Following recent growth in Chambers’ international practice, we are delighted to announce that Matthew Kerruish-Jones and Leonard Wigg have both been called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands. To read more about Matthew’s and Leonard’s practices, please visit their linked profiles. Chambers International Law Team covers a wide range of subject matters including […]
read moreWe are proud to announce that Alex Findley has been shortlisted by Advocate for ‘Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year’ at the 2025 Bar Pro Bono Awards. This is in recognition of the 20+ pro bono cases that Alex has undertaken during his time at Farrar’s, and in particular the significant number of hours […]
read moreCongratulations to our members, Richard Ive, Holly Girven and Alex Findley, and Probationary Tenant, Daniel Holt, for being included in the 2025 Pro Bono Recognition List. Now in it’s second year, the List recognises solicitors, barristers, chartered legal executives and registered foreign/European lawyers both in private practice and in-house who provided at least 25 hours […]
read moreThis week, we celebrate neurodiversity with Barrister Michael Dougherty of Farrar’s Building. Michael has collaborated with Neurodiversity in Law to bravely share his experiences of life at the bar, with autism. Please join us in proudly supporting Michael and neurodiversity at the Bar, by reading about his journey, the barriers he faced and the actions […]
read moreThe appeal in PMC v A Local Health Board was heard on 25 February 2025 but was adjourned to early summer pending the outcome of the appeal and the judgment of the Supreme Court in Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 331. For a detailed discussion of PMC, see Katriona King’s […]
read moreFarrar’s Building is sad to announce the death of a former member of Chambers, HH Monroe Davies KC. HH William Llewellyn Monroe Davies KC was born in 1927. He was educated at Christ College, Brecon, and Trinity College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1954, and was a member of the […]
read moreThe new discount rate is announced: good news for insurers although perhaps not quite as good for them as it might have been (and vice versa for claimants). In this article, Andrew Wille explores the impact. After months of speculation we now know the new discount rate. For the first time since 2017, when it […]
read moreFarrar’s Building is saddened to learn of the death of Michael Lewer KC CBE. Michael was born on the 1 March 1933, attending Tonbridge School and Oriel College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1958 and took silk in 1983, being made a Bencher of Gray’s Inn in 1992. Michael […]
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