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Outer Temple Chambers shortlisted across 12 areas at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025

Outer Temple Chambers shortlisted across 12 areas at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 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

London International Disputes Week 2025 - Innovation in dispute resolution: navigating global risks

Event; LIDW 2025 – Innovation in dispute resolution: navigating global risks

Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to be part of London International Disputes Week (LIDW25) from 2nd June to 6th June 2025. Our members will be presenting at three talks during this week. With this year’s focus being “Innovation in dispute resolution: navigating global risks”, LIDW25 will be covering a wide range of topics and themes presented by its member firms, including Outer Temple Chambers. Outer Temple Chambers’ barristers will collaborate with other experts and speakers for three talks during the event; co-hosting ‘Hot topics in 2025 for international dispute resolution’ on 4th June, and joining panels on ‘US, UK and EU Sanctions at a Crossroads? Converging and diverging paths in legislation, policy and enforcement and their impact on disputes’, as…

Events, News 21 May, 2025

Olivia Kaye joins Outer Temple Chambers

Olivia Kaye joins Outer Temple Chambers

Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to welcome Olivia Kaye to our International Commercial team. She joins our London office with an already successful international arbitration practice spanning across a number of sectors and regions, particularly in investor-state disputes and complex commercial arbitration. Olivia has extensive experience in investment arbitration, representing and advising both claimant investors and States in ICSID and UNCITRAL proceedings across a diverse range of sectors and geographical regions. She also has considerable experience in representing clients in complex commercial arbitrations brought under a variety of rules including the ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIFC, and NAI and advising clients more generally on potential disputes before they arise. Olivia also has experience in construction arbitration and recently had her first…

News 28 Apr, 2025

Calixto Salomão Filho joins Outer Temple Chambers as Professional Associate

Calixto Salomão Filho joins Outer Temple Chambers as Professional Associate

We are delighted to welcome Calixto Salomão Filho to Outer Temple’s award-winning Commercial Litigation team as a Professional Associate. Calixto Salomão Filho is a professional associate and a Brazilian legal scholar and attorney specialising in comparative commercial law, Brazilian corporate law, and Brazilian antitrust law and regulation. He most recently acted as leading consultant in Município de Mariana & Others v. BHP Group, which is thought to be ‘the biggest class action ever brought in the UK’ and has over 25 years of experience of integrating his wide-ranging academic expertise with practical insight. Calixto is a professor at the University of São Paulo Law School and the Gide Loyrette Nouel Chair of Law and Development at Sciences Po, Paris. He…

News 11 Mar, 2025

Henry Reid successful co-counsel in Al Ammari v ICD, (Decision No. 2025/01) in the Islamic Development Bank Group Administrative Tribunal (“IsDBGAT”) in Jeddah

Henry Reid successful co-counsel in Al Ammari v ICD, (Decision No. 2025/01) in the Islamic Development Bank Group Administrative Tribunal (“IsDBGAT”) in Jeddah

Henry Reid, led by Alex Haines of 4 Pump Court, represented the applicant at the final hearing in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following the success of the jurisdiction and admissibility judgment handed down in February 2024 (Decision No. 2024/04). Henry, having successfully appeared alone in the Jurisdiction and Admissibility judgment, co- represented the applicant against the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (“ICD”) in a termination case in before the IsDBGAT sitting en banc. The Applicant challenged the Respondent’s decision to terminate his employment as the Director of the Internal Audit Department. The Tribunal agreed with the Applicant that the termination had been effectuated by ICD’s CEO and that the decision “was, for all intents…

News 20 Feb, 2025

Henry Reid in High Court in Agrofirma Oniks LLC & Or v. ABH Ukraine Ltd & Ors

Henry Reid in High Court in Agrofirma Oniks LLC & Or v. ABH Ukraine Ltd & Ors

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

Outer Temple Chambers ranked in the Chambers Global 2025 Guide.

Outer Temple Chambers ranked in the Chambers Global 2025 Guide.

We are delighted to announce that Chambers Global 2025 has ranked our members for their individual expertise and awarded a Band 2 Set Ranking in Dispute Resolution: The English Bar (Middle East). Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to be ranked in the Chambers Global 2025 Guide as a Band 2 Set in Dispute Resolution: The English Bar (Middle East-wide). OTC has been in the Middle East for close to a decade with a Dubai office which serves as the hub of our Middle East operations. Chambers Global noted that Outer Temple is a well-known chambers in DIFC litigation and frequently instructed by parties in disputes before the DIFC Courts; “They are a pre-eminent set for DIFC regulations and DIFC Court…

News 14 Feb, 2025

Darby v Wang: Cryptocurrencies and Contempt in the Court of Appeal

Darby v Wang: Cryptocurrencies and Contempt in the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Darby v Wang in which Helen Pugh acted for the successful appellant. The Court of Appeal once again emphasised the need to adhere to the procedural and other safeguards enjoyed by defendants in civil claims facing contempt of court proceedings. The Background The case of Wang v Darby [2021] EWHC 3054 made waves from the outset when it was taken as authority for the proposition that cryptocurrencies could constitute property subject to a trust. In this latest set of proceedings, cryptocurrencies were again the focus; this time in relation to a defendant’s duty to provide disclosure of assets ancillary to a worldwide freezing order. The claimant issued contempt proceedings on the…

News 4 Feb, 2025

Outer Temple barristers included in The Lawyer's 'Top 10 Appeals of 2025' & 'Top 20 Cases of 2025'

Outer Temple barristers included in The Lawyer’s ‘Top 10 Appeals of 2025’ & ‘Top 20 Cases of 2025’

The Lawyer has revealed its ‘Top 10 Appeals of 2025’ and ‘Top 20 Cases of 2025’ and we are delighted to share that three of Outer Temple’s members have been mentioned for their involvement in this year’s biggest cases. There are plenty of lawsuits heading to the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the High Court, and The Lawyer has unveiled its top appeals and cases to look out for this year. We are delighted to share that Henry Reid has been included in the ‘Top 10 Appeals of 2025’ for his involvement in James “Jes” Staley v the FCA, and Harry Steinberg KC and Aliyah Akram in the ‘Top 20 Cases of 2025’ for their involvement in The Military Deafness…

External Publications, News 14 Jan, 2025

David E Grant KC and Gus Baker successful in Court of Appeal: Cheshire Estate & Legal Limited v Blanchfield

David E Grant KC and Gus Baker successful in Court of Appeal: Cheshire Estate & Legal Limited v Blanchfield

On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Cheshire Estate & Legal Limited v Blanchfield & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 1317 in which David E Grant KC and Gus Baker represented the successful defendants/respondent directors. The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Cheshire Estate & Legal Limited v Blanchfield & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 1317, an important case about what fiduciaries can do when preparing to compete with their principal in the future. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of the appellant claimant law firm CEL against the judgment of the High Court finding that former directors of CEL were not in breach of fiduciary or statutory duty when taking steps to set up a competitor.…

News 6 Nov, 2024

Invitation: 'Contempt of Court In Commercial Disputes' Breakfast Seminar

Invitation: ‘Contempt of Court In Commercial Disputes’ Breakfast Seminar

Event Date: 7 Nov, 2024

We are delighted to invite you to our ‘Contempt of Court In Commercial Disputes’ Breakfast Seminar on Thursday, 7th November at The Reform Club, London. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers for a breakfast seminar focusing on contempt of court in commercial disputes in the Business and Property Courts. With the Law Commission Consultation Paper closing on 29 November 2024, high profile committals of Soophia Khan, Graham Darby and Tommy Robinson, and near-misses for Katie Price and Oleg Deripaska, contempt of court is an essential part of a commercial litigator’s toolkit. Members of Outer Temple’s commercial and business crime teams together with guest speakers will discuss a range of contempt matters across three panels: Panel One – ‘Caselaw…

Events, News

London Bar Legal 500 Rankings 2025

Another stellar set of rankings for OTC in the Legal 500 2025 Guide

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

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