News & Events
News & Events
We are delighted to announce nominations including ‘Set of the Year’ for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. 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 22 September 2026 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London. Set Awards We are proud to share that we have been shortlisted for the following Set Awards: Clinical Negligence Set of the Year Personal Injury Set of the Year Individual Nominations On top of these team accolades, we…
News 15 Jun, 2026
There are growing concerns about the environmental and health risks posed by PFAS, also known as forever chemicals. Harry Lambert and Danielle Watts explore the possibility of future litigation. In this article, Harry and Danielle explore the potential legal avenues available for bringing PFAS-related claims and the legal hurdles that prospective litigants might face. What are PFAS? PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a large group of synthetic fluorinated chemicals. These man-made substances have unique characteristics which make them useful in a variety of industries: they can be exceptionally strong, heat resistant and repellent to water and oil. The production of PFAS boomed in the 1940s, following the discovery of Teflon in 1938. Today PFAS are used in a variety of…
Legal Blogs 4 Jun, 2026
Success for the claimants on the central questions of diagnosis and quantification of Military Noise Induced Hearing Loss claims Harry Steinberg KC, Aliyah Akram, and Elliott Courcha of Outer Temple Chambers acted in the landmark military deafness litigation, instructed by Simon Ellis of Hugh James, against the MoD. The High Court has today handed down judgment in the Hugh James Military Deafness Litigation. The decision of Garnham J is a decisive victory for the claimant group. The Court rejected the long-standing CLB and LCB methods and preferred the claimants’ case that military NIHL should be diagnosed and quantified by the rM-NIHL developed by Professor Moore and others. The Court’s findings on these and the other generic issues are binding on…
News 24 Apr, 2026
Personal injury law specialist Ian Denham will be speaking at this year’s joint PEOPIL RTA and New Lawyers’ Group (NLG) Conference on Thursday 19th March and Friday 20th March 2026 at The Marmorosch Bucharest. The PEOPIL Annual Conference is a two-day event held in a different member country each year and will be taking place in Bucharest, Romania this year. The New Lawyers’ Group (NLG) was established with a clear focus on young colleagues and their specific aims and interests, serving as an “entrance door” for young lawyers to help put them into contact with the rest of PEOPIL. Outer Temple’s Ian Denham and Harry Gamble will be attending both the RTA (Special Interest Group) and NLG Conference on 19th and 20th March 2026. Outer…
News 12 Mar, 2026
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
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
