Ian Denham appointed to the PEOPIL EU-UK Working Group and Position Paper is published

International injury specialist Ian Denham has been appointed to sit on the EU-UK Working Group of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) together with a panel of expert lawyers from across the UK and Europe.

The first step of the Workgroup has been to publish its first Position Paper: “Rights of Personal Injury & Fatal Accident Victims in the Field of Jurisdiction and Enforcement – A Call for EU-UK Cooperation.”

A copy of the Paper can be found here.

Ian, who sits as the PEOPIL General Board Member for England & Wales played a pivotal role in successfully advocating for the creation of the Workgroup and drafted an initial position paper together with colleagues Phil Banks (of Irwin Mitchel), Craig Evans (of Clyde & Co), Chris Deacon (of Stewarts) and Simon Richards (of Digby Brown) to support their submissions to the PEOPIL Executive Board.

The Workgroup has moved swiftly to produce a Position Paper with the clear objective to seek to achieve either the UK’s re-accession to the Lugano Convention or for the EU and UK to agree to a new bilateral regime that protects the most vulnerable parties in cross-border disputes.

The PEOPIL EU-UK Workgroup is comprised of:

• Chris Deacon, Stewarts (Chair)
• Ian Denham, Outer Temple Chambers
• Katherine Allen, Hugh James
• Phil Banks, Irwin Mitchell
• Marco Bona, Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati
• Craig Evans, Clyde & Co
• Maud Lepez, RWK Goodman
• Liam Moloney, PEOPIL Vice-President
• Simon Richards, Digby Brown
• Ana Romero Porro, PEOPIL President

On 28 November 2025, Ian will be addressing the APIL International Injuries Conference in London on the topic of “Brexit – 5 years on: The impact on international injury victims”. As part of his presentation, he looks forward to updating delegates as to the progress made by the Working Group.

Find out more

Ian Denham is a leading junior in the field of cross-border personal injury law with a wealth of experience and knowledge in dealing with complex jurisdictional and applicable law issues. He is an accomplished advocate and is regularly instructed to act for both claimants and defendants at trial and contested hearings.

To find out more about Ian, contact Paul Barton on +44 (0)20 7427 4907 or Harry Gamble on +44 (0)20 7353 6381 for a confidential discussion.

External Publications, News 9 Jul, 2025