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Gerard McDermott KC as speaker and Chair at BABICM's event 'The Litigation Jigsaw - Fitting the Pieces Together'

Gerard McDermott KC as speaker and Chair at BABICM’s event ‘The Litigation Jigsaw – Fitting the Pieces Together’

Gerard McDermott KC was one of the speakers at BABICM’s event ‘The Litigation Jigsaw – Fitting the Pieces Together’ on Thursday 23rd January 2025. He also Chaired the day’s event. The British Association of Brain injury and Complex Case Management (BABICM) is the leading membership organisation for professionals working in brain injury and complex case management. The event ‘The Litigation Jigsaw – Fitting the Pieces Together’ acted as a guide through the litigation journey to equip the developing case manager to understand where their role fits into the process from the outset of a case. It focused on the roles, responsibilities of the case manager and the expectations of all the key litigation professionals to provide an understanding of how…

News 23 Jan, 2025

Gerard McDermott KC to speak at the ABA 2024 ILS Fall Conference

Gerard McDermott KC to speak at American Bar Association’s 2024 ILS Fall Conference in London

The International Law Section of the ABA have invited Gerard McDermott KC to join a panel discussing “Tradition, Innovation, and Influence in Class Action and Mass Tort Litigation: The English, Canadian, and American Experiences (CLE)” at their Fall Conference on 15th November. The 2024 ILS Fall Conference, in conjunction with Middle Temple and Inner Temple, takes place between 13th – 15th November. It features speakers from the US and the UK, who will address multiple global issues to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first ABA meeting in the U.K. The theme of the fall conference is “100 years of the ABA in the United Kingdom: Tradition, Innovation and Influence.” Among the timely issues to be addressed during the conference…

News 13 Nov, 2024

Managing Group Claims - by Gerard McDermott KC at our Product Liability Conference

Managing Group Claims – by Gerard McDermott KC at our Product Liability Conference

Gerard McDermott KC presented a talk on ‘Managing Group Claims – the challenges’ at Outer Temple’s half day product liability conference ‘Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US’. The video and slides are now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a half day conference on product liability claims in the UK and the US in early September 2024. Our specialist barristers were joined by colleagues from around the world to discuss a range of product liability issues and claims, including the differences in defending claims in the UK and the US, the Boeing 737 litigation, and recent vaccine litigation claims, amongst other topics. The recordings of this event are now available online. Gerard McDermott KC of…

Webinars & Recordings 4 Oct, 2024

Local standard evidence panel session - by Ian Denham, Thomas Ricard and James Riley at the Travel Law Conference 2024

Local standard evidence panel session – by Ian Denham, Thomas Ricard and James Riley at the Travel Law Conference 2024

The last panel session of the day was chaired by Gerard McDermott KC and discussed by panellists Ian Denham (Outer Temple Chambers), Thomas Ricard (JP Karsenty) and James Riley (Irwin Mitchell) at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video is 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. This was the fourth and final panel session of the conference, chaired by Gerard McDermott KC and discussed by panellists Ian Denham (Outer Temple Chambers), Thomas Ricard (JP Karsenty) and James Riley (Irwin Mitchell). Watch the panel session – Local standard evidence About the presenters Gerard McDermott…

Webinars & Recordings 16 Aug, 2024

Invitation: ‘Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US’ Conference

Event Date: 4 Sep, 2024

We are delighted to invite you to a half-day conference on the afternoon of Wednesday 4th September 2024; ‘Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US’. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for a half-day conference on product liability claims in the UK and the US. Our specialist barristers will be joined by colleagues from around the world to discuss a range of product liability issues and claims, including the differences in defending claims in the UK and the US, the Boeing 737 litigation, and recent vaccine litigation claims, amongst other topics. To round off the event, we will also host a panel session to discuss the future of product liability claims. Agenda…

Events

Gerard McDermott KC speaking at The Chicago Bar Association Seminar: Expert Evidence Beyond Borders

“Expert Evidence Beyond Borders” – Gerard McDermott KC to speak at the Chicago Bar Association during the ABA Annual Meeting

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…

Events, News 29 Jul, 2024

We are proud to announce that Outer Temple Chambers has been shortlisted across 15 areas, including ‘Set of the Year’ for Clinical Negligence, Employment, Personal Injury, Sport, and Technology Data & Crypto at The Legal 500 Bar Awards.

Outer Temple Chambers shortlisted across 16 areas at The Legal 500 Bar Awards

We are proud to announce that Outer Temple Chambers has been shortlisted across 16 areas, including ‘Set of the Year’ for Clinical Negligence, Employment, Personal Injury, Sport, and Technology Data & Crypto at The Legal 500 Bar Awards. The Bar Awards, presented by The Legal 500, celebrates the finest barristers, chambers, and legal expertise, bringing together some of the brightest minds in the industry. The awards evening will take place on Wednesday 25th September 2024, at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London. Set Awards We are delighted to share that we have been shortlisted for the following Set Awards: Clinical Negligence Set of the Year – Outer Temple Chambers Employment Set of the Year – Outer Temple Chambers Personal Injury Set of the…

News 9 Jul, 2024

Outer Temple's Gerard McDermott KC, Sarah Crowther KC, Ian Denham and Aliyah Akram will be attending the PEOPIL Conference in Lisbon from Thursday 6th - Friday 7th of June.

Members of Outer Temple Chambers attending PEOPIL Conference in Lisbon

Outer Temple’s Gerard McDermott KC, Sarah Crowther KC, Ian Denham and Aliyah Akram will be attending the PEOPIL Conference in Lisbon from Thursday 6th – Friday 7th of June. The PEOPIL conferences offer a great opportunity to network and to share knowledge. Members of Outer Temple regularly provide talks/attend PEOPIL events throughout the year. Gerard, Sarah, Ian and Aliyah are attending the Joint Conference of the Product Liability/Pharmaceutical/Mass Tort and RTA & Whiplash SIGs later on this week for the two day event. Ian Denham, (PEOPIL representative for England and Wales & Secretary of the PEOPIL RTA & Whiplash EEG) will chair a panel session taking place on the afternoon of Friday the 7th of June. Ian, Michał Krzanowski and Dorothy…

News 5 Jun, 2024

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.

Event: Join our Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 25th April 2024

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,…

Events, News 26 Mar, 2024

Gerard McDermott KC and Will Young secure settlement for seriously injured cyclist in RTA

Gerard McDermott KC and Will Young secure settlement for seriously injured cyclist in RTA

Personal Injury specialists, Gerard McDermott KC and Will Young of Outer Temple Chambers secure settlement for a cyclist after he was seriously injured in a road traffic collision. Gerard McDermott KC and Will Young were instructed by Ben Townsend and Lucy Mills of Stewarts in a case where the client, JF, was seriously injured in a road traffic collision while cycling to work in 2018. JF was knocked off his bicycle by a stolen vehicle which was driving on the wrong side of the road. He underwent several surgical procedures after sustaining an enormously complex set of injuries, resulting in JF needing 24-hour care for the rest of his life. As JF did not have the capacity to manage the…

News 25 Mar, 2024

Gerard McDermott KC secures £23 million in spinal cord road traffic collision case

Gerard McDermott KC secures £23 million in spinal cord road traffic collision case

Personal Injury expert, Gerard McDermott KC, along with Toby Coupe of Kings Chambers, secured £23m compensation on behalf of their client XY after a life-changing road traffic collision. Gerard, of Outer Temple Chambers, and Toby, of Kings Chambers, were instructed by Dan Herman, Charlotte Foster and Varsha Chandrasegaran of Stewarts Law in a road-collision case where XY, a young woman in her early twenties, sustained a life-changing spinal cord injury when her car was hit by a stolen vehicle. The stolen, speeding car had collided into the offside of XY’s car causing her to crash and, as a result, XY sustained a spinal cord injury. She remained in hospital for nine months after the accident and is now an incomplete…

News 20 Nov, 2023

Launch of Outer Temple's ADR Service

Launch of Outer Temple’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Service

Outer Temple Chambers is pleased to share our new specialist ADR wing, a separate service provided and managed, independent of our counsel work. Members of Outer Temple Chamber’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Team include Adjudicators, Arbitrators, Mediators, Expert Witness and Determiners, Early Neutral Evaluation, and Conciliation experts, all with a mixed common and civil law background. Our neutrals accept appointments across a wide range of practice areas including commercial, construction, energy and natural resources, shipping, international trade, and personal injury with experience across Europe, Middle East, US, and Asia-Pacific. For further information please contact 0207 353 6381 or email adr@outertemple.com Visit our newly launched ADR wing here.

News 10 Nov, 2023

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