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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…

External Publications, News 9 Jul, 2025

Event- Asbestos Litigation: New Perspectives and Fresh Angles

Event- Asbestos Litigation: New Perspectives and Fresh Angles

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…

Events, News 10 Jun, 2025

Outer Temple's travel team attending PEOPIL's RTA and NLG Conference in Krakow

Outer Temple’s Travel Law team to attend PEOPIL’s RTA and NLG Conference in Krakow

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

Outer Temple hosts Instituto Marítimo Español during their London Tour

Outer Temple hosts Instituto Marítimo Español during their London Tour

Last week, the International Injury Team at Outer Temple Chambers welcomed Instituto Marítimo Español to Chambers as part of their legal study trip to London. Instituto Marítimo Español is an institution dedicated to maritime training in its various branches across the Spanish speaking world; in legal, technical, commercial and operational functions. The two day trip to London consisted of a number of stops for the IMO team and the students of their Master’s Degree in Business and Maritime Law, as well as their education partners, and we were delighted to be involved. The first leg was organised by the Clyde & Co Madrid office, where the group heard about the implications of English law in the global maritime sector in…

News 4 Mar, 2025

Gerard McDermott KC and Ian Denham secure highest ever recorded personal injury damages award in Guernsey

Gerard McDermott KC and Ian Denham secure highest ever recorded personal injury damages award in Guernsey

The Royal Court of Guernsey recorded its highest ever personal injury damages award in the case of JG v AC. Gerard McDermott KC and Ian Denham, instructed by Stewarts, represented JG who sustained a complete spinal cord injury, resulting in tetraplegia. In November 2021, JG was a rear seated passenger in a VW Golf that was travelling in excess of the 25mph limit on a narrow road in Guernsey. The vehicle lost control and clipped a wall on the side of the road colliding with a pole, before being flipped upside down and coming to a stop on its roof. JG sustained catastrophic and life-changing injuries, including a C7 complete spinal cord injury following an unstable fracture to his C6…

News 12 Feb, 2025

Ian Denham published in the Journal of Personal Injury Law

Ian Denham published in the Journal of Personal Injury Law

Clinical negligence and international injuries specialist, Ian Denham, co-authored an article, “Medical Tourism and Package Travel Regulations” with Polina Sokolovska (formerly of Stewarts), which was recently published in the Journal of Personal Injury Law. The article considers whether medical procedures and treatments could fall within the scope of the Package Travel Regulations and, if so, what guidance there may be establish by what standards such treatment should be assessed and whether liability might be established against a tour operator. Medical tourism is an expanding global industry with a growing number of UK residents traveling to undergo medical and cosmetic procedures abroad. There have been a number of high profile deaths and injuries arising from poor medical treatment sustained abroad. Ian…

External Publications, News 27 Jan, 2025

Event: Save The Date -Group Litigation Series Launch Event

Event: Group Litigation Series Launch Event

Event Date: 10 Oct, 2024

You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for the launch of our Group Litigation Series on Thursday 10th October 2024 in London. Outer Temple Chambers is renowned for its expertise in a wide range of areas including Product Liability, Personal Injury, Industrial Disease, Medical Claims, Employment, Financial Services and Pensions amongst others. A growing number of these matters involve group actions and, if you have been instructed in such matters, you will recognise the need for a very different approach. The practice teams at Outer Temple Chambers have now joined forces to offer a series of advisory sessions on the unique aspects of group claims, with each session offering insights into the differences, similarities, and sharing of knowledge from…

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Outer Temple Chambers proudly sponsor PEOPIL's Annual Conference 2024

Outer Temple Chambers proudly sponsor PEOPIL’s Annual Conference 2024

Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to again be a co-sponsor of the flagship annual event for international injury lawyers; the PEOPIL Annual Conference, this year in Prague on 20th – 21st September 2024. The PEOPIL Annual Conference is a two-day event held in a different member country each year and will be taking place in Czech Republic this year. Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to co-sponsor this year’s conference including the welcome drinks reception and dinner on 19th and coffee break on the 20th. Outer Temple’s Travel Law maestro, Ian Denham, is a member of the PEOPIL General Board as representative for England and Wales and also Secretary of the PEOPIL RTA & Whiplash EEG. He will be attending the conference…

News 12 Sep, 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

Ian Denham's successful High Court case provides further guidance on the application of Rome II regulations

Ian Denham’s successful High Court case provides further guidance on the application of Rome II regulations

Outer Temple’s Ian Denham has succeeded in obtaining judgment for his client at a preliminary issue High Court trial arising from a high-speed collision on a country lane between two racing vehicles. Ian Denham has succeeded in obtaining judgment in this preliminary issue which concerns a high-speed road traffic collision. The two vehicles were driven by a Mr Angelov and Mr Atanasov. The cars collided resulting in the death of Mr Angelov and with Mr Atanasov and the occupants of the vehicle driven by Mr Angelov sustaining serious injury. Both drivers were found equally culpable for the collision.  Ian was instructed to act for Mr Atanasov in Yordanov v Vasilev and Atanasov v Vasilev [2024] EWHC 1496 (KB). He was instructed…

News 13 Aug, 2024

Outer Temple's Clinical Negligence Specialist, Ian Denham has written an article for PI Focus on establishing breach of duty when clinical negligence occurs abroad.

Ian Denham published by PI Focus on clinical negligence claims abroad

Outer Temple’s Clinical Negligence specialist, Ian Denham, has written an article for PI Focus on establishing breach of duty when clinical negligence occurs abroad. Ian Denham’s article has recently been published in the July edition of the PI Focus magazine. PI Focus magazine is full of essential insights for personal injury and clinical negligence solicitors, barristers and experts. In his article, Ian discussed the topic of establishing a breach of duty when clinical negligence occurs abroad. These types of claims are rapidly increasing with the rise of media reports of dissatisfied individuals who travel to receive medical treatment and therapies. Ian covers the standard of care in cross-border clinical negligence claims, which in turn, raises the question as to what…

News 7 Aug, 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

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