News & Events
News & Events
Louis Weston acted for the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) in the prosecution of professional darts player Prakash Jiwa for betting offences and match fixing under DRA Rules. Louis, the Head of Outer Temple’s Sports Law team acted for the DRA in the case of Prakash Jiwa, where the player was found guilty of fixing four matches and betting on darts at a hearing before the Darts Regulation Authority Disciplinary Committee. The case arose from Mr Jiwa deliberately losing the matches for his associates to bet upon. Jiwa, a three time winner of the PDC Tour card, has been suspended for 8 years from the sport, and faced a fine of £17,741.46. The DRA said that the decision “sends a clear message…
News 24 Mar, 2025
Head of Outer Temple’s Sports Law team, Louis Weston has been published in the Sports Integrity chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25 on betting and financial corruption. The chapter gives a comprehensive summary of events, linking the key issues and developments of the past year. Louis Weston reviewed the topic of betting and financial corruption. One quarter of the way through the first century of this millennium and, no surprise to Mr Sherlock Holmes, corrupters and the corrupt have not stopped trying to make illicit money from sport. The motives of money laundering, greed and envy drive the corrupt. The to and fro, the cat and mouse of the regulators, the state and the miscreants carried on globally with…
External Publications, News 20 Mar, 2025
The Employment Tribunal handed down judgment in the case of Mr S Kalar v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, dismissing all claims brought against the Metropolitan Police. Martina Murphy acted for the successful Respondent. Mr S Kalar had been employed as a police officer by the Metropolitan Police from 1993 until he retired in 2023. Mr Kalar brought wide-ranging discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010 in relation to both race and disability and whistleblowing claims under the Employment Rights Act 1996 comprising over 270 individual allegations. The Claimant referred to an “an overarching culture of institutional racism, misogyny and disablism” with allegations spanning several years. The case also involved procedural issues concerning grievance handling, medical accommodations due…
News 19 Mar, 2025
James Counsell KC recently acted on behalf of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, successfully prosecuting Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for failing to have anti-money laundering (AML) risk assessments and procedures in place in its London office. A fine of £300,000 was issued by the regulatory body. The SRA identified various issues during a routine review of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in 2021 and referred the matter to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) in November 2023, instructing James Counsell KC to act on its behalf. Simpson Thacher admitted its failure to comply with AML regulations between June 2017 and 2023 including: Firm-Wide Risk Assessment: Between June 2017 and March 2020, the firm did not have a compliant risk assessment covering the entire…
News 18 Mar, 2025
Ben Bradley will be speaking at AvMA’s 35th Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) taking place on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March 2025 in Bournemouth at Bournemouth International Centre. The 35th AvMA Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) is aimed at clinical negligence specialists where the very best medical and legal experts will give an update on all the key issues, developments and policies in clinical negligence and medical law. The programme this year will have a focus on Cancer and Oncology whilst also covering many other key medico-legal topics. Ben Bradley will be speaking on Friday 21st March at 11:00am on the topic of ‘Double or Quits’ – Tactical Decisions in Oncology Cases covering difficult tactical issues which frequently arise…
News 17 Mar, 2025
Robert Rhodes KC will address the Hong Kong Department of Justice on Wednesday 19th March, and the Hong Kong Mediation Centre on Friday 21st March 2025 on the topic of Mediation. The Department of Justice is the department responsible for legal policy, the administration of justice, drafting legislation, and providing legal advice to the government in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Mediation Centre (HKMC), established in 1999, is the first professional mediation organisation recognised as a charitable institution in Hong Kong. It has more than 1,000 members from various professional sectors and plays a leading role in the mediation industry. Robert Rhodes KC will be addressing both the audiences on: The advantages of Mediation in Disputes arising from International Commercial…
News 17 Mar, 2025
David Russell KC will be joining a panel discussion with Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and leading tax experts on ‘The Opportunities and Benefits for UK Residents in Dubai’ on Monday 24th March 2025 at Harbottle & Lewis, London. Join Outer Temple’s David Russell KC, alongside Ali Hassan of DIFC, Gary Ashford of Harbottle & Lewis and Jaffar Rakhimov of Belluzzo International Partners on Monday 24th March 2025 as they explore the attributes of DIFC as an emerging global hub for private wealth structures and succession planning. This event is aimed that individuals and professionals with an interest in the DIFC as a jurisdiction for holding assets and structuring wealth. The session will include insights on: Emergence of Dubai and…
News 13 Mar, 2025
Outer Temple Chambers is pleased to welcome James Smith as a new tenant, upon completion of his probationary tenancy. We are delighted to announce that after successfully completing his probationary tenancy, James Smith has accepted an offer of tenancy in Chambers. Head of Pupillage, Saul Margo says, “James has been an exemplary probationary tenant and we have no doubt that he will be a great asset to Chambers in the years to come.” We wish James every success in Chambers. James Smith James has a broad practice which covers all aspects of Outer Temple Chambers’ business work, including commercial and chancery, pensions and employment, private client, and sanctions-related matters. He has appeared as sole counsel in the High Court, County…
News 12 Mar, 2025
Outer Temple Chambers celebrated International Women’s Day and its theme for 2025 ‘Accelerate Action’ with a breakfast for all in Chambers. It was great to see everyone together at our International Women’s Day breakfast to honour and celebrate all the women in Chambers, as well as show our appreciation for everyone’s contributions and hard work. In a nod to the ‘Accelerate Action’ theme, Fiona Horlick KC led a discussion on the gender pay gap at The Bar, identified in recent report published, which can be read here. Senior members, junior members, clerks and other members of our professional support team came together to discuss some of the issues identified in the report, and what we can do to address the…
News 11 Mar, 2025
We are delighted to welcome Calixto Salomão Filho to Outer Temple’s award-winning Commercial Litigation team as a Professional Associate. Calixto Salomão Filho is a professional associate and a Brazilian legal scholar and attorney specialising in comparative commercial law, Brazilian corporate law, and Brazilian antitrust law and regulation. He most recently acted as leading consultant in Município de Mariana & Others v. BHP Group, which is thought to be ‘the biggest class action ever brought in the UK’ and has over 25 years of experience of integrating his wide-ranging academic expertise with practical insight. Calixto is a professor at the University of São Paulo Law School and the Gide Loyrette Nouel Chair of Law and Development at Sciences Po, Paris. He…
News 11 Mar, 2025
We are delighted to welcome Hin Liu to the Outer Temple Chambers team as a professional associate. Hin is a distinguished law lecturer at the University of Oxford with extensive experience in the digital asset industry. Hin has worked with the Outer Temple Fintech team on projects such as the ground-breaking reform of the DIFC’s Law of Security and the DIFC’s Digital Assets Law (DIFC DAL). He is currently working on the DIFC AI Law project with members of the Outer Temple team. He has also worked on various cases involving digital assets including Fusang, UNIDROIT, Law Commission, and the Mongolian Government World Bank project. Hin spent two years as a legal and business consultant at a blockchain securities exchange,…
News 6 Mar, 2025
Outer Temple barrister and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, Harry Lambert, has been published in New Law Journal, outlining the game-changing implications of advances in neurotechnology for victims of personal injury and clinical negligence. The predicted advances in neurotechnology will be “nothing short of transformational” in their potential impact upon rehabilitation, says New Law Journal. Huge strides are being made in developing neurotechnologies with the potential to combat a wide range of conditions, from cerebral palsy and limb loss to blindness and chronic depression. Harry’s feature in a recent edition of their weekly legal publication looks at personal injury quantum and the paradigm shift that is emerging. The fields of neurology, neurosurgery and neuro-rehabilitation are experiencing a…
External Publications, News 5 Mar, 2025
