News & Events
News & Events
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to invite you to our upcoming Asbestos Litigation Conference on Thursday 10th July 2025 at Glaziers Hall, London. Our team of experienced industrial disease barristers will be joined by leading experts to provide in-depth analysis on recent legal developments. The event will also offer practical guidance on complex issues such as causation and disclosure. This event is accredited by APIL Training. Topics will include: Assessing the future of low-level Asbestos exposure claims Revisiting evidence on commission hearings Panel: a comparative view of Product Liability claims in the UK and in the US Causation in Peritoneal Mesothelioma claims Panel: Claims arising from business loss We will be joined on the day by a selection of expert…
Outer Temple’s Travel Law team will be attending this year’s joint PEOPIL RTA and New Lawyers’ Group (NLG) Conference on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th April 2025 at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. We are also delighted to co-sponsor the Conference. The PEOPIL Annual New Lawyers’ Group (NLG) Conference is a two-day event held in a different member country each year and will be taking place in Krakow, Poland this year. The NLG was established with a clear focus on young colleagues and their specific aims and interests, serving as an “entrance door” for young lawyers to help put them into contact with the rest of PEOPIL. Outer Temple’s Ian Denham, Aliyah Akram, Carin Hunt and Harry Gamble will…
News 31 Mar, 2025
Event Date: 27 Mar, 2025
Following the success of our first Group Litigation Series seminar last month, we are delighted to invite you to the second talk of the 2025 series, ‘How to Start a Group Action – funding and communications’ on Thursday 27th March 2025 at Outer Temple Chambers. You are invited to join our panel of experienced barristers and expert guest speakers to discuss crowdfunding and communications for group actions. David E. Grant KC of Outer Temple Chambers, alongside Professor Ewan McGaughey of King’s College London will discuss the role of crowdfunding in McGaughey v Universities Superannuation Scheme, a climate related derivative action. Carin Hunt of Outer Temple Chambers, alongside Tara Flores of Thorndon Partners will focus on group litigation communications. Agenda Registration…
Carin Hunt of Outer Temple Chambers and Nathaniel Martindale of Irwin Mitchell presented a talk on ‘Force Majeure, Acts of God and disasters’ at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 25th April 2024 together with a selection of esteemed guests from the travel law industry. This was a hybrid event and the recordings are now available online. After a welcome note by Gerard McDermott KC, the first talk of the day was presented by Carin Hunt of Outer Temple Chambers and Nathaniel Martindale of Irwin Mitchell on ‘Force Majeure, Acts of God and disasters’. Gerard also chaired this session. The full…
Webinars & Recordings 13 Aug, 2024
Gerard McDermott KC has organised and will moderate a seminar hosted by the Chicago Bar Association in conjunction with the General Council of the Bar on 1st August; ‘Expert Evidence Beyond Borders: A Comparative View from the US and the UK’. Gerard will moderate a seminar hosted by the Chicago Bar Association on Thursday 1st August; ‘Expert Evidence Beyond Borders: A Comparative View from the US and the UK’ during a trip to the Chicago legal district with some of his Travel Law Team colleagues. An expert in cross-border claims with a particular interest in the US and unrivalled connections across the US, Gerard McDermott KC will be discussing ‘Expert Evidence Beyond Borders: A Comparative View from the US and…
Join our leading travel law barristers and an esteemed line-up of external speakers for our annual Travel Law Conference on Thursday the 25th April 2024 in Manchester. This will be a hybrid event, with limited in-person tickets and streamed online. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers and a line-up of external, expert speakers for an insightful afternoon discussion on the topic of ‘Package Holidays and Injuries Aboard’. Join us, in person, at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel (Manchester) or remotely (via Zoom) to hear from leading experts in the Travel Law industry. The conference will be followed by an early evening drinks reception. Outer Temple Chambers’ travel law barristers Gerard McDermott KC, Sarah Crowther KC, Ian Denham, Daniel Clarke,…
Lorna Badham will be speaking at the PEOPIL New Lawyers Conference on Friday, 15th March 2024 at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée in Paris. PEOPIL is a not-for-profit organisation to improve and promote judicial co-operation and mutual knowledge of legal and judicial systems of European jurisdictions in the field of personal injury law. Lorna Badham will be speaking alongside Conor Kennedy of Deka Chambers between 3:15pm to 4:15pm on ‘Workshop on Expert Reports’. Carin Hunt and Harry Gamble of Outer Temple Chambers will also be attending the Conference. Agenda and Registration The event kicks off at 9:00am and finishes at 5:00pm. Find out more Lorna Badham practices in personal injury, clinical negligence and employment law. She has particular specialisms in…
News 4 Mar, 2024
Outer Temple Chambers are delighted to share this year’s great success with appointments to the Attorney General’s Panel. Bianca Venkata, Jeremy Scott-Joynt, Patrick Tomison and Carin Hunt have been appointed to the C Panel, whilst Alex Cisneros has been appointed from the C to B panel. The Government Legal Department (GLD) administers the Attorney General’s Panel Counsel. The GLD relies on the junior counsel panel for advice and representation. We’re pleased to announce that Alex Cisneros has been appointed from the C to B Panel. Members appointed to the B Panel will generally be instructed where knowledge and experience of a particular field is required. B panel applicants will generally have between 5 and 10 years’ advocacy experience. Bianca Venkata,…
News 7 Aug, 2023
Alex Haines and Carin Hunt are to proceed to a substantive hearing of the merits of their client’s indirect sex discrimination claim against her employer, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of the World Bank Group. This will be the first claim of its kind to be heard by the World Bank Administrative Tribunal (“the WBAT”) – an International Administrative Tribunal similar in nature to the United Nations Appeals Tribunal and the International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal – which sits in Washington DC. The WBAT has yet to consider whether indirect discrimination is prohibited pursuant to the internal policies of this large international financial institution whose employees must seek recourse within the IBRD’s internal justice system as opposed…
News 11 Jul, 2023
The first panel session of the afternoon ‘Cosmetic Tourism Claims’ was chaired by Carin Hunt and discussed by panelists: Cheryl Palmer-Hughes (Irwin Mitchell, UK) & Shauni De Coorde, (HBSV Advocaten, Belgium) at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 1st June together with a selection of esteemed guests from the travel law industry. This was a hybrid event and the recordings are now available online. The first panel session of the day focused on managing cosmetic tourism claims. Watch the panel session; Cosmetic Tourism Claims About the presenters Carin has a busy travel and cross-border practice and is regularly instructed in injury claims with a foreign…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
Watch the fourth in a series of equine focused talks from Outer Temple’s Equine Seminar; Rising star jockey Saffie Osborne talks about her career in racing with barrister Carin Hunt. The Equine Injury team at Outer Temple Chambers hosted The Equine Seminar on 1st March 2023 alongside a line up of some the industry’s best known experts. Chaired by Jonathan Hand KC, topics included a Legal Update, a look at the Animals Act from an expert’s point of view, a discussion on the recent judgment in Schoultz v Ball [2022] EWHC 2452 (KB), and a discussion on the recent Freddy Tylicki case, amongst other issues in the sport. We were delighted to welcome guest speakers, and experts in their field,…
Webinars & Recordings 16 Mar, 2023
The inquest into the tragic death of Archie Battersbee started on Tuesday 7th February 2023, with Carin Hunt representing Barts Health NHS Trust and Mid & South Essex NHS Trust; the Trusts that operate the hospitals where Archie was treated. Archie Battersbee was found unconscious at home on 7 April 2022 by his mother. Following treatment at the scene by paramedics he was conveyed to hospital. Sadly, Archie’s doctors suspected brain stem death and applied to court for a declaration that it would be lawful for them to undertake brain stem testing, as Archie’s parents did not want the testing to take place. A lengthy legal dispute in respect of Archie’s treatment ensued. Pursuant to an order of the court,…
News 9 Feb, 2023
