
Outer Temple invites you to a webinar on Litigation Friends, with Gerard McDermott QC, Will Young and Katarina Sydow. Members of Outer Temple Chambers will provide an update on Litigation Friends on Wednesday 29th July at 12pm. The panel will be chaired by John McKendrick QC. Key Note Speaker: Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Ryder Guest Speaker: The Official Solicitor, Sarah Castle Webinar Details Date: Wednesday 29th July 2020 Time: 4:30pm via Zoom To book a place at this webinar please register here. Click here to book your place now
Events 7 Jul, 2020
On 23rd July, Alex Haines will be moderating a panel of experts at the 2020 Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists Virtual Sanctions Summit. Alex Haines has been invited to chair the panel, who will be discussing US, EU and UK sanctions. Featured speakers at the event will include: Kelvin Ong (Director for United Nations Sanctions in the Security Council Affairs Division in the Department of Political Affairs), Aimee Langley (Head of Compliance at OFSI), Amalie Wedege (Head of Sanctions Framework & Compliance for the Danske Bank Group) and Sheila Jassies (COFCO International’s lead counsel for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa). The 2020 Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists Virtual Sanctions Summit will be taking place virtually on 23rd July 2020. You…
Events 7 Jul, 2020
Outer Temple invites you to a lunchtime webinar on Cryptoassets & Smart Contracts, presented by Dr Mimi Zou and Hin Liu of Oxford University Deep Tech Lab and John McKendrick QC, Chloë Bell, Jeremy Scott-Joynt. Members of Outer Temple Chambers will collaborate with the Oxford University Deep Tech Dispute Resolution Lab to present a webinar on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts on Wednesday 8th July at 12pm. Topics The fundamental legal foundations for cryptoassets and smart contracts in modern legal systems. What aspects of the technology surrounding cryptoassets, smart contracts and blockchain regulators need to understand in order to regulate these areas effectively. The potential for business crime involving crypto and smart contracts. Speakers Chair: Dr Mimi Zou (Fellow of St Hugh’s…
Events 12 Jun, 2020
Outer Temple Chambers would like to invite you to a lunch-time briefing update on Abuse Claims on Wednesday 27th May 2020. James Counsell QC, Patrick Sadd and Paul Livingston will be conducting a lunch-time briefing update and practice points review on the subject of abuse claims. Topics will include: Reviewing two High Court decisions: DSN v Blackpool Football Club and BXB v Watchtower Costs: the impact of the Defendants’ approach before and during trial Limitation climate: is it possible to forecast? Consequence for vicarious liability following Supreme Court decisions in Barclays and Morrisons The Speakers James specialises in acting for claimants in historical and more recent sex abuse claims against religious organisations, schools, the scouts and against football clubs and…
Events 20 May, 2020
Enabling legal structures that protect and grow wealth. Join David Russell QC, Vistra and DIFC on 13th May for a webinar on private wealth opportunities in the Middle East. Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) remains a top 3 global region for growth of private wealth after APAC and Latin America. Over $3T of private wealth and $3T of sovereign capital is available in the GCC alone. By 2023, the UNHW population in UAE is expected to grow by 15%. Demand for personal and family wealth continues to grow rapidly yet wealth management remains underpenetrated with a disproportionate amount of wealth still held in bank deposits. The DIFC has become one of the largest wealth centres between Europe and…
Events 11 May, 2020
You are invited to join a webinar on Tuesday 7 April (11am GMT) on the basic principles of endowments, awqaf, and the frameworks required. As part of their ‘Governance in Philanthropy Series’, The Pearl Initiative is delighted to invite you to participate in an upcoming webinar on Tuesday, 7th April from 3:00 – 4:00 pm (Gulf Standard Time), to discuss the basic principles of endowments, awqaf, and the frameworks required to govern this vehicle to ensure its sustainability. Led by David Russell QC, of Outer Temple Chambers, this webinar will highlight ways to maximise social investment through awqaf, and underline international best practices in establishing, managing, sustaining and investing in awqaf. More specifically, the presentation will delve into the following…
Events 2 Apr, 2020
On Tuesday 18 June 2019, Alex Haines will give a one-day workshop to the Staff Council of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV). The workshop attendees will include employees of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The workshop will cover International Administrative Law, the UN’s Duty of Care, the UN’s internal justice system, freedom of speech and the applicability of the International Civil Service Commission Code of Conduct to retirees. Members of Outer Temple Chambers’ international law team are currently instructed in a number of cases involving several international organisations. The team’s work ranges from legal and…
Events 17 Jun, 2019
In March 2019, the Outer Temple International Injury & Travel team held an invitation-only seminar in Manchester focusing on ‘Key Issues and Developments in Travel Law’. The seminar was chaired by Gerard McDermott QC and attended by leading cross-border personal injury lawyers from across Europe. Ian Denham kicked off the afternoon, presenting on the recent Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 and explored what impact the Regulations might have on the travel industry and personal injury claims. A presentation from US attorney, Jack J. Casciato followed. Jack, a partner at Clifford Law Offices of Chicago gave an illuminating and engaging overview of aviation claims brought under the Montreal Convention. This was followed by a joint segment by Gerard…
Events 15 Apr, 2019
