News & Events
News & Events
We are delighted to announce that David Pope has recently joined Outer Temple Chambers. David specialises in arbitration and commercial litigation, having considerable experience of arbitral proceedings under the ICC and LCIA rules. He is also a qualified mediator and is a welcome addition to our team. David acts among others, for and against banks, in disputes covering many aspects of retail and investment banking and in a large number of claims involving the alleged mis-selling of swaps and other interest-rate hedging products. Internationally, David acts in financial-services and in energy and telecommunications industries cases. He is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at University College London, teaching “Classical rhetoric and modern advocacy”.
News 20 Apr, 2016
Michael Bowes QC, a trustee of Transparency International UK, contributes to a new publication, Anti-Corruption Regulation 2016. His contribution is entitled “Current progress in anti-corruption enforcement”. He analyses global anti-corruption actions and starts with the example of several major corruption cases. One of them is the FIFA case in relation to which Michael shows the way the US approached it, especially through the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a law which is being continuously enforced. Michael advises that “Major developments in the FIFA corruption investigation may be expected this year”. In Europe, some positive action has been taken in the UK in relation to the Bribery Act 2010. Transparency International France “has had considerable success in its intervention to recover biens…
News 18 Apr, 2016
Oliver Powell was invited to speak at HMRC’s biannual FPU Conference. His talk was concerned with restraint and confiscation pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Other speakers included inter alia Dave Standish & Nigel Spare of KPMG and Peter Maxwell & Sally Dallow of Bond Dickinson. The talk was attended by over 40 HMRC employees, including; lawyers, accountants and financial investigators. Outer Temple continues to lead the way in asset recovery and financial crime, both domestically and internationally.
News 14 Apr, 2016
David Russell QC and Katarina Sydow were invited to participate in the Global Sustainability Network Forum at the Vatican on 18 March 2016. There were presentations from leaders in business, law, the media and government, alongside discussions on how best to raise awareness of and tackle human trafficking and modern day slavery. David and Katarina previously participated in a Strategic Planning Session on this issue at Lambeth Palace, hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Derby.
News 13 Apr, 2016
Robert Rhodes QC was the first speaker at the joint Revenue Bar Association / Criminal Bar Association seminar on tax evasion, held earlier this week. Robert spoke about the Revenue’s approach to tax evasion, and how it had become much more prosecution-oriented than in the 10 years when he had been Standing Counsel to the Inland Revenue before taking silk. He discussed the civil and criminal paths that the Revenue took, and their consequences. He also dealt with the Revenue disclosure facilities for errant taxpayers, including the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility which, over its 6 years of existence, raised billions of pounds for the Revenue. He also warned of the government’s substantial toughening of approach in this year’s Finance Bill: Strengthening…
News 11 Apr, 2016
The starting point of the authors’ review is Mrs Justice Asplin’s decision in Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund Trustees Ltd v Stena Line Ltd [2015] EWHC 448 (Ch), which contains useful guidance on how to approach a trustee’s fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries. Richard and Jennifer outline that Merchant Navy is a example of how a case arising in a pensions context has consequences for the development and practice of general trust law. Their analysis focusses on what is the ‘best interests’ principle and in what circumstances a court will bless a course of action taken by a trustee. To read the article written by Richard and Jennifer and to find out more about…
News 7 Apr, 2016
Three Outer Temple Barristers were invited to take part in a wheelchair awareness day, organised by Bolt Burdon Kemp Solicitors, with the able assistance of the Back-Up Trust and the Wheelchair Rugby Experience. Harry Trusted, Eliot Woolf and Ben Bradley spent the morning learning essential wheelchair skills with the Back-Up Trust. They were then sent off into the wilds of Islington in said chairs to (amongst other things) board a bus; buy a coffee; undertake a weekly shop; tackle cobbled streets and find a wheelchair accessible beauty salon. The afternoon was spent playing the brutal sport of wheelchair rugby, run by the inspirational athletes at the Wheelchair Rugby Experience. All three barristers have emerged relatively unscathed, but better informed and…
News 4 Apr, 2016
Outer Temple Chambers barristers recently participated in the 2016 COMBAR North American Meeting, which was held in Venice, Italy, from Thursday 31 March to Friday 1 April 2016. Robert Rhodes QC was part of the “Bribery & Corruption” panel session attended by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas where Robert spoke about “adequate procedures” under the Bribery Act 2010. He emphasised that the important point of the session was to highlight that the detailed provisions of the UK Bribery Act cover any business that is incorporated in the UK or that carries on business in the UK, even if it is incorporated abroad. Robert also demonstrated that it is absolutely vital that all such businesses have an understanding of their…
News 3 Apr, 2016
At the invitation of the United Nations, John addressed a major event in Guatemala City on 1 April 2016. He spoke alongside the Guatemalan minister for Government, Sr. Francisco Rivas, the British Charge d’Affaires, Mr Andrew Tate and various international experts. The purpose of the seminar was to strengthen Guatemalan efforts against illicit trade and to strengthen law enforcement organisations and the rule of law. John has worked across Latin America for many years and speaks Spanish.
News 2 Apr, 2016
Nicolas Stallworthy QC and (for the first time) Farhaz Khan have been recognised as leading barristers for Dispute Resolution (Commercial Chancery) in Chambers Global 2016, which was published this month. Nicolas has been recognised by the directory for a number of years. Nicolas is “Frequently praised for the high standard of his pension practice, he also maintains an effective broad commercial caseload. He handles a range of matters including commercial trust, insolvency and professional negligence disputes.” Farhaz is said to: “Attracts a great deal of praise relating to his handling of complex banking and finance work. He is also involved in pensions matters.” Chambers Global covers over 190 countries across the world and also includes Region-wide and Global-wide sections. Each…
News 21 Mar, 2016
Nathan Tavares successfully defended Hickstead Ltd, hosts of the Royal International Horse Show, against the claim of Mr Lear, a participant injured when the ramp of his horsebox fell on him causing paraplegia. Mr Lear was a competitor at the Longines Royal International Horse Show, at the Hickstead Showground, Sussex, on 30th July 2011. He was permitted to park his 18 tonne horsebox in a field designated for horseboxes and left it’s rear ramp lowered. He returned to the vehicle about 4 hours later and found that the ramp had been raised and shut. He proceeded to open it and the ramp fell down on him with great force, resulting in fractures to his spine which have rendered him paraplegic.…
News 17 Mar, 2016
At the invitation of the British Embassies, John has been working in both Tegucigalpa, Honduras and San Salvador, El Salvador. John has delivered a series of high level presentations to public officials on the rule of law, anti-corruption and anti-contraband measures. His presentation alongside the British Ambassador, Mr Bernhard Garside and two UN officials has been reported in the media. For further information, please see El mundo. John speaks fluent Spanish and has a long standing interest in Latin America.
News 10 Mar, 2016
