News & Events
News & Events
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
Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2025 have today launched their 2025 Guide and we are delighted to share the highlights from this year’s rankings, including two Band 1 awards for our Pensions Law team and Travel Law team. We are delighted to share the news that Outer Temple Chambers has yet again been awarded 9 set rankings in the 2025 Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide and over 110 individual rankings. In what is our best set of rankings ever, our individual rankings see 12 new entries and 16 elevations, whilst we are delighted with two new Band 1 set rankings. A huge congratulations to all of our barristers and clerks for another year of excellent results. A particular thank…
News 17 Oct, 2024
Ben Bradley recently obtained a significant seven-figure settlement in a cauda equina case, in which causation remained in dispute. Settlement followed a previously unsuccessful mediation in April 2022. The Claimant issued proceedings and continued to build his quantum case, including amongst other things, claims for single-storey accommodation, loss of earnings (on the basis that he had lost the opportunity to grow his business) and claims for specialist equipment (including a low gravity treadmill and various mobility support devices – whilst not full ‘exoskeletons’ such devices proved, following trials to improve the Claimant’s mobility and general ambulatory function). Following the Defendant’s instruction of Leading Counsel, the matter settled at a subsequent mediation. Ben acted without a leader throughout the proceedings. Ben…
News 10 Oct, 2024
The Legal 500 2025 rankings have just been announced and Outer Temple Chambers is delighted with another year of excellent results including a Tier 1 Pensions ranking We are proud to announce that we have been recognised as a Top Tier Set in Crypto & Blockchain Assets again, as well as achieving a Top Tier Set ranking in Pensions. These Tier 1 rankings mean we are now ranked for excellence in nine practice area rankings with 73 individual members ranked across 27 practice areas. A huge congratulations to all of our barristers and clerks within these teams for another year of excellent results. A particular thank you to all our clients and colleagues for taking the time to provide references.…
News 2 Oct, 2024
Earlier this year, Olinga Tahzib was appointed an editor of Facts & Figures, the key practitioners guide used by barristers, solicitors and all levels of the judiciary in calculating past and future losses in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. The 29th edition of the book, which is available to pre-order, will be published this month by Sweet & Maxwell. New additions to the 29th edition include guidance on the offsetting of benefits against damages and details of historical rates for Carer’s Allowance. About the author Olinga Tahzib is a sought-after personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner, ranked by Legal 500, where he is described as an “impressive junior”. His caseload increasingly consists of catastrophic injury claims, including brain and…
External Publications, News 25 Sep, 2024
Tom Gibson represented a young adult in his successful claim for the delayed diagnosis of his life-threatening sepsis. The claimant was just 28 years old when his GP failed to refer him to hospital one Thursday morning. By Friday evening he was seriously unwell. After a 999 call and an emergency ambulance to hospital, he was diagnosed with life-threatening sepsis. He then needed 4 months of hospital treatment – including over 3 months at a specialist centre in London, where he was put in an induced coma. He also needed ECMO [extracorporeal membrane oxygenation] treatment, a type of artificial life support, for 39 days. The claimant’s road to rehabilitation was a long one. He needed multiple fingertip and toe…
News 10 Sep, 2024
