News & Events
News & Events
We are pleased to announce that Outer Temple members Tom Gibson and Nicholas Hill have been successfully appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. The appointments are effective as of 29th February 2016, for the duration of five years.
News 25 Jan, 2016
Matthew McDonagh successfully secured the acquittal of Vincent Walsh, a former senior equities trader at RBS. Mr Walsh had been charged with an alleged conspiracy to cheat the Inland Revenue amounting to millions of pounds of tax relief generated by investment in the British Film Industry. He was acquitted following an eight-week trial that concluded just before Christmas last year. Other defendants in the case who were convicted have now received substantial sentences following their involvement in the conspiracy. For further information, please see Bloomberg, Financial Times and CWD Law.
News 22 Jan, 2016
Three Outer Temple members, Andrew Short QC, Naomi Ling and Fiona Scolding are highlighted by The Lawyer for their involvement in two high profile cases throughout 2016. To read more please click here.
News 19 Jan, 2016
Miranda de Savorgnani recently gave an interview to LexisPSL on a recent European Court of Justice case, ruling under the Brussels I Regulation, Aannemingsbedrijf Aertssen NV & Another Company v VSB Machineverhuur BV & Others: C-523/14 [2015] All ER (D). The case clarifies that ancillary civil matters brought in the context of criminal proceedings qualify as civil proceedings in their own right under Brussels I and Brussels I (recast). The amendments to Brussels I will assist the determination of the time when a court is first seised, by requiring greater cooperation between courts.
News 18 Jan, 2016
Robert Rhodes QC has been given the 2016 Corporate International Magazine Global Award of “UK-China Arbitration Barrister of the Year in England”. Robert is on the panel of arbitrators and mediators of several Far Eastern arbitration and mediation bodies.
News 15 Jan, 2016
Politicians and corrupt police officers were accused yesterday of covering-up the systematic child sex abuse by paedophiles on Jersey. Patrick Sadd, Counsel to the Inquiry, questioned Lenny Harper, retired Deputy Chief Officer of States of Jersey Police, who told the official inquiry that yachtsmen were “loaned” vulnerable children to abuse. For more information please click here to read more.
News 13 Jan, 2016
Outer Temple Chambers is both proud and delighted to congratulate John McKendrick on his successful application to silk. This is a fantastic personal achievement for John, given the highly competitive nature of the competition. John has focused on providing his clients with high quality legal services, focusing on public, regulatory and commercial work. John is also qualified in Scotland and the BVI and undertakes a lot of work in Latin America. He was Times ‘Lawyer of the Week’ in September 2013 and is highly ranked in several areas of law in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories.
News 12 Jan, 2016
Outer Temple Chambers is pleased to announce that as of today, Samantha Presland is appointed as Criminal Recorder, Northern Circuit. Samantha specialises in the fields of Personal Injury, Court of Protection, Inquests and Clinical Negligence. She is also a trained mediator, acting in commercial, civil and community matters.
News 11 Jan, 2016
We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Seaman has joined Chambers, a specialist pensions and chancery practitioner.
News 8 Jan, 2016
Gordon Bebb QC and Cara Guthrie have recently acted for a 19 year old female Claimant who suffered from Ataxic Cerebral Palsy. Crucial to the value of her claim was the Claimant’s severe behavioural and psychological problems requiring 24-hour support. The valuation reflected the fact that she was likely to have children and would need additional support when looking after those children. The case settled for a lump sum of £3.25m and annual periodical payments of £184,600.
News 6 Jan, 2016
Tim Green considers the penalties imposed for Health & Safety offences, against those for financial misconduct in ‘The Lawyer Monthly’. According to his article in ‘The Lawyer Monthly’, Tim believes that ‘With the coming into force on 1 February 2016 of the Sentencing Council Guidelines for health and safety offences and corporate manslaughter, the financial penalties for companies with a turnover of £50m+ which are convicted of serious health and safety offences will increase from around £250,000 to over £2.5m.’ Tim is a member of both the health and safety and financial services groups at Outer Temple Chambers, both of which are highly recommended by the recent editions of the legal directories.
News 5 Jan, 2016
James Counsell reports on a successful claim based on lack of consent, in which a patient was told on the day of the operation that her spinal surgery was not to be performed by the expected clinician.
News 5 Jan, 2016
