News & Events
News & Events
Naomi Cunningham has been published in the latest Discrimination Law Association Briefing paper on the latest Forstater v CGD Europe EAT decision. Naomi’s article was included in the DLA November briefing paper (Vol 74, 987-1000 Nov 2021) on the subject of gender critical beliefs following the recent EAT decision in Forstater v CGD Europe Ltd [2021] UKEAT/0105/20/JOJ. Her article looks at the facts of the case and the implications for practitioners going forward. Read the full briefing here. Discrimination Law Association Journal This DLA journal provides accessible and authoritative analysis of the latest developments in discrimination law. The publication takes a complainant-oriented perspective and cover all areas of discrimination law. Briefings contains editorials with analytical overviews of current issues, discussions…
External Publications 9 Nov, 2021
Bianca Venkata writes for Lexis Nexis PSL on the NHS Pension Scheme changes, equalisation of survivor pensions and final pay control. The Department of Health & Social Care has published the outcome of its consultation on the draft NHS Pension Schemes and Injury Benefits Regulations 2021. The draft regulations seek to equalise survivor pensions and make changes to final pay control by amending the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulation 1995 (as amended). Bianca examines the response and its implications. Analysis This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 13 August 2021 and can be found here (subscription required). Find out more Bianca Venkata accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ practice including pensions, commercial litigation, probate, employment & discrimination,…
External Publications 20 Aug, 2021
In a recent Lexis PSL News Analysis article, Carin Hunt considers how cycling and e-scooters may be regulated in the future and the potential impact for practitioners on personal injury law. Sabina Habib of Lexis Nexis interviewed Carin Hunt for a Personal Injury Analysis piece, published in July 2021. We summarise the their conversation below. Registration of cyclists The first idea considered by Carin in this interview was originally floated by motoring lawyer Nick Freeman. Freeman proposed the creation of a licensing system for cyclists and e-scooter riders. The suggestion is for cyclists to be compulsory registered, to wear numbered tabards, and be eligible for penalty points should they break the rules of the road. Carin cites expense, practical complexity, and the potential hidden…
External Publications 30 Jul, 2021
James Counsell QC and Joshua Cainer have been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Personal Injury Law. James and Joshua consider the ever moving sphere of vicarious liability and the impact of the recent Supreme Court decision on historical sexual abuse cases. This article discusses the latest Supreme Court decisions on vicarious liability, Barclays Bank Plc v Various Claimants and WM Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants, and their likely effect on the substantive outcomes in personal injury claims arising out of historical and more recent sexual abuse. It considers this by reference to some recent High Court cases on historical sexual abuse which pre-date the Supreme Court’s decisions, as well as one High Court case which…
External Publications 4 Mar, 2021
Alex Haines recently featured in an episode of RPC’s Taxing Matters. Alex discussed the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and the impact it will have on the UK sanctions landscape. The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 was one of the first of the first Acts passed as a direct result of Brexit. In this RPC Taxing Matters podcast episode, Alex Haines shares his considerable insight on sanctions, how they affect trade and the changes the Act will now bring about. Find out more Taxing Matters is your one stop audio shop for all things tax brought to you by RPC. The podcast explores the sometimes hostile and ever-changing landscape that is the world of tax law and tax…
External Publications 1 Mar, 2021
Peter Linstead, a specialist in employment and commercial law from Outer Temple Chambers, has written a new handbook on Employee Competition; “Restraining Competition by Employees – A Practical Guide to Restrictive Covenants, Injunctions and Other Remedies”. “Restraining Competition by Employees – A Practical Guide to Restrictive Covenants, Injunctions and Other Remedies” is published by Law Brief Publishing. Click here for further information or to purchase a copy. The purpose of the book is to create an easily accessible, indexed guide to this area of law, which is often regarded as highly specialist, even within the employment law community. Whilst fully up to date and covering all areas of importance, it is designed to enable solicitors and barristers to gain knowledge…
External Publications 15 Feb, 2021
Fiona Horlick QC and Jeremy Scott-Joynt contributed to Issue 7 of the Public Sector Counter Fraud Journal with their article titled “What we tell ourselves: how stories can encourage bribery – and prevent it?” Fiona and Jeremy consider the Bribery Act and the proper test of what’s improper or not according to Sections 4 and 5 of the Bribery Act. The article analyses how the types of conduct under examination could breach a “relevant expectation” about how the duty in question should be performed; and the definition of “what a reasonable person in the UK would expect in relation to the performance of the type of function or activity concerned”. This issue also contains articles from the Centre for the…
External Publications 8 Feb, 2021
Jennifer Seaman and Victoria Brown have updated and published the Tolley’s Pension Law Chapter on Dispute Resolution and Pension Scheme Litigation. Tolley’s Pension Law is a leading ‘loose-leaf’ pensions text book – published by Lexis Nexis. The chapter on dispute resolution and pension scheme litigation focuses on occupational pension schemes and gives the latest updates on procedures available to resolve disputes in such schemes, including: litigation before the courts (covering the latest case law in this area, e.g. the British Airways Pension Scheme litigation and FSHC Group Holdings Ltd and subsequent cases); actions before The Pension Regulator; cases before The Pensions Ombudsman. Tolley’s Pensions Law is one of the authoritative texts on pensions law in the UK. LexisNexis describes it…
External Publications 3 Feb, 2021
Fiona Horlick QC is the co-editor and major contributing author of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption. Fiona provides her concluding remarks on the serialisation of the chapters that members have published each week for the publication of the Third Edition. We asked Fiona for her thoughts on the Third Edition of Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption. Fion commented: “In 2010 Richard Lissack QC and I were asked by LexisNexis to produce a book on the Bribery Act 2010 which would be coming into force in 2011. I devised a chapter plan in conjunction with Richard and Lexis Nexis and chose the authors based on the range of talent at Outer Temple coupled with expert input from…
External Publications 16 Dec, 2020
Dr Ali Almihdar authored chapter 31 of Lissack & Horlick on Bribery and Corruption. Ali’s new chapter focuses on the scale of corruption in the Middle East and the major challenges it presents. As part of a serialisation of chapters that members of Outer Temple contributed to in this latest edition, the authors have been summarising their chapters every week. This Chapter is designed to provide a survey of one of the most lamentable traits in human behaviour. The geographical area that it is meant to cover is what is the Middle East and more specifically the Gulf Cooperation Council States. Its temporal span starts from before the advent of the religion of Islam in the Arabian peninsula to today’s…
External Publications 9 Dec, 2020
John McKendrick QC authored chapter 24 of Lissack & Horlick on Bribery and Corruption. John’s new chapter focuses on the scale of corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean and the major challenges it presents. As part of a serialisation of chapters that members of Outer Temple contributed to in this latest edition, the authors have been summarising their chapters every week. The scale of corruption, and the major challenge it presents to all aspects of Latin American and Caribbean society, have increasingly moved to a dominant, indeed, overwhelming centre stage in public discourse in recent years. Latin America An incessant number of scandals have emerged. The largest has been the “Car Wash” scandal (“Lava Jato”) which began in Brazil…
External Publications 2 Dec, 2020
Alex Haines authored chapter 20 of Lissack & Horlick on Bribery and Corruption. Alex’s new chapter focuses on the Sanctions Regimes of Multilateral Development Banks. As part of a serialisation of chapters that members of Outer Temple contributed to in this latest edition, the authors have been summarising their chapters every week. Introduction In Summer 2020, it was announced that USD $250 billion would be deployed over the next 18 months in spare lending capacity by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) following the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nature of MDB financing makes MDBs vulnerable to a range of corruption risks from an array of different agents. Increased activity from the MDBs’ increasingly sophisticated and well-resourced investigatory offices…
External Publications 25 Nov, 2020
