Watch the recordings from the Outer Temple Chambers Conference; ‘Running product liability, aviation and mass tort claims in the UK & US’ on 4th September 2024.

Our specialist barristers were joined by colleagues from around the world to discuss a range of product liability issues and claims, including the differences in defending claims in the UK and the US, historic industrial disease claims, and recent vaccine litigation claims, amongst other topics.

Talk 3: “Asbestos and product liability litigation – the challenges of historic claims” by Aliyah Akram and Olinga Tahzib of Outer Temple Chambers, London

Aliyah Akram is a barrister at Outer Temple Chambers. She is acknowledged as a leading junior in personal injury and industrial disease litigation and renowned for her expertise and experience in group litigation in all of the core areas in which she practices. Many of her cases have an international aspect and give rise to both jurisdictional issues and conflicts of laws. Aliyah is well known for her work on group litigation and product liability claims and has been involved in some of the largest group actions ever brought in the UK including in a group claim brought by military personnel against the Ministry of Defence for personal injury whilst in service, instructed by leading industrial disease solicitors in product liability test cases pursued against a major asbestos manufacturer, and instructed in a large group litigation claim brought by South African claimants exposed to asbestos from mining operations.

Olinga Tahzib is a sought-after personal injury practitioner, ranked by Legal 500 since 2022. Olinga is highly numerate and adept at drafting complex schedules of loss. He serves as an editor of Facts & Figures.

His caseload increasingly consists of catastrophic injury claims and encompasses RTAs, claims under the Highways Act and Occupiers Liability Act, as well as asbestos and noise-induced hearing loss claims. He acted in F v M & Ors for the claimant in a Fatal Accident Act claim in which the deceased developed lung cancer following asbestos exposure in the course of his work with several employers. The claim was settled in 2020 and he has since acted as junior on a number of other asbestos-related cases.

Read more about Aliyah, Olinga, and the conference at https://www.outertemple.com/product-l...