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Alicia Harrison accepts Tenancy at Farrar’s Building

Published: 15/04/2025 | News

Congratulations to Alicia Harrison, who has completed her probationary tenancy with flying colours, receiving excellent client feedback along the way, and completing a significant amount of paperwork for her supervisors on high value claims across Chambers’ core areas of practice. Accepting tenancy at Farrar’s Building, Alicia brings with her a wealth of valuable experience in human, […]

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Bar Pro Bono Awards 2025

Published: 14/04/2025 | News

We 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 […]

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Pro Bono Recognition List 2025

Published: 07/04/2025 | News

Congratulations 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 […]

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Leslie Millin succeeds at the EAT in an appeal on application for strike out.

Published: 01/04/2025 | News

Leslie Millin succeeds in an appeal to the EAT on an application for strike out which was made by the Respondent initially at a Preliminary Hearing in a claim of constructive unfair dismissal. The Claimant’s claim was struck out by the Employment Tribunal without hearing the evidence about the circumstances in which the Claimant’s notice […]

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Geoffrey Williams KC defeats two allegations of dishonesty at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Published: 20/03/2025 | News

Geoff Williams KC was instructed by Nick Trevette of Murdochs Law Solicitors to defend a Solicitor (“G”) in contested proceedings at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.   G had been admitted a Solicitor in 1991 and had never previously been made the subject of disciplinary proceedings.  By the time of the hearing he was a sole […]

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Celebrating Neurodiversity at the Bar

Published: 17/03/2025 | News

This 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 […]

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Rosalind Young is back in Chambers!

Published: 03/03/2025 | News

We are delighted to welcome Rosalind Young back to Chambers, following a period of maternity leave. Ros continues to accept instructions from both claimants and defendants in her areas of specialism, to include personal injury and clinical negligence. Please contact our Clerks with your enquiries.

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Anonymity Orders: up-date on the appeal in PMC v A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB)

Published: 28/02/2025 | News

The 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 […]

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