News & Events
News & Events
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
Will Young recently secured a £3million settlement for the Claimant in a catastrophic road traffic collision injury case. Will represented the Claimant who suffered life-changing injuries in the form of brachial plexus and lower limb injuries in a road traffic collision. The case had significant medical complexities, and was resolved at a settlement meeting in December 2025 for a lump sum of £3 million. Will Young was instructed by Andrew Dinsmore at Stewarts. Find out more Will Young accepts instructions from for both Claimants and Defendants in personal injury actions, although more often acts for Claimants. His cases involve a wide range of such claims, including road traffic accidents, claims under the Occupiers Liability Act, and the Fatal Accidents Act, as well as employers’…
News 5 Jan, 2026
James Counsell KC and Olinga Tahzib secured in excess of £700,000 gross for a former Private in the British Army at a settlement meeting on 23 October 2025. The Claimant’s claim was part of a group claim against the Ministry of Defence involving individuals who have suffered cold injuries in the course of their service. The Claimant had sustained a non-freezing cold injury to his feet when he was exposed to cold conditions during his military training in the early 2000s. Amongst other things, the Claimant had been required to dig trenches in freezing conditions and to wade through icy cold rivers without appropriate equipment. Following his injuries, the Claimant was medically downgraded for significant periods before discharging voluntarily from the Army after…
News 11 Nov, 2025
James Counsell KC has secured £900,000 for a former Royal Navy chef at a settlement meeting on 5 September 2025. The settlement is believed to be to be one of the largest ever for this kind of injury. The Claimant’s naval service had been cut short after she suffered a condition known as ‘non-freezing cold injuries’, affecting both hands and feet as a result of exposure to extremely cold conditions on an exercise in Norway in 2019. She later had to be medically discharged due to injuries, some of which remain with her and are permanent. The Claimant, whose image was and still is used by the Royal Navy on promotional recruitment and training material, had an excellent record in service…
News 3 Nov, 2025
Personal Injury expert Olinga Tahzib will be speaking at Brain Injury Group’s Webinar on ‘Maximising Recovery in Brain Injury Cases: Highlights from Facts and Figures 2025/26’ on Tuesday 28th October 2025. Brain Injury Group was established in 2011 and was the UK’s first national network of dedicated brain injury solicitors. They offer access to the very best legal advice from member firms that meet their strict criteria and operate under their ethical code of conduct. Outer Temple’s Olinga Tahzib will be speaking alongside Harry Trusted of 2 Temple Gardens at this APIL Accredited Webinar. The speakers will discuss the following: Introduction to Facts & Figures and the Ogden tables What the discount rate is and why we need it Care…
News 23 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
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 Sarah Crowther KC has been awarded the ‘Personal Injury Silk of the Year’ Award at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards. The Bar Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday 24th September 2025 at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London. These awards are determined on merit alone, based on Legal 500’s market-leading independent research, conducted by over 25 in-house and freelance researchers with in-depth knowledge of their practice areas. Outer Temple Chambers was shortlisted for 12 awards at the ceremony, including 6 awards for team excellence and 6 individual nominations. We are pleased to share that Sarah Crowther KC has been recognised for her expertise in Personal Injury as Silk of the Year. Sarah has established a…
News 25 Sep, 2025
Ian Denham represented South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust in the inquest into the death of Azroy Dawes-Clarke. Azroy was a serving prisoner at HMP Elmley at the time of his death on 10 November 2021. He died after tying a ligature around his neck and subsequently being restrained by prison officers. The Interested Persons in the inquest included mental health staff employed by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, healthcare staff employed by an independent agency, GPs, paramedics and prison staff. The article 2 inquest, which covered 18 days, examined issues surrounding the management of self-harm within the prison, inter-agency care of a patient in crisis and whether the use of force by prison officers was causative of Azroy’s…
News 6 Aug, 2025
Harry Steinberg KC, Aliyah Akram and Carin Hunt appear in the High Court in this landmark litigation on behalf of thousands of military personnel who suffered noise induced hearing loss whilst in service. Harry Steinberg KC, Aliyah Akram and Carin Hunt are instructed by Simon Ellis and the Military team at Hugh James in this landmark litigation against the MoD. They represent thousands of military personnel who have sustained noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus as a result of negligent exposure to excessive noise in service. Last year, they negotiated a groundbreaking agreement including significant concessions by the MoD on limitation, breach of duty, and combat immunity. Thousands of former servicemen and women will now be able to claim compensation for their…
News 23 Jul, 2025
Gerard McDermott KC and Tom Gibson represented a young paraplegic man who received an 8-figure settlement following an accident at work. The claimant was working as an engineer on overhead power lines when he fell 50 feet from a pylon – sustaining catastrophic injuries, including a spinal fracture. After 8 weeks in intensive care and over 5 months in hospital overall, he was discharged home to continue his rehab and his new life as a paraplegic. Following an early admission of liability, the legal claim involved complicated quantum issues surrounding the claimant’s future lost earnings, future care regime, and future accommodation needs in particular. While no settlement can change what happened to the claimant, the compensation should help to ensure…
News 23 Jul, 2025
International injury specialist Ian Denham has been appointed to sit on the EU-UK Working Group of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) together with a panel of expert lawyers from across the UK and Europe. The first step of the Workgroup has been to publish its first Position Paper: “Rights of Personal Injury & Fatal Accident Victims in the Field of Jurisdiction and Enforcement – A Call for EU-UK Cooperation.” A copy of the Paper can be found here. Ian, who sits as the PEOPIL General Board Member for England & Wales played a pivotal role in successfully advocating for the creation of the Workgroup and drafted an initial position paper together with colleagues Phil Banks (of…
External Publications, News 9 Jul, 2025
