News & Events
News & Events
Twelve of Outer Temple’s barristers have been ranked in the 2026 Lexology Index: UK Bar, across three categories. The Lexology Index: UK Bar rankings features the leading barristers and solicitors at the UK Bar who stand out for their exceptional advocacy work across an array of practice areas. Therefore, we are delighted to share that twelve of our barristers have been ranked across the Aviation & Travel, Labour Employment & Immigration, and Sports categories, in 2026. Aviation & Travel The following barristers have been ranked in the Aviation & Travel category: Eliot Woolf KC Ben Bradley KC Sarah Crowther KC Gerard McDermott KC Aliyah Akram Daniel Clark Labour Employment & Immigration The following barristers have been ranked in the Labour…
News 1 May, 2026
Event Date: 12 May, 2026
Join us, on the 12th May 2026, to hear from our leading pensions law barristers at our fourth annual pensions conference series. You are invited to join the Outer Temple Chambers’ pensions team for an afternoon of insightful pensions law talks on Tuesday 12th May 2026, at the Edwardian Hotel Manchester. The event will consist of a series of presentations and panels, from some of our leading area specialists, followed by a fantastic opportunity for networking at Albert Schloss. Topics of discussion include: Issuing and conducting pensions cases: some practical points on Part 8 claims, Part 7 claims and the crossover between the two Reflections on the Places for People Compromise The TPR Determinations Panel: current trends Rectification v Corrective…
We are delighted to share that thirteen of Outer Temple’s barristers have been included in the 2026 Pro Bono Recognition list for volunteering their time (25 hours or more) to provide free legal assistance to individuals, charities and community groups. Now in its third year, the List, published annually, recognises solicitors, barristers, chartered legal executives, trade mark attorneys, patent attorneys and registered foreign/European lawyers who provided 25 hours or more pro bono legal assistance over the last year. The initiative is supported by the Law Society, the Bar Council, CILEX and all the major pro bono organisations under the aegis of the Attorney General’s Pro Bono Committee. Pro Bono Recognition List 2026 The following members have been recognised in the…
News 21 Apr, 2026
Event Date: 21 Apr, 2026
Join us, on the 21st April 2026, to hear from our leading pensions law barristers at our fourth annual pensions conference series. You are invited to join the Outer Temple Chambers’ pensions team for an afternoon of insightful pensions law talks on Tuesday 21st April 2026, at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel. The event will consist of a series of presentations, from some of our leading area specialists, followed by drinks and a fantastic opportunity for networking at the Ritorno Lounge. Topics of discussion include: Issuing and conducting pensions cases: some practical points on Part 8 claims, Part 7 claims and the crossover between the two Reflections on the Places for People Compromise The TPR Determinations Panel: current trends Rectification…
On 19 December 2025, the High Court (Richards J) handed down judgment in Places for People Pension Trustee Limited v Places for People Group Limited & Ors [2025] EWHC 3371 (Ch). Barristers from the Outer Temple Chambers Pensions Law Team were instructed for the Trustee and the Representative Beneficiary. The judgment approved a settlement agreed between the parties and granting rectification of several deeds of amendment in respect of the Places for People Group Retirement Benefit Scheme, a defined benefit, contracted-out occupational pension scheme with a total of 1,761 members as at 31 March 2024. This case is one of the most complex pensions claims ever brought before the courts of England and Wales, raising multiple questions concerning the validity of eight deeds of…
News 23 Dec, 2025
Join us to hear from our leading pensions law barristers on Monday 19th May 2025 at The Edwardian Radisson Hotel, Manchester for an afternoon of pensions law talks at the second stop of this year’s conference series. You are invited to join Outer Temple’s pensions team for an afternoon of talks covering all things pensions law on Monday 19th May 2025. The event will consist of a series of presentations and panel discussions, followed by drinks. Topics of discussion include: Fetters – Where are we now? Members entitlement to non-statutory pre-97 increases Enough already … too much of a good thing ? All the trusts law you need to deal with surpluses A survey of current legal issues for pension…
Join us to hear from our leading pensions law barristers on Monday 28th April 2025 at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel for an afternoon of pensions law talks at the first stop of this year’s conference series. You are invited to join Outer Temple’s pensions team for an afternoon of talks covering all things pensions law on Monday 28th April 2025. The event will consist of a series of presentations and panel discussions, followed by drinks. Topics of discussion will include: Fetters – Where are we now? Members entitlement to non-statutory pre-97 increases Enough already… too much of a good thing? All the trusts law you need to deal with surpluses A survey of current legal issues for pension scheme…
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the BBC’s appeal and has held that the BBC fetter protects future service benefits. Andrew Spink KC and Saul Margo acted on behalf of the successful Representative Beneficiary. The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in British Broadcasting Association v (1) BBC Pension Trust Limited (2) Christina Burns. In upholding the decision of the High Court, this landmark decision is the second case (after Lloyds Bank Pension Trust Corporation v Lloyds Bank plc [1996] PLR 263) in which a domestic court has found that a fetter on a pension scheme’s amendment power protects future service benefits. The case was brought because the BBC wishes to limit the ongoing costs of funding the…
News 9 Jul, 2024
The High Court has handed down its judgment in British Broadcasting Association v (1) BBC Pension Trust Limited (2) Christina Burns in which Andrew Spink KC and Saul Margo, instructed by Helena Berman at Stephenson Harwood acted on behalf of the successful Representative Beneficiary. This landmark decision is now only the second case (after Lloyds Bank Pension Trust Corporation v Lloyds Bank plc [1996] PLR 263) in which a domestic court has found that a fetter on a pension scheme’s amendment power protects future service benefits. The case was brought because the BBC wished to limit the ongoing costs of funding the BBC Pension Scheme and needed to understand the scope of the fetter on the Scheme’s amendment power. The…
News 28 Jul, 2023
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
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Clark and Others in which the successful claimants were represented by Andrew Short KC and Saul Margo. In this long-running equal pay claim against Sainsbury’s Supermarket, a number of the claimants brought their claims on a claim form that only contained one EC number relating to one of the claimants on the form. The claims were rejected on that basis, but the claimants successfully appealed to the EAT where it was held that it is sufficient if one EC number is given on the claim form for any claimant who brings a claim on the same form. Sainsbury’s appealed against the order of the EAT. Court of Appeal In…
News 6 Apr, 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
