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By: Kelly Penstone-Smith
WEBINAR: Driverless Cars: From Negligence to Product Liability
Date: 15 September 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: James Pretsell Self driving Teslas, driverless Ubers and autonomous Volvo lorries are an exciting and much heralded technological advancement, capable of bringing significant gains in efficiency on our highways. This reality has been embraced by the UK government with a Law Commission consultation on the regulation […]
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WEBINAR: How to get the Best From a Medical Expert
Date: 1 September 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Aidan O’Brien In the latest in the Farrar’s Building webinar series, we look at how to get the best from a medical expert, throughout the course of the litigation process. We will provide tips and guidance on how to ensure that medical evidence is as robust […]
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Farrar’s Building Welcomes Leonard Wigg
We are very pleased to welcome Leonard Wigg to Chambers, following completion of his 3rd six pupillage. The past six months has seen Leonard appearing in court regularly, acting for both Claimants and Defendants in a variety of claims, including road traffic accidents, credit hire and personal injury. He has drafted statements of case and […]
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COVID-19 : Our Current Chambers’ Policy
Covid-19 Civil Procedure Summary and Covid-19 Court Protocols & Guidance Summary The Covid-19 emergency has resulted in a proliferation of civil procedure changes, court protocols and guidance. Farrar’s Building have prepared summaries of the materials that we hope will be a useful first port of call on these issues. Covid-19 Civil Procedure Summary: To download […]
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Farrar’s Building Covid-19 Civil Procedure Summary: 17.08.20
Farrar’s Building has compiled a Covid-19 Civil Procedure Summary for civil procedure specific to Covid-19. The summary, which can be found below, covers the following topic areas and includes links to the relevant sources: Covid-19 specific Practice Directions Cases relevant to Covid-19 issues Limitation, service of Defences & progressing claims HMCTS’s weekly operational summary Courts and Tribunals […]
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Michael Dougherty successfully defends claim, and obtains finding of fundamental dishonesty and order for recoverable costs in remote trial hearing.
Instructed by DAC Beachcroft, Michael Dougherty of Farrar’s Building successfully defended an Occupiers’ Liability claim for London Borough of Hackney recently. The matter was heard remotely by Skype with the judge sitting at Central London County Court, and a total of four witnesses giving live evidence. The Claimant brought a claim arising from an incident […]
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UK Athletics Safeguarding Review
An independent safeguarding review, led by Christopher Quinlan QC has been published by the UKA. Announced first in December 2019 and launched in March 2020, the review was commissioned by UKA, in collaboration with the Home County Athletic Federations to evaluate existing safeguarding provisions in UK athletics. The Executive Summary and Recommendations of the independent […]
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WEBINAR: Employers’ Liability
Date: 28 July 2020 @ 15:00 & 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Joel McMillan In the latest in the Farrar’s Building webinar series, we look at employers’ liability. In particular, we consider the distinctive way in which negligence principles are applied within the particular context of an employer/employee relationship, and the continuing relevance of the “six-pack […]
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