Outer Temple Chambers
'Good with clients; amazing brain; finds solutions to problems.'
Outer Temple Chambers is active in professional negligence work concerning legal professionals and financial professionals in specific financial and regulatory contexts, particularly concerning pensions. James Counsell KC, Nicolas Stallworthy KC and Lydia Seymour are also active in claims against solicitors, administrators, and actuaries who advise on pensions schemes – Counsell KC being notable for his claimant-side work in this space.
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Testimonials
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- 'I've always found the clerks friendly and responsive.'
- 'They have strength in depth in professional negligence, especially for pensions related claims.'
- 'They have increasing strength and depth, particularly for professional negligence claims with a chancery or pensions element.'
Silks
Leading Silks
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Outer Temple Chambers
‘Very experienced and a compelling advocate, both on paper and on his feet. His advice is clear and well-reasoned, and he does not lose sight of the client’s commercial objective.’
2022 Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Juniors
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Outer Temple Chambers
'Very good at communicating with and working collaboratively with solicitors.'
Outer Temple Chambers
‘Nick is simply a star of the Bar. Good-humoured, commercial, clients absolutely love him.’
Outer Temple Chambers
'She is excellent at distilling very complicated matters into plain language. She provides not only great technical legal advice but commercial pragmatic options for the client. She is also very good with the clients. No weaknesses.'
Leading Juniors
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
Outer Temple Chambers
'Very good at communicating with and working collaboratively with solicitors.'
Outer Temple Chambers
‘Nick is simply a star of the Bar. Good-humoured, commercial, clients absolutely love him.’
Outer Temple Chambers
'She is excellent at distilling very complicated matters into plain language. She provides not only great technical legal advice but commercial pragmatic options for the client. She is also very good with the clients. No weaknesses.'