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Chief Constable of Northamptonshire v Woodcock [2025] EWCA Civ 13: The Boundaries of Duties Owed by Public Authorities in Negligence
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police v Woodcock [2025] EWCA Civ 13. The case provides useful guidance on the extent of police liability in negligence and claims against public authorities. It is one of the first cases to apply the recent Supreme Court decision of Tindall v Chief Constable […]
read moreApplications for Pupillage at Farrar’s Building (commencing October 2026)
We are very pleased to invite applications for pupillage via the Bar Council Pupillage Gateway. Farrar’s Building is a leading set across all of our core practice areas, including personal injury, clinical and professional negligence, insurance and commercial litigation, employment, inquests, public inquiries and disciplinary tribunals. Pupils will receive funding of £70,000 for their pupillage […]
read moreJaffé and Another v Greybull Capital [2024] EWHC 2534 (Comm): The fallacy of memory, half-truths and the role of contemporaneous documents
The recent High Court decision in Jaffé and Another v Greybull Capital LLP and Others [2024] EWHC 2534 (Comm) (“Jaffe ”) is a timely reminder of the boundaries of “half-truths,” causation in misrepresentation claims and the commercial realities of reliance on financial assurances. The case also highlights issues relating to the reliability of witnesses and […]
read moreFarrar’s Building announces the passing of HH Monroe Davies KC
Farrar’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 moreJames Pretsell successfully defends claim brought by sleepwalker seriously injured by moving train.
James Pretsell successfully defends a claim brought by a claimant who sleepwalked from her home, entered a railway station and accessed the railway lines, before being hit by a train sustaining serious orthopaedic and head injuries. Following a two day multi track trial on liability only, the claim was dismissed in its entirety. The case […]
read moreOutstanding Set for Diversity, Equality & Inclusion: Chambers UK Bar Awards
WE DID IT! We could not be more proud to have been recognised by Chambers & Partners as an Outstanding Set for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. Congratulations to the team, for yet again shining a spotlight on what should be the norm, everywhere. We are committed to reducing or removing barriers at the Bar relating […]
read moreNew Discount Rate: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive; E-Lim-i-nate the Negative
The 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 moreEmily Mitchell represents a family at an inquest, securing a conclusion of unlawful killing
Emily Mitchell, instructed by Hudgell Solicitors, represented a bereaved family at an inquest at Croydon Coroner’s Court. Riccardo Holness, aged 42, was killed following a single punch to the head, delivered following an altercation outside a bar in Beckenham in the early hours of 17 October 2021. Riccardo died in hospital on 12 November 2021. […]
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