Oliver May joins Outer Temple Chambers

We are delighted to welcome Oliver May to Outer Temple’s award winning Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury team.

Oliver May joins Outer Temple Chambers in September, further expanding our ever-growing health department. He specialises in Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, and Inquests.

Oliver has been instructed in cases at all levels of the civil courts in England and Wales, including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Most notably, Oliver appeared before the Supreme Court in the landmark case of Paul & Anor v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC. He is also one of the Counsel to the Inquest for HM Coroner’s Investigations and Inquests into the Deaths of the Patients of Ian Paterson.

Alongside his practice, Oliver is a committed advocate for equality and diversity. Oliver’s contributions have included being a founding member and former Chair of Neurodiversity in Law, a member of the BSB Race Equality Task Force, and the Bar Council’s Disability Panel.

Oliver’s efforts were recognised with his nomination for Future Leader: Diversity & Inclusion at the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2021.

Practice Director, Paul Barton, said of Oliver’s joining, “Oliver has already been instructed on some impressive cases and he will be a great asset to the team. We take on some of the most complicated accident and negligence cases and I know he will deliver for our clients.”

To find out more about Oliver and arrange an introduction, please contact Paul Barton on +44 (0)20 7427 4907 for a confidential discussion.

News 15 Sep, 2025