News & Events
News & Events
We are delighted to announce that STEP has recently elected Outer Temple’s David Russell QC as Deputy Chair of STEP Worldwide. David’s term will start on 1 January 2018 and run for one year. STEP is the worldwide professional association for those lawyers, accountants and specialists advising families across generations. STEP promotes best practice, professional integrity and education to all members whose role is to help families plan for their futures. This can include drafting a will or advising family businesses, helping international families and protecting vulnerable family members. David began his legal practice in 1974. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1986 and currently practises in Dubai, London, New York and Abu Dhabi (Outer Temple Chambers), Sydney and Brisbane. David joins…
News 8 Nov, 2017
Peter Linstead has recently addressed the Dubai Employment Lawyers group, at the offices of Stephenson Harwood in Dubai. His presentation considered the implications of the anticipated new draft Employment Law on claims for discrimination in the DIFC Courts and considered to what extent it was helpful to apply English discrimination law concepts in the DIFC jurisdiction. Download Peter’s papers: Paper 1, Paper 2. Peter Linstead is an Employment and Commercial specialist. He is consistently ranked in the Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in the field of Employment Law. He also has a busy High Court practice. More about Peter’s expertise is available here.
News 2 Nov, 2017
We are delighted to announce that Outer Temple was awarded ‘Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ and that James Leonard won the ‘Health & Safety Junior of the Year’ Award at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2017. We are proud of our barristers and clerks and their well-deserved accomplishments. The Chambers UK Bar Awards ceremony was held last night at The London Hilton. Further details are available here.
News 27 Oct, 2017
New book “A Practical Guide to Personal Injury Claims Involving Animals” published by Law Brief Publishing is available to purchase now. Claims for injuries caused by animals are often challenging for even the most experienced personal injury lawyer. This detailed and practical guide written by Jonathan Hand of Outer Temple Chambers covers all aspects of this specialist area, including claims based on strict liability under the Animals Act 1971 and on the various causes of action at common law. The guide is aimed at lawyers and others whose work covers this field such as insurers and experts, and contains a wealth of guidance which will help both newcomer and experienced practitioner alike. About the Author Jonathan Hand has over 20 years’ experience…
News 23 Oct, 2017
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in Legal Week’s British Legal Awards 2017 – Chambers of the Year category. The British Legal Awards hosted by Legal Week in association with The City of London Law Society, takes place at the end of the LegalWeek Connect, and is due to be attended by 1,000 lawyers. All 29 categories have been carefully chosen to reflect the ever-complex and challenging work of business lawyers at law firms, within legal departments and at the Bar. Key awards this year include The City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award, Chambers of the Year, Law Firm of the Year, General Counsel of the Year, Editor’s Award: Law Firm Leader of the Year and the Legal…
News 20 Oct, 2017
David E. Grant and Olinga Tahzib appeared for the successful appellant in a High Court appeal from a determination of the Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman. The appeal concerned a narrow but important point of law regarding the construction of Paragraph 26 of Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2004 (“PA04”) and, in particular, “attributable to his pensionable service”. The facts The appellant, Mr Anthony Beaton, was an employee of CT Bowring & Co in the early 1970s and became a member of the Bowring Pension Scheme. On leaving his employment in 1994, he stopped accruing benefits under the Scheme and joined Fenchurch Group plc, and began pensionable service in the Fenchurch Group Pension Scheme. Four years later, the assets and…
News 18 Oct, 2017
Andrew Maguire obtained an indemnity costs order for his clients in the High Court after successfully defeating £2million misrepresentation claim plus a 90% interim costs on account award. The buyer of a business had failed to prove that the seller had fraudulently and negligently misrepresented the level of an inter-company margin which impacted on the company’s viability, where the actual margin rate was readily ascertainable from the accounts. In addition, Andrew succeeded on a Loan Notes claim of over £225,000 on behalf of two former directors and shareholders: Trow v Durmast Group Ltd [2017] EWHC 1485 (Ch). Andrew Maguire has a busy chancery-based commercial law practice. He specialises particularly in disputes over the interpretation or breach of contracts, personal guarantees,…
News 13 Oct, 2017
We are delighted and proud to announce that Outer Temple Chambers has been ranked as a leading set in nine practice areas in this year’s Legal 500: Banking and finance (including consumer credit), Clinical negligence, Consumer, Employment, Financial services, Pensions, Personal injury (including industrial disease and insurance fraud), Professional discipline and regulatory law and Travel law. In addition, we have 12 Queen’s Counsel listed as “Leading Silks” in their respective fields of: Banking and finance (including consumer credit), Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations), Consumer, Clinical Negligence, Employment, Financial services, Health and safety, Pensions, Personal injury (including industrial disease and insurance fraud), Professional discipline and regulatory law, Professional negligence, and Travel law (including jurisdictional issues). A total of 36 barristers are listed in the “Leading juniors” list, The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2017’s guide…
News 12 Oct, 2017
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has proposed a new Trust Law regime and a new Foundation Law regime and invited public comment on the new proposals. The deadline for providing comments ends on 8th November 2017. The proposed new laws are designed to make it easier for private wealth management and succession planning structures operating on both a conventional and Shari’a compliant basis. The proposed new laws arise from recommendations made by the DIFC’s Wealth Management Working Group. Chair of the Group David Russell QC of Outer Temple Chambers, DIFC, said: “The development of these proposed new laws follows a thorough review by the Wealth Management Working Group of the needs of the regional and international wealth management industry.…
News 11 Oct, 2017
Law Society Publishing have published the 7th edition of the Employment Law Handbook, by Daniel Barnett, Gus Baker and Stephen Butler. The new edition has been substantially rewritten to provide a practical and thorough consideration of all difficult employment law issues, with a special focus on the problems HR professionals and employment lawyers may encounter as we approach 2020. New developments covered include: worker status, including gig economy workers holiday pay calculations developments in unfair dismissal and discrimination law Acas early conciliation the abolition of the fees regime. Please click here to buy your copy.
News 10 Oct, 2017
We are pleased to announce that Robert Rhodes, QC has been appointed a member of the Beijing Arbitration Commission’s Panel of Arbitrators. Robert also sits on a number of Far Eastern panels of arbitrators / mediators, has rights of audience in the Dubai International Financial Centre, and is a member of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Senior International Mediation Expert at the Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Mediation Center, a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and of the International Chamber of Commerce and a former member of the Corporate Panel of the Dispute Board Federation. He has published extensively on mediation and arbitration, and has been interviewed by the…
News 9 Oct, 2017
We are delighted to announce that David Russell QC was listed in ‘The Private Client Global Elite 2017’ published by Legal Week. An official gala dinner in London on Wednesday 4th October highlighted and recognised the achievement, excellence and success of the Global Elite trust and private client lawyers worldwide. The Private Client Global Elite publication, also launched on Wednesday, serves as a valuable reference tool and directory for all clients and peers looking for the leading advisers in the trusts and private client world. For more information please click here.
News 5 Oct, 2017
