News & Events
News & Events
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
Outer Temple’s Clinical Negligence specialist, Ian Denham, has written an article for PI Focus on establishing breach of duty when clinical negligence occurs abroad. Ian Denham’s article has recently been published in the July edition of the PI Focus magazine. PI Focus magazine is full of essential insights for personal injury and clinical negligence solicitors, barristers and experts. In his article, Ian discussed the topic of establishing a breach of duty when clinical negligence occurs abroad. These types of claims are rapidly increasing with the rise of media reports of dissatisfied individuals who travel to receive medical treatment and therapies. Ian covers the standard of care in cross-border clinical negligence claims, which in turn, raises the question as to what…
News 7 Aug, 2024
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 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
Outer Temple Chambers is proud to sponsor AvMA’s 34th Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) taking place on 21st and 22nd March 2024 at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. The 34th Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) is aimed towards 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 Obstetrics and Gynaecology whilst also covering many other key medico-legal topics at such an important time for clinical negligence practitioners. As well as providing a top quality, thought-provoking, learning and networking experience, the success of the conference helps AvMA to maintain its position as…
Clinical negligence expert, Jonathan Hand KC secured a liability settlement and future wellbeing for FXZ, a 14 year old boy with brain injury following maternity delays. FXZ, the 14 year old claimant, has agreed a liability settlement with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after he suffered a severe brain injury following delays in his delivery. On 15th January 2024, a High Court Judge approved the settlement of 90% of the full value of the claim at a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, meaning that FXZ will now receive compensation from the NHS Trust to provide the life-long, round the clock care he requires. FXZ was born prematurely at 30 weeks. In early labour there were declarations in…
News 23 Jan, 2024
