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News & Events
James Counsell KC, General Editor of latest version of Halsbury’s Laws: Medical Professions (Vol 74 and 74A), published in LexisNexis. Covering every proposition of the law of England and Wales, however niche, this article, Halsbury’s Laws provides all your legal answers in a single source. The article is divided onto various sections as below: Introduction General Duties, Liabilities and Regulation The Medical Profession and Medical Practice Dental Professions Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates Opticians and Related Professions Osteopaths Chiropractors Pharmaceutical Professions and Pharmacies Other Regulated Health Care Professions Removal, Storage and Use of Human Tissue and Organs Human Fertilisation and Embryology Medical Professions (Volume 74 (2025), paras 1-542; Volume 74A (2025), paras 543-1042) To read the full artcile, click here.…
External Publications, News 16 Feb, 2026
Robert Dickason represents the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in successfully striking out claims arising from the Government’s hospital discharge policy during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this litigation, claims were brought on behalf of care home residents who were alleged to have contracted Covid-19 as a result of the Government’s hospital discharge policy in place in late March and early April 2020. It was alleged that this led to the seeding of Covid-19 within care homes by discharged patients who were infectious but asymptomatic. Claims were also brought against the residents’ care homes in relation to alleged failures to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 within the homes. The cases followed a 2022 High Court judicial…
News 14 Jan, 2026
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
OTC is delighted with an outstanding set of rankings in the Legal 500 UK 2026 Guide
News 7 Oct, 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
Ben Bradley will be speaking at AvMA’s 35th Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) taking place on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March 2025 in Bournemouth at Bournemouth International Centre. The 35th AvMA Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) is aimed at clinical negligence specialists where the very best medical and legal experts will give an update on all the key issues, developments and policies in clinical negligence and medical law. The programme this year will have a focus on Cancer and Oncology whilst also covering many other key medico-legal topics. Ben Bradley will be speaking on Friday 21st March at 11:00am on the topic of ‘Double or Quits’ – Tactical Decisions in Oncology Cases covering difficult tactical issues which frequently arise…
News 17 Mar, 2025
Outer Temple barrister and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, Harry Lambert, has been published in New Law Journal, outlining the game-changing implications of advances in neurotechnology for victims of personal injury and clinical negligence. The predicted advances in neurotechnology will be “nothing short of transformational” in their potential impact upon rehabilitation, says New Law Journal. Huge strides are being made in developing neurotechnologies with the potential to combat a wide range of conditions, from cerebral palsy and limb loss to blindness and chronic depression. Harry’s feature in a recent edition of their weekly legal publication looks at personal injury quantum and the paradigm shift that is emerging. The fields of neurology, neurosurgery and neuro-rehabilitation are experiencing a…
External Publications, News 5 Mar, 2025
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to welcome leading health and technology Junior, Harry Lambert, to the team. Harry Lambert joins Outer Temple Chambers in February, further expanding our stable of innovative barristers shaping the law in the fields of product liability, personal injury, clinical negligence, human rights, and related group litigation. His passion for technology and emerging trends provides for a unique and unrivalled practice touching on the interplay between tech and health. He is particularly well known for his dynamism in the world of emerging medical tech, founding the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and authoring a 12 Part Series on Neurotechnology and The Law which has garnered much academic acclaim. It has been translated into several European languages…
News 25 Feb, 2025
Ben Bradley successfully represented the Claimant following a 6-day trial before HHJ Kelly (sitting as a High Court Judge) in Birmingham. The trial revolved around a PEG Procedure performed by a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield in 2016. The Claimant had a complex pre-existing medical history, having suffered congenital cerebral palsy from birth. Following the index PEG procedure, she became unwell. It soon became apparent that her stomach wall had become necrotic at the site of the procedure. She developed four-quadrant peritonitis as a result. She remained in intensive care for 4 months following reparative surgery and suffered a serious deterioration in her function thereafter, resulting (amongst other things) in a significant increase in her…
News 10 Feb, 2025
Clinical negligence and international injuries specialist, Ian Denham, co-authored an article, “Medical Tourism and Package Travel Regulations” with Polina Sokolovska (formerly of Stewarts), which was recently published in the Journal of Personal Injury Law. The article considers whether medical procedures and treatments could fall within the scope of the Package Travel Regulations and, if so, what guidance there may be establish by what standards such treatment should be assessed and whether liability might be established against a tour operator. Medical tourism is an expanding global industry with a growing number of UK residents traveling to undergo medical and cosmetic procedures abroad. There have been a number of high profile deaths and injuries arising from poor medical treatment sustained abroad. Ian…
External Publications, News 27 Jan, 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
Tom Gibson represented a young woman in her successful claim for negligence in treating a knee injury – and for the loss of her promising career as a professional footballer. The claimant was just 18 years old when she consulted an orthopaedic surgeon at her local hospital about a cruciate ligament knee injury. After being given advice that she could continue training and playing football, her knee worsened over the next year. She eventually had two cruciate ligament reconstruction operations before making the heartbreaking decision, aged just 23, to retire from football. The claimant brought a ‘loss of a chance’ claim for her lost earnings as a professional footballer. As a teenager she had been a very promising young player…
News 16 Jan, 2025
