News & Events
News & Events
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. 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 by a selection of expert speakers including…
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
Outer Temple’s David E.Grant KC, Martina Murphy, Will Young and Chaitanya Kediyal named in the Pro Bono Recognition List 2025. Now in its second year, the List recognises solicitors, barristers, chartered legal executives and registered foreign/European lawyers both in private practice and in-house who provided 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. David, Martina, Will and Chaitanya have been recognised for volunteering their time (25 hours or more) to provide free legal assistance to individuals, charities and community groups. Pro-bono legal assistance is an invaluable and longstanding part of our…
External Publications, News 11 Apr, 2025
Will Young successfully represented the claimant in a clinical negligence claim for £500,000 arising out of a negligent failure. Will was instructed by the Claimant in a clinical negligence claim arising out of a negligent failure to diagnose Giant Cell Arteritis, leading to virtual blindness in one eye. The Claimant attended hospital complaining of headaches and various other symptoms. The diagnosis of GCA was not adequately considered, with the result that the Claimant was not given appropriate steroid treatment, which would have avoided the subsequent deterioration in her vision. The Claimant, who was retired, suffered significant visual loss (amounting effectively to blindness) in one eye, resulting in a need for care and assistance, as well as accommodation adaptations and equipment.…
News 18 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple’s Will Young has recently settled a brain injury claim for £525,000 as a result of a road traffic accident. Will was instructed by the Claimant in a case involving a cycling accident leading to brain injury. The Claimant was struck by a lorry driven by the Defendant’s employee when riding her bicycle. She suffered a traumatic brain injury, including a fractured skull leading to a craniotomy. Thankfully she made a good recovery, given the severity of the original injury, although it was complicated by significant psychiatric and psychological symptoms. She was able to return to work, albeit on reduced hours, and she would need a degree of care and assistance in future. She had not been wearing a helmet at…
News 17 Jun, 2024
Outer Temple’s Will Young has recently settled a clinical negligence claim alleging negligent failure on the part of an NHS Trust for a seven-figure sum on the eve of trial. Will was instructed by the Claimant in a clinical negligence claim alleging negligent failure on the part of an NHS Trust to diagnose bowel obstruction, leading to a bowel perforation, and subsequent post-ITU syndrome. The Claimant was a successful businessman, and the claim involved a complex loss of earnings claim, requiring the input of expert Forensic Accountants, and was pleaded just short of £2 million. Attempts to resolve the claim at a joint settlement meeting with the Defendant were unsuccessful, and the case was listed for a 7 day trial…
News 12 Jun, 2024
Personal Injury specialists, Gerard McDermott KC and Will Young of Outer Temple Chambers secure settlement for a cyclist after he was seriously injured in a road traffic collision. Gerard McDermott KC and Will Young were instructed by Ben Townsend and Lucy Mills of Stewarts in a case where the client, JF, was seriously injured in a road traffic collision while cycling to work in 2018. JF was knocked off his bicycle by a stolen vehicle which was driving on the wrong side of the road. He underwent several surgical procedures after sustaining an enormously complex set of injuries, resulting in JF needing 24-hour care for the rest of his life. As JF did not have the capacity to manage the…
News 25 Mar, 2024
Will Young of Outer Temple Chambers has secured a seven figure settlement for his client in a traumatic brain injury case. Will Young, a personal injury barrister at Outer Temple Chambers was instructed by Victoria Berger of RWK Goodman in this claim. The claim involved an accident at work in which the Claimant fell though a hole in the floor on a building site as a result of negligence on the part of his employer, suffering a significant brain injury in the process, as well as spinal fractures. The Claimant was left with cognitive and vestibular deficits, as well as total loss of hearing on one side. He suffered from debilitating fatigue, which hindered his ability to return to work,…
News 21 Nov, 2023
Will Young and Jatinder Paul presented a talk on International Group Actions at the 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. The first talk of the day was “International Group Actions” presented by Will Young (Outer Temple Chambers) and Jatinder Paul (Irwin Mitchell). The full slide deck from this presentation can be found here. Watch the talk; International Group Actions About the presenters Will is a leading travel law junior and has a particular interest in…
Webinars & Recordings 14 Jun, 2023
Outer Temple Chambers is pleased to be part of London International Disputes Week (LIDW23) for a week long event from 15-19 May 2023 which will explore how the disputes community is, and should be, adapting to a changing world. Members of chambers will be presenting at four talks. With its theme: Adapting to a Changing World, LIDW23 will follow up on last year’s theme “Global, Sustainable, Ethical” and will feature a combination of a varied technical programme combined with the usual variety of social and networking events to enable participants to share ideas, to make new contacts and connections and to renew old acquaintances. Outer Temple Chambers’ barristers will collaborate with other experts and speakers for four talks during the event…
Events 11 May, 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
Outer Temple Barristers Naomi Cunningham, Will Young and Bianca Venkata have recently completed the ’25 for 25: Pro Bono Challenge’, run by the charity Advocate. In order to complete this challenge, they all had to complete 25 hours or over of pro bono work between June 2021 – June 2022. Advocate is a charity that connects volunteer barristers with those who require free legal assistance. This ensures that those who cannot afford legal assistance can still receive justice. Yet another three of Outer Temple’s barristers have completed the ’25 for 25: Pro Bono Challenge’ ran by Advocate. This challenge requires barristers to complete a total of 25 hours of pro bono work between June 2021 – June 2022. We are…
News 6 Jun, 2022
