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By: Kelly Penstone-Smith
Welcome to our new pupils
We are delighted to welcome today, our new pupils Reiss Palmer and Dan Jacklin, who join the expanding team here at Farrar’s Building. For more information on pupillage at Farrar’s, please refer to our website.
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Farrar’s Personal Injury Conference – Brain Injury: Issues and Experts
We were delighted to welcome so many delegates to our Personal Injury Conference at Inner Temple last week. ‘Brain Injuries: Issues and Experts’ was chaired by Andrew Wille who expertly fielded questions from the audience, and ensured an element of fun with his competition to encourage donations to our Mind Charity fundraising pot. Lee Evans, […]
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Rosalind Young obtains exemplary damages against a dishonest Claimant
Rosalind obtained exemplary damages and indemnity costs on an insurer’s counterclaim brought under the tort of deceit against a Claimant who was alleged to be fundamentally dishonest. The Claimant made a claim for general damages resulting from an RTA. The Defendant defended the claim on the basis of fraud and made a counterclaim for exemplary […]
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Geoffrey Williams KC & Murdochs achieve significant success in breach of trust case at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Geoffrey Williams KC was instructed by Nick Trevette of Murdochs to represent a Solicitor ‘SM’ who faced very serious allegations before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“SDT”). To cut a long story short, SM and his erstwhile partner CH were appointed Trustees of a Will Trust of a very unusual nature. The Testator created the trust […]
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Kamran Khan Succeeds in Proving Panel Bias
Kamran Khan, representing the Nursing and Midwifery Council (“NMC”), successfully applied for a Panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee to recuse itself on the grounds of bias. The Charges It had been alleged that on 25 February 2020, the Registrant had: 1. Driven a motor vehicle after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion […]
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Andrew Morse appointed Assistant Coroner
We are delighted to announce that Andrew Morse has been appointed as an Assistant Coroner for the South Wales Central Coroner’s Office. This permanent appointment, effective from 1 September 2023 will see Andrew working alongside the Senior Coroner, Area Coroner and fellow Assistant Coroners. This is a part-time, judicial commitment complementing Andrew’s practice at Farrar’s […]
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Richard Ive Fulfils Advocate’s Pro Bono Pledge
Richard Ive has fulfilled Advocate’s Pro Bono Pledge, by undertaking a minimum of 25 hours of pro bono work in 2023. Richard significantly exceeded this target by representing a bereaved family at a multi-day inquest. The bereaved family that Richard represented thanked him for his ‘excellent representation’. On behalf of the bereaved family, the deceased’s […]
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New Recruits
We are thrilled to announce that Holly Girven and Alex Findley will join Farrar’s Building in October 2023, following the successful completion of their pupillages with us. Both Holly and Alex will have spent twelve months with the fantastic team here at Farrar’s, gaining experience in all Chambers’ core areas, including personal injury, clinical negligence, regulatory & disciplinary and employment […]
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