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The Reasonable Driver v. The Ideal Driver
Lee Evans of Farrar’s Building successfully represented a Defendant driver in a liability trial at Central London County Court last week. The key issues were: An elderly pedestrian stepped from the pavement and into the carriageway from between parked cars. The Defendant driver saw the Claimant step from the pavement and move between the parked […]
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Robert Golin in “Round 3” of Injunction Proceedings
Robert Golin has appeared again for CPA Consulting Ltd in relation to SV Croydon Ltd’s renewed application for permission to appeal. In terms of background, at a hearing in March 2019, Her Honour Judge Barber sitting in the Insolvency and Companies Court, refused SVC’s application for an injunction to restrain CPA from applying for SVC to be wound up. In the […]
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Aidan O’Brien successfully resists credit hire appeal – Putta v Royal Sun Alliance [2020] EWHC 117 (QB), heard on 28 January 2020, before Mr Justice Stewart
Aidan O’Brien was recently instructed on behalf of the Respondent to resist an appeal, in a claim involving £26,290 of credit hire charges. Facts: The Claimant was a self-employed PCO-licenced taxi driver. On 27 May 2016, his Mercedes E220 was damaged in an accident and was temporarily unroadworthy. The Claimant subsequently hired […]
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Update on our Head of Chambers, Patrick Harrington QC
As many are already aware, our Head of Chambers, Patrick Harrington QC recently had a car accident while traveling from his home in Raglan to Cardiff. Patrick suffered head injuries in the crash and is now stable following surgery. He does not have any spinal cord damage, is now breathing on his own but with […]
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Highways – The New Code of Practice – Practical Thoughts for Litigation, by Martin Ferguson
INTRODUCTION October 2018 was broadly regarded as the dawn of a new era for local authorities as ‘Well-managed Highway Infrastructure’ (“the New Code”) came into force, replacing the well-trodden 2005 ‘Well-Maintained Highways Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance Management’ (“the Old Code”). While some authorities will already be well up and running with the New […]
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Huw Davies Successfully represents Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) at Preliminary Hearing
Huw Davies successfully represented the charity, Voluntary Services Overseas, in a preliminary hearing on the issue of jurisdiction. A former employee, working abroad in Bangladesh, had brought various claims in the London South Employment Tribunal. Following a two-day hearing, despite the employee being an English national and his contract being governed by English law, the […]
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Patrick Harrington QC obtains Judgement and a Costs order for Alex Reid against Katie Price.
Patrick Harrington QC of Farrar’s Building, who led Philip Williams of 33, Bedford Row, was successful in obtaining judgement and a costs order in favour of Alex Reid in his claim against his former wife Katie Price for the Misuse of Private information, Breach of Confidence, Breach of Contract and Breach of Data Protection, notwithstanding her bankruptcy having been granted some 24 hours […]
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Matthew Kerruish-Jones defeats claim for commercial rent arrears of £227,000
On 17th October Matthew Kerruish-Jones successfully defended a claim brought by W Wing Yip & Brothers Property and Investment Limited, the landlord of the Wing Yip Business Centre in Croydon, who sought over £227,000 from the defendant who was one of their tenants and a guarantor on a number of their properties. The lion’s share […]
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