Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers, London
Ian Denham is a leading junior in the field of cross-border personal injury law. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge in dealing with complex jurisdictional and applicable law issues.
His cross-border practice covers matters involving jurisdiction, applicable law, direct rights of action against insurers, accidents in the air and on sea, and claims involving a cross-border employment aspects. He regularly advises on the implications of Brexit on cross-border tort matters. He is particularly interested in forum non conveniens issues that arise when seeking permission to serve abroad and in challenges to the Court’s jurisdiction.
He has developed a particular expertise in cases involving the law of other common law jurisdictions, including Scotland, Guernsey, Gibraltar, New Zealand, Australia and Cyprus.
Ian sits on the board of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) as representative for England and Wales and is Secretary of the PEOPIL RTA & Whiplash EEG. He sits on the PEOPIl Working Group exploring closer judicial cooperation between the UK and EU27.
Ian is the author of the chapter on Package Travel in the leading textbook, the APIL Guide to Accidents Abroad.
Recommendations:
“Ian is always ahead of the latest issues and ready to deploy them in legal argument.”
Travel, Chambers and Partners 2025
Selected recent cases:
- Yordanov v Vasilev and Atanasov v Vasilev [2024] EWHC 1496 (KB)
- Johnson v Berentzen [2021] EWHC 1042 (QB)
- JG v AC (Settlement 2024) – Guernsey case, settled for £23 million
- Alli-Balogun v (1) On the Beach (KBD, 2024)
- Dawes v DNB and others [2018] 12 WLUK 791
Contact:
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