News & Events
News & Events
The second panel session of the afternoon ‘Running Travel Cases Collaboratively: a view from both sides of the fence’ was chaired Ian Denham (Outer Temple) and discussed by panelists: Clare Campbell (Leigh Day, UK) and Craig Evans (Clyde & Co, UK) 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. This was the second panel session of the day, which was chaired by Ian Denham, focused on running travel cases collaboratively as discussed by Clare Campbell and…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
Join Outer Temple Chambers and guests for our Manchester Travel Law Conference 2023 on Thursday 1st June at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel 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 selection of expert guests at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel in Manchester. This event will include a number of talks on travel related topics followed by a panel session. Topics will include; cosmetic negligence abroad, running foreign law cases from a claimant and defendant perspective, and tackling sports cases abroad. Book your place This event will be held in-person at Edwardian Radisson Hotel Manchester, Free Trade Hall, Peter St, Manchester M2 5GP. Places are limited…
Events 22 Apr, 2023
Ian Denham has been instructed to represent the families of two women who died following an outbreak of the Mycobacterium Abscessus pathogen at the Royal Papworth Hospital. Ian Denham has been instructed by Jatinder Paul, Senior Associate Solicitor in the International Serious Injury team at Irwin Mitchell, and his colleague Jennifer Hodgson to represent the families of two women who died in an inquest following an outbreak of the Mycobacterium Abscessus pathogen at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. The background Karen Starling, aged 54, and Anne Martinez, aged 65, both tested positive for Mycobacterium Abscessus (MA) after successfully undergoing double lung transplants at the Royal Papworth Hospital. A NHS serious incident report found that 21 patients with lung conditions were infected with…
News 6 Jan, 2023
Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference which included a number of topical talks on international injury claims. The third in a series of four talks was given by Ian Denham (Outer Temple Chambers) and Simon Richards (Digby Brown). They spoke on the topic ‘Running PI claims North and South of the Border’. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a series of talks and discussions, chaired by Eliot Woolf KC, on Travel Law. The conference was held on 13th October 2022. The third talk of the day was by Ian Denham (Outer Temple Chambers) and Simon Richards (Digby Brown) who spoke about running personal injury claims North and South of the UK; in Scotland and England. Other speakers included David Sanchez Almagro (Estudio Jurídico Almagro), Daniel Clarke (Outer Temple Chambers), Katherine…
Webinars & Recordings 19 Dec, 2022
Join Outer Temple Chambers and guests for our upcoming Travel Law Conference. The event will be taking place in London on Thursday 13th October 2022 1pm – 5pm. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers and our esteemed guests at our upcoming Travel Law Conference. This event will include a number of topical talks on international injury claims. Agenda 13:00 Arrival and Welcome by Eliot Woolf KC (Chair) 13:15 Talk 1 – Enforcement and Torpedoes – All you need to know from a Spanish perspective! with David Sanchez Almagro of Estudio Jurídico Almagro 14:00 Talk 2 – with Daniel Clarke and Katherine Allen of Hugh James 14:45 Coffee Break 15:00 Talk 3 – Running PI claims North…
Events 6 Oct, 2022
We are pleased to announce that Outer Temple barrister Ian Denham has been appointed as the new Representative for England and Wales on the PEOPIL General Board. On Thursday 15th September 2022, PEOPIL announced their new General Board members on the eve of the Annual Conference in Copenhagen. Ian succeeds Philip Mead of 12KBW who steps down after completing his time in this role. Ian will continue to represent the interests of PEOPIL members from England & Wales, which has one of the largest memberships by country. The Board is presided over by Spanish lawyer Ana Romero. Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) PEOPIL was founded in 1996 by a group of personal injury lawyers practicing in various…
News 15 Sep, 2022
Ian Denham hosted a panel session on seeking justice following tragedy at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester with guests Thomas Ricard, Mark Harvey and Jennifer Lund. The recording is now available. Outer Temple Chambers hosted a Travel Law Conference in Manchester on 17th March 2022 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 last session of the day was “Seeking Justice Following Tragedy”. Chaired by Head of the Travel Law Team, Ian Denham, panel members were: Thomas Ricard (J.P. Karsenty & Associés) Mark Harvey (Hugh James) Jennifer Lund (Irwin Mitchell) Watch the discussion; Seeking Justice Following Tragedy About the presenters Ian Denham,…
Webinars & Recordings 25 Apr, 2022
Join Outer Temple Chambers and guests for an afternoon of travel related talks at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel Manchester. This will be a hybrid event, with limited in-person tickets and streamed online. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers and our esteemed guests at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel in Manchester. This event will include a number of topical talks followed by a panel session. Agenda 12.30: In person registration/refreshments for a 1.00 start 1.00 – 1.15: Welcome by Gerard McDermott QC and Ian Denham (Joint Chairs) 1.15 – 2.00: “Litigating RTAs Abroad After Brexit” – Colin Murphy (Leigh Day) and Carin Hunt 2.00 – 2.45: “International Clinical Negligence – from the Cayman Islands to Cumbria” – Sarah Crowther QC…
Events 28 Feb, 2022
Ian Denham recently acted for the successful respondent in an appeal concerning the scope of article 4(3) of the Rome II Regulation. The Claimant had been on holiday in France when she was involved in a road traffic accident with an uninsured vehicle. An issue arose as to whether the claim against the motor insurer of the vehicle in which she was travelling was governed by English or French law. In this article, Ian reviews the judgment of HHJ Platts in Scott v AIG which provides a helpful summary of the existing case law on article 4 of Rome II and considers what is meant by the term ‘the tort/delict’ when weighing whether article 4(3) should displace the presumptive applicable…
Legal Blogs 10 Nov, 2021
On 15 and 16 October 2021, the Annual Conference of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers was held in Málaga, Spain. This was the first conference held by PEOPIL since the pandemic started. Both Sarah Crowther QC and Ian Denham were invited to speak at the Conference. Sarah presented with Chris Deacon, Partner at Stewarts Law, on “UK – Post Brexit: Update on cross border personal injury claims, the Lugano Convention and international enforcement of judgments”. Sarah focused on the jurisdiction rules that currently apply in England and Wales post-Brexit. Ian spoke on “Remote assessments for medical legal reports: are they here to stay?” alongside Jack J. Casciato, a Partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and Rebeca…
News 19 Oct, 2021
You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers and guests for an afternoon of seminars and discussions. This will be a hybrid event, taking place in London and streamed online. The Agenda 1:30pm: Event Chair – Gerard McDermott QC will open and close this event1:45pm: The Great Escape: the scope of Article 4(3) – Ian Denham and Carin Hunt 2:15pm Product Liability and Clinical Negligence claims in France – Daniel Clarke and Solenn Le Tutour (Advocat, France)2:45pm: Recent issues with Rome II – Geert van Calster (Advocat and Academic, Belgium)3: 15pm Panel Discussion – Chaired by Sarah Crowther QC with: Eliot Woolf QC Will Young Louise Howard (Lanyon Bowlder) Jennifer Lund (Irwin Mitchell)4:00pm – Drinks at Middle Temple Bar Gerard McDermott QC, Barrister Gerard McDermott QC is a…
Events 5 Aug, 2021
Ian Denham looks back on the High Court decision of Griffiths v TUI UK Limited and considers the impact it has had on cross-border personal injury claims. Since the judgment in August 2020, defendants have sought to find new ways to challenge expert evidence. This has included seeking permission for their own expert evidence or calling the claimant’s expert to be cross-examined at trial. The results of these applications have varied from court to court. Ian looks at the recent judgment of HHJ Freedman, sitting at the County Court in Newcastle, where he heard an appeal in the matter of Taylor v TUI arising from a Deputy District Judge’s decision to order that an expert in a holiday illness case should attend trial to be…
Legal Blogs 5 Jul, 2021
