We encourage applications from all talented barristers to build on our broad and diverse practise groups. We welcome applications from women, minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities and LGBT+ candidates as well as those from other groups which are underrepresented in the legal sector.
The application pack for all vacancies below can be downloaded immediately. If you have any difficulty accessing this information or need an adjustment made please email Asia Gibbs or telephone 0207 353 6381.
For a confidential discussion, please feel free to contact our HR and Regulatory Manager, Asia Gibbs.
Outer Temple Chambers was awarded the Chambers UK Bar Awards Clinical Negligence Set of the Year in 2017, and Personal Injury Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023. We were also shortlisted for Clinical Negligence Set of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025.
Due to ever-growing demand and increased volume of work we are actively seeking applications for tenancy from practitioners 10 years call and under to join our market renowned Clinical Negligence team.
The successful candidate(s) will have an established practice and will be willing and able to develop their own practice in these areas alongside what is provided to them by Chambers, and they will, as part of the wider group of commercially minded barristers, involve themselves in business development initiatives.
The closing date for applications to be made is Friday 6th February 2026. Enquiries can be made in confidence to Chris Gittins (Director of Clerking), Paul Barton (Practice Director) or Asia Gibbs (HR & Regulatory Manager).
Outer Temple Chambers has been consistently listed as one the Lawyer’s Top 30 sets, with individual barristers ranked by the directories as leaders in Banking & Finance, Commercial Chancery, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Financial Services and Pensions.
We are seeking practitioners who currently practise in commercial and chancery litigation and advisory work complementary to our core areas of practice, including banking litigation (involving the mis-selling of financial derivatives by banks and banking disputes related to the construction and validity of banking documentation), financial services regulations, commercial contract disputes and professional negligence. We practise in these (and many other) areas of work internationally, particularly in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and New York. Chambers is very successfully building on its reputation in these locations to encourage work from other legal centres in East Asia and the Far East.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop both their own practice, and assist the team in increasing Chambers’ profile in the above areas of work.
Our award-winning Employment & Discrimination team is seeking applications for tenancy from practitioners with an established, broad practice in all areas of Employment and Discrimination work.
We are a pre-eminent set in this field, ranked as a leading set with many barristers recognised by legal directories including five recognised Employment & Discrimination KC’s amongst the team and dozens of Junior Counsel. We were awarded Employment Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019. Our practice at junior level is predominantly in in the employment tribunals (nationwide) practicing in statutory Employment Law, but with a growing practice in High Court claims (including restrictive covenants / team moves) and we regularly appear at all appellate levels.
The successful candidate(s) will be willing and able to develop their own practice in this area alongside the work provided to them by Chambers, and they would be expected, as part of the wider group of employment barristers, to involve themselves in marketing initiatives and Chambers’ duties. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to specialising in Employment Law.
Outer Temple Chambers has been consistently listed as one the Lawyer’s Top 30 sets, with individual barristers ranked as leaders in their field by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 in Financial Crime and Financial Crime (Corporates), Financial Services, POCA & Asset Forfeiture, Business and Regulatory Crime (including Global Investigations), Fraud (Crime).
We are seeking a senior junior tenant, of 10+ years call (or with equivalent experience) who currently practises in financial crime, with a client base that complements our work in this area. This would involve advising and representing banks, financial institutions, companies, company officers and high profile individuals facing allegations of fraud, market abuse & insider dealing, bribery & corruption, cross-border investigations and sanctions violations. Our work within this field often crosses over into regulatory and civil proceedings, cross-over expertise of this type specific to a financial crime practice would be highly advantageous.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop both their own practice, and assist the team in increasing Chambers profile in the area of Financial Crime.
Outer Temple Chambers is ranked as a leading Health & Safety set with several barristers recognised for their excellence in the directories. We have a strong record of supporting our tenants through to Silk.
We are seeking applications for tenancy from practitioners with an established, broad practice in all areas of Health & Safety work.
The successful candidate(s) will be expected to develop both their own practice, and assist the team in increasing Chambers’ reputation in the area of Health & Safety.
Outer Temple Chambers’ Commercial & International team is inviting applications from tenants of all levels. We have a diverse team of commercial practitioners with fast-developing expertise in the areas of Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence, Sanctions, Contempt, and International Arbitration.
For more than 10 years Outer Temple Chambers has been based in the Middle East with a market recognised team of barristers, mediators and arbitrators on the ground covering Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Private Wealth and Islamic Finance. We have a global reach, that is unrivalled and are recognised by Chambers & Partners as a leading Dispute Resolution chambers in the region.
The successful candidate(s) will have an established Commercial and/or International practice and will be willing and able to develop their own practice in these areas alongside what is provided to them by Chambers, and they will, as part of the wider group of commercial barristers, involve themselves in marketing initiatives and Chambers duties.
The closing date for applications to be made is Monday 21st July 2025. Enquiries can be made in confidence to Chris Gittins (Director of Clerking), Lexie Johnson (Practice Director) or Asia Gibbs (HR & Regulatory Manager).
Outer Temple Chambers has been consistently listed as one the Lawyer’s Top 30 sets. Our specialist pensions team of 7 KC’s and 18 juniors command a significant presence in the pensions field, their expertise reflected in the leading legal directories. We have for many years been involved in the most significant pensions work of the day.
We are seeking applications for tenancy from practitioners with an established, broad practice in areas of pensions work.
The successful candidate(s) will be expected to develop both their own practice, and assist the team in increasing Chambers’ reputation in this area.
Outer Temple Chambers is proud to have been recognised as Personal Injury Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023 and were delighted to be once again shortlisted for Personal Injury Set of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025.
Due to ever-growing demand and increased volume of work we are actively seeking applications for tenancy from practitioners 10 years call and under to join our market renowned Personal Injury team.
The successful candidate(s) will have an established practice and will be willing and able to develop their own practice in these areas alongside what is provided to them by Chambers, and they will, as part of the wider group of commercially minded barristers, involve themselves in business development initiatives.
The closing date for applications to be made is Friday 6th February 2026. Enquiries can be made in confidence to Chris Gittins (Director of Clerking), Paul Barton (Practice Director) or Asia Gibbs (HR & Regulatory Manager).
Outer Temple Chambers won the Chambers of the Year category at the STEP Private Client Awards in 2018. Members of our team have extensive expertise in Private Client work. This includes family asset and governance structure planning, estate planning, probate, inheritance disputes, the administration of estates and trust disputes.
Chambers is seeking applications for tenancy from practitioners with established practices in the private client arena.
The successful candidate(s) will be expected to develop both their own practice and assist the team in increasing Chambers’ reputation in this area.
Our public law team undertakes a range of work in the Administrative Court, First Tier and Upper Tribunal, Court of Protection, High Court (Family Division) and the higher courts, as well as associated advisory work. There is a particular emphasis on the Court of Protection, education law, local government, healthcare and social welfare law, and on public law issues connected with Chambers’ existing specialisms in other areas, including international work.
Chambers is ranked as a leading set in Chambers & Partners 2021 for Court of Protection, and our barristers are regularly instructed by the Office of Public Guardian and by the Official Solicitor. Many team members are appointed to the Government Legal Department’s London A, B and C panels. We have a strong record in supporting successful applications for silk.
We welcome applications from practitioners with at least 5 years’ experience who can demonstrate strong intellectual ability, a proactive and successful approach to practice development and expertise in one or more of the following areas of our public law work: central and local government, judicial review of public bodies, statutory regulation, healthcare and serious medical treatment decisions, social care and mental health, the Court of Protection, education, professional discipline, discrimination, and government panel work. The successful candidate(s) will be willing and able to develop their own practice, and that of Chambers, as part of the wider group of public law barristers at Outer Temple Chambers.
The successful candidate(s) will be expected to develop both their own practice and assist the team in increasing Chambers’ reputation in this area.
