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News & Events
Outer Temple’s Travel Team provide comment on the Karpik v Carnival judgment, released on the 25th October 2023. Carnival PLC have been found liable for injuries and losses arising out of a coronavirus outbreak onboard the Ruby Princess cruise liner. An Australian federal court has found Carnival PLC liable under breaches of Australian consumer law and in the tort of negligence for injuries and losses arising out of a coronavirus outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise liner in March 2020. Click here to view the judgment. The cruise embarked on 8 March 2020. This was notably after the death of the first Australian from Covid-19, and a month or so after cruises run by Carnival had experienced large outbreaks of…
News 27 Oct, 2023
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to welcome leading clinical negligence and personal injury Junior, Lorna Badham, to the team. Lorna Badham joins the team in London, bringing with her a wealth of experience in personal injury, clinical negligence and employment law. Lorna is ranked as a Tier 1 barrister by Legal 500 UK for her personal injury work, describing her as “adept at running difficult cases and doing so with compassion [and is] commercially and tactically intelligent.” She has particular specialisms in international illness and accidents and cosmetic negligence claims, and will also be working with the increasingly sought-after Travel Law team. She has been instructed in claims arising out of accidents on planes, cruise ships, oil rigs, luxury and/or…
News 24 Oct, 2023
Following the release of the Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2024 guide, we are delighted to share the highlights from this year’s rankings, including 9 practice area rankings and 58 barrister rankings. Outer Temple Chambers are delighted with another set of stellar rankings in this year’s UK Bar guide. Chambers UK Bar researches and recommends sets of chambers and individual barristers across the UK using rigorous independent research. Chambers and Partners provides unparalleled recommendations for those looking to buy legal services in the UK. We proud to share that we have been recognised as a leading set in in 9 practice areas, which includes a new set ranking, for group litigation. We are ranked in the following practice areas: Court of protection: health…
News 23 Oct, 2023
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to welcome leading Junior, Martina Murphy, to its award-winning Employment team. Martina brings with her a wealth of experience in complex employment and discrimination litigation as well as in the cross-over areas of professional discipline and regulatory law and group litigation. Martina has a broad employment, commercial and equality law practice with particular focus on the areas of whistleblowing and discrimination with a strong appellate practice. She is Chair of the Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA). She is also a contributory editor of Harvey on Employment and Industrial Relations, the leading practitioner text. Ranked in the leading directories, Legal 500 (2023) says; “Martina’s advocacy is excellent, as is her ability to relate to clients and…
News 18 Oct, 2023
Outer Temple members Jonathan Hand KC and Peter Linstead will be providing advanced advocacy skills training at the third and final part of the DIFC Laws Certificate programme. This training will take place on 23rd to 24th October 2023. The DIFC Academy are hosting a course named ‘Advanced Advocacy Skills‘ which is part of the DIFC Laws Certificate programme. This comprehensive training explores the application of traditional advocacy skills to activities routinely performed by lawyers. There will be series of both unassessed and assessed advocacy exercises. These exercises take the form of mock hearings covering submissions (written and oral), witness handling and general advocacy tips. They serve as useful refreshers for courtroom skills. This will be third and last part of the…
News 16 Oct, 2023
Robert Dickason and Joshua Hitchens have secured the dismissal of Contempt Proceedings arising out of the widely reported case of Muyepa v Ministry of Defence [2022] EWHC 2648 (KB). Robert Dickason and Joshua Hitchens, instructed by Marc Livingston, Simon Barker and Catriona Virden of Janes Solicitors, have secured the dismissal of Contempt Proceedings brought against their clients, Brian and Racheal Muyepa. The Proceedings, which arose out of Mr. Muyepa’s record £3.7m claim for non-freezing cold injuries against the Ministry of Defence, will now not proceed to trial, meaning that Mr. and Mrs. Muyepa will not be found guilty of Contempt of Court and will not face the prospect of being committed to prison for Contempt of Court. Find out more…
News 12 Oct, 2023
The Legal 500 2024 rankings were announced on Wednesday 4th October 2023. Outer Temple chambers are delighted with another year of excellent results. We are proud to announce that we have been recognised as a Top Tier Set in Crypto and blockchain assets, recommended in 9 practice areas and have received 19 Leading Silk, 5 New Silk, 48 Junior and 5 Rising Star rankings. View this year’s highlights for each of our practice areas below: Crypto and blockchain assets In addition to winning the Technology, Data and Crypto Set of the Year award at The Legal 500 2023 Bar Awards, we have been recognised as a Top Tier Set in Crypto and blockchain assets. The awards, along with the promotion…
News 6 Oct, 2023
Personal injury law specialist Ian Denham spoke at the PEOPIL Annual Conference in Dublin on 29th September 2023. Outer Temple Chambers proudly sponsored the event. The PEOPIL annual conference was a two day-event hosted in Dublin this year. Ian Denham kick-started the series of talks from 10:30-11:30am with a panel session on ‘Brexit: where are we now and where are we going?’ The discussion was chaired by Liam Moloney, Vice-President PEOPIL/Moloney & Co. Solicitors, Ireland. Ian was joined by fellow panellists Joanne Brine (JMW Solicitors) and Donald Mackay (Digby Brown). A full agenda of the day can be found here. Paul Barton and Victoria Bunn of Outer Temple Chambers joined Ian at the event. They had a great time meeting delegates and catching up with colleagues. About…
News 6 Oct, 2023
We are delighted to announce that our Technology, Data and Crypto team have been awarded Set of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. The Legal 500 Bar Awards took place on Tuesday 3rd October 2023 at London Hilton, Park Lane. Andrew Spink KC, Justina Stewart and Sam Carter attended the awards evening and proudly accepted the award for Technology, Data and Crypto Set of the Year. The awards are determined on The Legal 500’s market-leading independent research, conducted by over 20 in-house and freelance researchers with in-depth knowledge of their practice areas for the annual directory. Winners are selected by a judging team spearheaded by Bar editor Will Tolcher, deputy Bar editor Charlotte Meredith, and publishing director…
News 4 Oct, 2023
Andrew Allen KC will be speaking at the upcoming Michael Rubenstein event entitled ’22 KCs on the Hot Employment Law Issues 2023 – 2024′. This will be held on the 5th – 6th October 2023. Michael Rubenstein Conferences, a company who organise high-level employment and discrimination law conferences, will be holding the upcoming conference ‘22 KC’s on the Hot Employment Law Issues 2023-2024′. The event will involve 22 hot topics being explored by 22 of Britain’s top employment and discrimination law silks. Andrew Allen KC of Outer Temple, who specialises in employment and discrimination law; and who holds an MSc in Gender and Sexuality from Birkbeck, University of London will be speaking at this event on 6th October, on the topic of…
News 4 Oct, 2023
Following successful appeals before the Islamic Development Bank Group Administrative Tribunal (“IsDBGAT” or “Tribunal”) in 2022 (see below), members of OTC’s International Organisations Team have been instructed in four cases before the IsDBGAT. The team have been instructed before the IsDBGAT in its October docket (11th to 23rd). The Tribunal will sit en banc with judges from Tunisia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Malaysia. Victoria Brown represents the Applicant in a case against the Islamic Development Bank (“IsDB”) Alex Haines and Victoria Brown represent the Applicant in a case against the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (“ICIEC”). Alex Haines and Victoria Brown represent the Applicant in a case against the Islamic Corporation for the Development…
News 3 Oct, 2023
Outer Temple Chambers and DIFC hosted a seminar on ‘What opportunities does the Dubai International Financial Centre offer to Private Wealth & Family Offices?’ in September 2023 at 180 Soho House, London. Dubai-based Outer Temple barristers, David Russell KC and Shabana Saleem, joined senior representatives of Dubai International Financial Centre for an exclusive lunchtime seminar on the growth of private wealth and family business in the MEASA region recently. Chief Business Development Officer, Salmaan Jaffery, and Senior Representative for Europe & North America, DIFC Authority and Director of Business Development for the Centre, Ali Hassan, visited London to host this exclusive event focused on private wealth in the MEASA region. The four speakers discussed how Dubai International Financial Centre, a…
News 3 Oct, 2023
