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Outer Temple Chambers shortlisted across 12 areas at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025

Outer Temple Chambers shortlisted across 12 areas at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025

We are delighted to announce that Outer Temple Chambers has been shortlisted across 12 areas, including ‘Set of the Year’ for Chancery, Clinical Negligence, Employment, Financial Services, Personal Injury, and Professional Disciplinary & Regulatory at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025. The Legal 500 Bar Awards seek to recognise the highest quality chambers as a whole across England and Wales, as well as all people within them. The awards celebrate the finest barristers, chambers, and legal expertise, bringing together some of the brightest minds in the industry. The Legal 500 Bar Awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 24th September 2025 at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London. Set Awards We are proud to share that we have been shortlisted for…

News 19 Jun, 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 Disclosure issues for Asbestos Lawyers Causation in Peritoneal Mesothelioma claims Panel: Claims arising from business loss We will be joined on the day…

Events, News 10 Jun, 2025

The Supreme Court ruling set to disrupt employment handbooks across the UK

For a long time, one of the hottest and most contentious questions in Equality & Diversity has been “What is a woman?” Last week, the Supreme Court answered this question in a ruling that is set to cause rewrites of policies up and down the UK. There have been various suggested answers to this question: anyone who says they are a woman; biological women plus trans-women who hold GRCs; or just biological women. Last week, the Supreme Court answered the question, at least so far as the Equality Act is concerned: a woman is someone who is biologically female. As the judges were at pains to point out, that doesn’t undermine the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. Those with that…

News 23 Apr, 2025

Sarah Crowther KC appointed to ECB's Cricket Disciplinary Panel

Sarah Crowther KC appointed to ECB’s Cricket Disciplinary Panel

Sarah Crowther KC has been appointed as one of the 14 members of England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP). We are delighted to announce that Sarah Crowther KC has been appointed as a member of England and Wales Cricket Board’s Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP), effective from 1 April 2025. The Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP) will take over from the current Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC). The CDP is an independent tribunal which will hear and adjudicate on cases of alleged regulatory breaches in professional cricket, and decide what sanctions are appropriate for any breaches that are found to have occurred. It’s function will be to consider cases brought before it by the Cricket Regulator, the body responsible…

News 2 Apr, 2025

High Court hands down judgment in Samrai and others v Kalia

High Court hands down judgment in Samrai and others v Kalia 

On 9th December 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in Samrai and Others v Kalia [2024] EWHC 3143 (KB). Sarah Crowther KC and Daniel Clarke, who were instructed by Kingsley Napley, acted successfully for the Defendant, Mr Rajinder Kalia. The judgment follows an 18-day trial in the summer of 2024 which involved significant amounts of witness handling including on sensitive issues and forensic deconstruction of expert witness evidence. Mr Justice Martin Spencer struck out the claims of two of the claimants and dismissed the other claims. To read the full judgment of the case, click here. Sarah Crowther KC is a leading personal injury and discrimination silk. She is noted by Chambers & Partners UK as “a great cross-examiner……

News 16 Jan, 2025

Invitation: 'Contempt of Court In Commercial Disputes' Breakfast Seminar

Invitation: ‘Contempt of Court In Commercial Disputes’ Breakfast Seminar

Event Date: 7 Nov, 2024

We are delighted to invite you to our ‘Contempt of Court In Commercial Disputes’ Breakfast Seminar on Thursday, 7th November at The Reform Club, London. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for a breakfast seminar focusing on contempt of court in commercial disputes in the Business and Property Courts. With the Law Commission Consultation Paper closing on 29 November 2024, high profile committals of Soophia Khan, Graham Darby and Tommy Robinson, and near-misses for Katie Price and Oleg Deripaska, contempt of court is an essential part of a commercial litigator’s toolkit. Members of Outer Temple’s commercial and business crime teams together with guest speakers will discuss a range of contempt matters across three panels: Panel One – ‘Caselaw…

Events, News

Law Conference 2024 Sarah Crowther KC of Outer Temple Chambers, alongside Sara-Jane Eaton of DWF and Craig Evans of Clyde & Co presented a talk on ‘Supplier, contracts and indemnities’ at Outer Temple’s Travel Law Conference in Manchester. The video and slides are now available.

Supplier, contracts and indemnities – Presented by Sarah Crowther KC, Sara-Jane Eaton and Craig Evans at the Travel Law Conference 2024

Sarah Crowther KC of Outer Temple Chambers, alongside Sara-Jane Eaton of DWF and Craig Evans of Clyde & Co presented a talk on ‘Supplier, contracts and indemnities’ 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. The third talk of the conference was presented by Sarah Crowther KC of Outer Temple Chambers, Sara-Jane Eaton of DWF and Craig Evans of Clyde & Co. They discussed ‘Supplier, contracts and indemnities: Packages from a defendant perspective’. The full…

Webinars & Recordings 14 Aug, 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

Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to announce that personal injury specialist, Sarah Crowther KC, has been appointed Vice Chair of the Personal Injury Bar Association.

Sarah Crowther KC appointed Vice Chair of the Personal Injury Bar Association

Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to announce that personal injury specialist, Sarah Crowther KC, has been appointed Vice Chair of the Personal Injury Bar Association. PIBA (Personal Injury Bar Association) is the specialist bar association for barristers who practise in the field of personal injuries, including clinical negligence, inquests and inquiries with an injury component. PIBA provides a forum of discussion on matters of common concern and interest to its members. More on the Personal Injury Bar Association can be found here. Sarah acts for both claimants and defendants across the range of personal injury disputes, including catastrophic injury claims, spinal cord injuries, brain injury and fatal accidents. She handles employer’s liability claims, including asbestos-related illness claims, public liability claims,…

News 1 May, 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

Outer Temple's sports law specialists, Harry Steinberg KC and Sarah Crowther KC are delighted to be joining forces with Paul Barber OBE and Steve Kavanagh, to invite you to join us for an early evening discussion on the business of management in the football industry.

Event: Beyond The Pitch – The Business of Football

Outer Temple’s sports law specialists, Harry Steinberg KC and Sarah Crowther KC are delighted to welcome Paul Barber OBE and Steve Kavanagh for early evening discussion on the business of management in the football industry. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for our ‘Beyond the Pitch – The Business of Football’ seminar on the evening of Tuesday 23rd of April 2024 taking place at Arundel House, London. Two of our specialist sports law barristers, Harry Steinberg KC and Sarah Crowther KC, are delighted to welcome two highly revered figures in the football industry, Paul Barber OBE and Steve Kavanagh, for an early evening discussion on the business of management in the football industry. Paul Barber OBE (Chief Executive…

Events 19 Mar, 2024

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