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COVID-19 : Our Current Chambers’ Policy

Published: 17/08/2020 | News

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

Published: 17/08/2020 | News

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.

Published: 03/08/2020 | News

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

Published: 03/08/2020 | News

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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PIBA Guide to Pension Loss Calculation

Published: 27/07/2020 | News

Farrar’s Building is pleased to announce that the new Personal Injuries Bar Association Guide to Pension Loss Calculation is now available to buy.  The book has been contributed to by Hannah Saxena of Farrar’s Building. As well as looking at the wider principles the book simplifies pension loss calculations and gives detailed examples and templates.  […]

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Hannah Saxena provides a quick guide to the new 8th edition of the Ogden Tables:

Published: 20/07/2020 | News

Tables 1 and 2 – multipliers for loss for the rest of a claimant’s life Tables 3 to 18 – multipliers for loss continuing for the rest of a claimant’s working life Tables 19 to 34 – multipliers for loss only starting after the claimant’s working life Table 35 – discounting factors for term certain […]

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Consumer Insurance: Claims and Complaints Handing During the Covid Pandemic

Published: 07/07/2020 | News

Two weeks ago, we wrote on the guidance issued by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to business interruption insurance here: www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk/business-interruption-insurance-handling-claims-and-complaints-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ Consumer insurance policies pose a similar challenge for the management of claims and complaints in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Like business interruption claims, policy coverage will […]

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Air Bridges Over Troubled Water?

Published: 02/07/2020 | News

Holidaymakers and the travel industry wait with bated breath for the government’s now long delayed announcement on the immediate future for cross-border travel in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. So far, we have had to content ourselves with leaked plans masking a distinct sound of silence from the government. For many the dangling conversation […]

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