News & Events
News & Events
Naomi Ling authored an article in the Pensions Barrister titled ‘Avon Cosmetics: a critical analysis’. Naomi Ling has written an article published in the ‘In Focus’ section of the Pensions Barrister website titled ‘Avon Cosmetics: a critical analysis’ where she has provided a critical analysis of the recent Avon Cosmetics decision. Naomi Ling acted with Keith Bryant KC of Outer Temple Chambers for the Representative Beneficiary in the Avon Cosmetics case. “When an amendment is made in breach of a fetter on the power of amendment, what is the position in relation to the amendments that were validly made, but which might not have been made had the trustees/employer known that part of the amendment was invalid?” To read Naomi’s…
External Publications 21 Mar, 2024
Join us to hear from our leading pensions law barristers on Thursday 18th of April 2024 for an afternoon of talks on pensions law at the first stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join the Outer Temple’s pensions team for an afternoon of talks, covering all things pensions law. Topics will include: the Avon judgment, an update on Pensions Ombudsman cases, defending contribution notices and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration (tea, coffee & pastries on arrival) 1.50pm – 2.00pm – Welcome & Introduction 2:00pm – 2:30pm – Severing the bad from the good: a…
Join Outer Temple Chambers at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel, Manchester for an afternoon of pensions law talks at the next stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers in Manchester for the next stop of our Pensions Law Conference 2023 series. Topics will include: an actuary’s role in Section 67 certification, age discrimination and the EU Withdrawal Act 2018, the presumption of regularity, and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration (tea and coffee on arrival)2pm – Consultation with the scheme actuary and Section 67 Certification. Where has Mitchells & Butler left Us?2.30pm –…
Events 18 May, 2023
Join Outer Temple Chambers at the Marriott Delta Hotel, Bristol for an afternoon of pensions law talks at the first stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers in Bristol for the first stop of our Pensions Law Conference 2023 series. Topics will include: an actuary’s role in Section 67 certification, age discrimination and the EU Withdrawal Act 2018, the presumption of regularity, and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration (tea and coffee on arrival)2pm – Consultation with the scheme actuary and Section 67 Certification. Wherehas Mitchells & Butler left Us?Lydia Seymour &…
Events 4 Apr, 2023
The recording for our pensions webinar on rectification is now available to watch. Watch Keith Bryant QC and Michael Uberoi consider what evidence needs to be put before the court and how to avoid some of the pitfalls. Keith Bryant QC and Michael Uberoi cover: What evidence needs to be put before the court when the alleged mistake is not referred to in the documents? How does a Claimant go about establishing the necessary mutual intention in such cases? When is a mistake a mistake as to legal effect, and when is it a mistake as to consequences? – how to approach this distinction in pension rectification cases. The use of confidential opinions – how the courts presently view them. How…
Webinars & Recordings 6 Aug, 2021
You are invited to join the Outer Temple Chambers’s pensions team for a webinar on rectification, looking at what evidence you need and some of the pitfalls to be avoided. The speakers at this event, Keith Bryant QC and Michael Uberoi, will cover: What evidence needs to be put before the court when the alleged mistake is not referred to in the documents?How does a Claimant go about establishing the necessary mutual intention in such cases?When is a mistake a mistake as to legal effect, and when is it a mistake as to consequences? – how to approach this distinction in pension rectification cases.The use of confidential opinions – how the courts presently view them.How to establish the necessary subjective intention of the…
Events 27 Jul, 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union gives important judgment in favour of several thousand female and male workers represented by Keith Bryant QC, Naomi Cunningham, Stephen Butler and Chloë Bell (instructed by Harcus Sinclair UK Limited, part of Harcus Parker) bringing equal pay claims against Tesco. This is a seminal judgment on the scope of equal pay protections to which workers in England and Wales must now be entitled in domestic courts and tribunals; Article 157 TFEU has direct effect in equal pay claims based on work of equal value. The claimants, represented by the team from Outer Temple Chambers, are all store-based employees or former employees of Tesco Stores Ltd. They claim that they are paid significantly less than the approximately 11,000 employees…
News 3 Jun, 2021
Watch Keith Bryant QC discuss disability discrimination and unfavourable treatment, one of a series recorded at a recent Employment Law webinar programme. As part of the 28 barristers – 14 days Employment Law Series organised by Outer Temple’s Daniel Barnett. Keith Bryant QC presented a Q&A webinar on disability discrimination. The webinar covered disability discrimination, the history of disability-related discrimination and the meaning of unfavourable treatment in section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 with reference to recent case law. Watch the Employment Law Webinar Helping the Free Representation Unit Industry professionals were charged a small fee to participate in the live webinars and £15,000 was donated to the Free Representation Unit, helping to train future generations of…
Webinars & Recordings 27 May, 2020
In this case concerning police pensions, the claimant married couple claimed that it was a breach of their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and unlawful age discrimination not to grant widow’s benefit to Mrs Carter, if Mr Carter dies before her, on the basis that they only married after Mr Carter retired from police service in 1977. Police pensions are governed by statutory rules under which members have a right of appeal on certain matters to the Crown Court but, in a judgment handed down on 13 June 2019 (R (Carter) v Chelmsford Crown Court and others [2019] EWHC 1484 (Admin), [2019] ICR 1470), the Divisional Court (Coulson LJ and Andrew Baker J) held that this right…
News 21 Jan, 2020
We are pleased to announce that in collaboration with the DIFC Academy, members of Outer Temple Chambers will provide training on Common Law Advanced Advocacy Skills. The DIFC Academy of Law have launched this course for Emirati Advocates and other civil law trained lawyers, in-house counsel, and legal professionals seeking to diversify their skills and enhance their professional development. From February to April 2020, James Counsell QC and Sarah Crowther QC will be teaching Trial advocacy and witness handling and examination. John McKendrick QC and Ben Bradley will be teaching Oral Submissions and Appeal Advocacy. Keith Bryant QC and Jonathan Hand QC will be teaching Appeal Advocacy. James Counsell QC commented: “The team from Outer Temple Chambers is delighted once again to…
News 6 Jan, 2020
Under the statutory rules of the Police Pension Schemes, members have a right of appeal on certain matters to the Crown Court. In a judgment handed down on 13 June 2019 in the case of R (Carter) v Chelmsford Crown Court and others, the Divisional Court (Coulson LJ and Andrew Baker J) has held that this right does not apply to contingent rights, for example a right to widow’s benefit where the relevant member is still alive. Instead, the Divisional Court held, the claimants in this case should seek declaratory relief from the High Court (QBD) by way of Part 8 proceedings. The Crown Court’s jurisdiction in statutory pension appeals has always been something of a bone of contention; this…
News 13 Jun, 2019
As part of the newly-created Certificate in Common Law and DIFC Courts Practice, Keith Bryant QC and Jonathan Hand QC have successfully delivered training on Appeal Advocacy and judged the final Advocacy Assessment Exercises for students at the DIFC Academy of Law in Dubai. The group was made up of some twenty aspiring trial lawyers, all of whom have benefitted from three sessions of advocacy training run by Outer Temple barristers John McKendrick QC, James Counsell QC, Fiona Horlick QC and Benjimin Burgher, since the beginning of 2019. Jonathan Hand QC commented: “This was a very rewarding opportunity to teach advocacy in a different environment, to a diverse group of students, many of whom didn’t come from a common law background,…
News 3 May, 2019
