News & Events
News & Events
We are delighted to be hosting our Annual Sanctions Forum on Thursday 4th December 2025 at the Royal Automobile Club, London. After 3 successful years, Outer Temple Chambers is pleased to once again be hosting our annual sanctions forum this year at the Royal Automobile Club, London. Outer Temple’s Sanctions experts, together with a line-up of esteemed guest speakers will discuss a range of sanctions related topics, across 3 panels over this breakfast seminar. Topics Panel 1- Retaliatory Measures: Sanctions, Export Controls, and China’s Rare Earth Minerals Panel 2 – Developments in Trade and Trade Services Sanctions Panel 3 – Sanctions and Export Control Issues Arising from AI and Fintech Speakers Oliver Powell KC, Outer Temple Chambers Sophie O’Sullivan, Outer…
Oliver Powell KC will be joining an array of expert speakers at International Employment Lawyer’s Cross-Practice Working Masterclass on Wednesday 19th November 2025. Employment law rarely exists in a vacuum, and today’s workplace disputes often spill into other areas of legal practice. From data protection breaches and criminal investigations to competition law concerns and contractual issues, modern employment disputes are increasingly multi-dimensional. This half-day conference will explore how these intersections shape litigation and advisory work, and will equip in-house counsel and HR leaders with insights on how to navigate the complexities that arise when employment law crosses into broader legal territory. Oliver Powell KC will be speaking alongside Jane Niven of Bechtel, Susannah Kintish of Mishcon De Reya and Vanessa…
News 30 Oct, 2025
Chambers and Partners UK Bar have today launched their 2026 Guide and we are delighted to share the highlights from this year’s rankings, including two new Band 1 awards for Personal Injury: Animal Claims and Cryptocurrency. We are thrilled to share that Outer Temple Chambers has been awarded 12 set rankings in this year’s Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide, including 4 new set rankings, and over 110 individual rankings. This is our best set of rankings yet, as our individual rankings see 14 new entries and 27 elevations, and 2 new Band 1 set rankings. A huge congratulations to all of our barristers and clerks for another year of excellent results. A particular thank you to all our clients…
News 16 Oct, 2025
The Legal 500 UK 2026 rankings have been announced and Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to share the highlights from this year’s rankings including 2 Top Tier rankings amongst our 10 set recommendations, and over 140 individual rankings. We are proud to share that we have been recognised as a Top Tier Set in Crypto & Blockchain Assets and Pensions once again this year. These coveted Tier 1 badges sit amongst our set rankings for excellence in ten practice areas which includes some of our flagship teams; Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Employment and Financial Services Regulation. This is in addition to our Tier 1 Commercial ranking in the Middle East rankings. These set rankings couldn’t have been achieved without the…
News 7 Oct, 2025
James Smith has written an article titled ‘Russia sanctions and the prohibition on trust services’ for the latest journal article of Trusts & Trustees, published on 9th July 2025. UK sanctions law contains a prohibition on the provision of trust services to or for the benefit of designated persons and persons connected with Russia. This article analyses the background to and legal framework of the prohibition. The article then looks at the application of the prohibition to Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, before considering practical steps for affected practitioners. It concludes that a prohibition on trust services is likely to be a lasting feature of the UK’s sanctions regime, posing significant compliance challenges for the trusts industry. Read the full…
External Publications, News 11 Jul, 2025
Sanctions Law barristers Joshua Ray and Salomé Lemasson will be speaking at the ‘EU/US/UK Sanctions against Russia’ Seminar on Tuesday 24th June 2025 in Cyprus. This seminar, hosted by Cyprus Institute of Financial Services, will focus on key global sanctions trends, and look into cross-jurisdiction legal scenarios involving banking compliance, licensing and enforcement in the EU, UK, and US. The event is aimed at professionals in legal, compliance and regulatory functions within the financial sector. Joshua Ray will discuss US Sanctions Framework, covering the US approach and law enforcement policies under OFAC, jurisdictional reach and key court cases (e.g., Bonham-Carter), corporate structures, liquidators, and SDNs, and contesting OFAC actions and securing awards. Salomé Lemasson will discuss EU Sanctions Framework. She will…
News 16 Jun, 2025
On 6 May 2025, Oliver Powell KC spoke on two panels at The English Law Forum hosted by the Georgian Bar Association in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Georgian Bar Association, in cooperation with the Law Society of England and Wales, hosted the English Law Forum in Tbilisi. The event brought together Georgian lawyers alongside Barristers and Solicitors from England & Wales. The forum began with opening addresses from: David Asatiani, Chairman of the Georgian Bar Association; Paata Salia, Minister of Justice of Georgia; Gareth Ward, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Georgia; Richard Atkinson, President of the Law Society of England & Wales; and Ruslan Ugrekhelidze, Solicitor-Advocate. The forum featured discussions on key topics including: alternative dispute resolution; asset tracing; enforcement…
News 8 May, 2025
Event Date: 4 Jun, 2025
We are delighted to be part of London International Disputes Week (LIDW25) taking place from 2nd – 6th June 2025. Outer Temple Chambers will be hosting a talk on Wednesday 4th June to examine the hot topics in 2025 for international dispute resolution. With this year’s theme being “Innovation in dispute resolution: navigating global risks”, the 6th London International Disputes Week event will focus on key issues and trends across the international commercial disputes community. Outer Temple Chambers are delighted to be part of the LIDW calendar of events, hosting a talk with fellow experts at Fox Williams and Rimkus on Wednesday 4th June 2025 to discuss some of the hottest topics of the moment including the difficulties posed by…
The High Court of Justice has handed down judgment in the case of Agrofirma Oniks LLC & Agro UG V LLC v. ABH Ukraine Limited & Others. Henry Reid, led by Michael McLaren KC of Fountain Court, successfully acted on behalf of the claimants in a Part 11 jurisdiction challenge brought by the Third Defendant, the oligarch Mr Mikhail Fridman. The case revolves around a dispute concerning Loan Participation Notes (LPNs) in which the Claimants, Agrofirma Oniks LLC and Agro UG V LLC, are agribusinesses and clients of the fourth defendant, PJSC Sense Bank (formerly PJSC Alfa Bank Ukraine). The Part 11 Claim A key issue in the case concerned the service of legal proceedings on Mr. Fridman. The claimants…
News 17 Feb, 2025
We are delighted to announce that Oliver Powell and Ben Bradley have been elevated to the ranks of King’s Counsel (Silk) in the 2024 King’s Counsel competition Appointments to King’s Counsel do not come easy and are offered to a very carefully selected shortlist of applicants just once a year. Following a recommendation by the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, The King has approved her recommendation that Oliver Powell and Ben Bradley should both be appointed His Majesty’s Counsel. The King’s Counsel Selection Panel made its recommendations to the Lord Chancellor after considering very carefully the evidence from application forms, assessments, and interviews with applicants. The Lord Chancellor accepted the Panel’s advice and made her recommendations to…
News 24 Jan, 2025
The judgment has been published in the case of Stiebel Lethbridge Ltd v the Information Commissioner & another [2024] UKFTT 1152 (GRC), in which a refusal by HM Land Registry (HMLR) to provide information to an asset reunification company led to an appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal (the FTT). Jeremy Scott-Joynt represented the HM Land Registry. The case, heard in December, arose after the appellant (SLL) sought information outside the usual statutory channels from HMLR about registered properties. Those channels carry a standard charge. SLL sought the information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) instead: a strategy which – if successful – could have undermined the statutory charging structure and compelled HMLR to supply large amounts of information for free.…
News 20 Jan, 2025
We are delighted to announce that dual-qualified US lawyer and English barrister Joshua Ray has joined the International Team as a full tenant. We are delighted to announce that Joshua Ray has joined the International Team as a full tenant, splitting his time between London and New York. An accomplished US financial crime specialist and commercial litigator, Josh previously worked closely with Outer Temple’s International team as a Professional Associate before deciding to dedicate his time to the bar and join on a full-time basis in December 2024. Before that he was an attorney in New York and London with several leading disputes firms. Josh will continue to focus his practice on Business Crime, Sanctions, International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation.…
News 5 Dec, 2024
