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News & Events
Robert Rhodes QC, at the request of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, will be lecturing on the Singapore Convention on Mediation at the Forum on ADR in Shanghai on 5 November. The Singapore Convention is of potentially huge interest to businesses worldwide because, until this Convention, it was expensive and time-consuming to enforce international commercial mediation settlements in third countries. The Singapore Convention (on which Robert has regularly lectured) is designed to overcome this problem, and to do for international commercial mediation settlements what the New York Convention has done for international arbitration awards, viz make enforcement in third countries quick and inexpensive. Robert Rhodes QC is a panel member of numerous arbitration and mediation panels worldwide, with particular emphasis…
News 1 Nov, 2021
Outer Temple Chambers and RPC have launched the Unspoken Giants podcast series which, for the first time ever, brings together senior officials from nine of the largest IFIs together to provide a unique insight into how investigations are conducted and what legal and compliance teams can do to navigate the complex and individualised systems at each institution. The World Bank In this episode, Alex Haines joins Jamieson Smith, Chief Suspension and Debarment Officer at the World Bank and Alice Kemp, barrister at RPC, to discuss how this giant of international finance is fighting against the cancer of corruption in its mission to work in every major area of development. The Inter-American Development Bank In this episode, Alex Haines joins Juan Ronderos,…
News 27 Oct, 2021
James Counsell QC and Ben Bradley represent eight victims in the High Court, seeking damages from Manchester City FC after suffering sexual abuse from one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders. James and Ben represent eight claimants who were subjected to sexual abuse by Barry Bennell whilst they were playing for Manchester City FC junior or ‘feeder teams’. These teams were set up by the Defendant, Manchester City FC, for the purpose of seeking to recruit a steady source of highly talented young footballers who were then of an age (under 14) when they could not be formally signed up to schoolboy contracts. James told the Court that Barry Bennell was recruited by the Defendant to scout promising young…
News 25 Oct, 2021
Outer Temple is delighted to announce that we are again ranked as a leading set across 8 practice areas in the 2022 edition of Chambers and Partners. Outer Temple now has 86 individual barrister rankings in Chambers & Partners, including 28 individual promotions this year. In addition to our expertise in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Court of Protection, Employment, Education, Financial Services, Health & Safety, Pensions, Professional Discipline and Travel, Financial Crime, Inquests and Public Inquiries, Sport, Chancery Commercial, Chancery Commercial, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Traditional Chancery, POCA, and Industrial Disease, we now also have members recognised in Group Litigation, Animal Law and Cryptocurrency. Our Employment Team “continues to impress with its involvement at the epicentre of ground-breaking mass equal pay litigation. The…
News 21 Oct, 2021
The Supreme Court has this morning dismissed the appeal of the Four Seasons hotel group, meaning that Lady Brownlie’s claims for personal injury and wrongful death arising out of the accident which killed her husband, Sir Ian Brownlie, in Egypt over 10 years ago, can proceed before the courts of England and Wales. The Court held by a majority (Lords Reed, Lloyd-Jones, Briggs and Burrows JJSC), that the jurisdictional gateway in tort claims pursuant to the civil procedure rules applies where a significant part of the damage is or will be sustained in England and Wales, notwithstanding initial or other damage also sustained outside the jurisdiction. It also held unanimously (Lord Leggatt JSC giving the main judgment on this issue)…
News 20 Oct, 2021
On 15 and 16 October 2021, the Annual Conference of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers was held in Málaga, Spain. This was the first conference held by PEOPIL since the pandemic started. Both Sarah Crowther QC and Ian Denham were invited to speak at the Conference. Sarah presented with Chris Deacon, Partner at Stewarts Law, on “UK – Post Brexit: Update on cross border personal injury claims, the Lugano Convention and international enforcement of judgments”. Sarah focused on the jurisdiction rules that currently apply in England and Wales post-Brexit. Ian spoke on “Remote assessments for medical legal reports: are they here to stay?” alongside Jack J. Casciato, a Partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and Rebeca…
News 19 Oct, 2021
Outer Temple is delighted to announce that we are again ranked as a leading set across 8 practice areas in the 2022 edition of Legal 500 UK. Outer Temple now has 124 individual barrister rankings in this directory, including 43 individual promotions and 20 new entries this year. The recently announced Legal 500 UK results has yet again ranked Outer Temple as one of the best in Clinical Negligence, Employment, Financial Services Regulation, Pensions, Personal Injury, Professional Discipline and Professional Negligence work. We are also delighted to announce our promotion to Tier 1 for Travel Law. In Clinical Negligence, Outer Temple were described as “going from strength to strength with a good offering of clinical negligence practitioners at leading and…
News 16 Oct, 2021
David Russell QC has been invited to speak at the STEP Arabia Branch Conference which takes place on 7th & 8th November 2021. David will be presenting on developments in GCC Structuring, alongside Alastair Glover (Chairman of STEP Arabia and Partner at Trowers & Hamlins LLP), Jacques Visser (Chief Legal Officer at the DIFCA) and Dr. Sameer Al Ansari (Chief Executive Officer of RAK ICC. STEP Arabia seeks to address key issues that are faced by private investors of the United Arab Emirates when conducting personal investments and seeks to educate investors on the significance of careful estate and trust planning. STEP Arabia has members located in the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan and Saudi Arabia that have been involved in the development of…
News 15 Oct, 2021
CAS Arbitrator, sports law expert and OTC Professional Associate, Anthony Lo Surdo SC delivered a webinar to members of the Japan Sports Lawyers Association (JSLA) on Friday, 1 October 2021 on the topic of discrimination in sport. This interactive webinar took the form of a case study with a Q & A session and examined conduct that may comprise discrimination, the source and power to sanction for such conduct and the approach to sanctions. This webinar was the second in a series presented by Anthony Lo Surdo SC to the JSLA as part of its Study and Research on International Sports Arbitration. Anthony discussed the incident in the Eastern SC v Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC match in Mong Kok…
News 7 Oct, 2021
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to announce that Saul Margo has been appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the Employment Tribunals. Saul will sit in Watford and Reading and will continue to practise full-time as a barrister. Saul’s appointment is in recognition of his extensive experience of all areas of employment law. Saul appears regularly in the EAT, as well as in the Court of Appeal. Saul specialises in all aspects of employment law with a particular specialism in cross-over employment / pensions cases. He continues to be instructed in some of the highest profile employment and employment/pensions cases of recent years including the Sainsbury’s equal pay litigation challenge to the 2015 changes to the police pension scheme, the part-time…
News 1 Oct, 2021
John McKendrick QC (instructed by John Holmes at Hempsons) acted for the First and Second Interveners in Bell v Tavistock And Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363. On 17 September, the Court of Appeal held that doctors can decide whether children under 16 can give informed consent to puberty blocker use. This judgment reverses the High Court ruling that individuals under 16 normally lacked the capacity to give informed consent to the treatment of puberty blockers, which delays the onset of puberty.The appeal was brought by the Tavistock Trust (supported by John’s clients), which has operated a Gender Identity Development Service for patients up to the age of 18 suffering from gender dysphoria since 1989. The Court of…
News 30 Sep, 2021
Elaine Palser, led by Andrew Trollope QC and instructed by RPC, acted successfully for personal stylist and influencer, Caroline Stanbury, in the High Court in Mark Reynolds (as liquidator of CSB123 Ltd) v Caroline Stanbury [2021] EWHC 2506 (Ch). The application against Ms Stanbury was described as “regrettable” and all allegations against her were dismissed in full. The application was brought against Ms Stanbury as a director of CSB 123 Ltd (“SC1”) under s.212 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the “misfeasance” provision). It was wrongly alleged by Mr Reynolds that she transferred the business and assets of SC1 for no consideration in breach of her duties under ss171 to 175 of the Companies Act 2006 and that the alleged transfer…
News 28 Sep, 2021
