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Shortlisted: Personal Injury Set of the Year
We are delighted to announce that Farrar’s Building has been shortlisted for Personal Injury Set of the Year in this year’s Legal 500 Bar Awards. This is a fantastic achievement which recognises the strength and contribution of each and every member of the Farrar’s team. Congratulations and good luck to all shortlisted. Full list available here.
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Recruitment Opportunities at Farrar’s Building: Probationary Tenants
Due to a growth in work across our core practice areas of personal injury, civil common law and employment, Farrar’s Building is looking to recruit two bright and energetic probationary tenants to start this autumn. The successful candidates will enjoy a busy court and paperwork practice and guaranteed earnings of £20,000 in the first six […]
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Employee/Worker Status – A Review of 12 Months of Case Law.
Despite landmark decisions by the Supreme Court in recent years, the law relating to employee/worker status continues to evolve. Below, Ryan Ross reviews six appellant cases from the last 12 months which have grappled with how to determine whether an individual is an employee, worker or self-employed. Legal practitioners will be well-versed with the guidance […]
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Farrar’s Building: Supporting Access to Justice
Farrar’s Building is delighted to be taking part in this year’s London Legal Walk. We are walking with thousands of our fellow legal professionals in support of access to justice. The London Legal Walk raises funds for the London Legal Support Trust, a registered charity that provides funding to Law Centres and Citizens Advice services. […]
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Ryan Ross Quoted in Financial Times on the Recording of Employment Tribunal Proceedings.
Ryan Ross has been quoted in the Financial Times in an article on the recording of proceedings in the Employment Tribunal. It follows Ryan’s recent success in Kumar v MES Environmental Limited (summarised here), where the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that parties in the Employment Tribunal may, where the proceedings are audio-recorded, apply for a […]
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‘Staged Collision’ rumbled by RSA Insurance
A Claimant conspired with another driver to defraud RSA Insurance Group. Judge Chohan at Brentford County Court found that a collision was staged and referred the matter to the Metropolitan Police for further investigation. The Claimant pleaded that he was travelling across a junction in a BMW 6 series, that he had purchased only 12 […]
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Public Road or Private Land? The Application of RTA Insurance following the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022
Having received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022, the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill is now an Act of Parliament: the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022 (“the Act”). The Act makes clear the distinction between UK law and European Motor Insurance Directives. Further, the Act defines the categories of vehicle requiring compulsory insurance and […]
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A judge has discretion to grant relief from sanctions without a formal application or any application at all, Court of Appeal reaffirms
Summary. In Park v Hadi and Another [2022] EWCA Civ 581, the Court of Appeal (Holroyde, Stuart-Smith and Warby LJJ), reaffirmed the principle that a judge may, of her own discretion, grant relief from sanctions without formal notice or without any application at all. The Court went on to issue guidance as to how this […]
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