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Farrar’s Building: Looking back at 2022
We started the year reflecting on 2022, which we can now say was our most successful year ever. 2022, for Farrar’s Building saw: 9 new recruits joining our “collegiate, supportive, progressive” set; an expansion of our client base in terms of key relationships with new and existing firms; a broadening of the areas of expertise […]
read moreWEBINAR: Personal Injury Liability Update 2022 – 2023
Date: 8 February 2023 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: David Roderick This popular, annual update seeks to cover the following developments in general liability principles and PI practice area updates: Developments in general liability principles: • The scope of a duty of care. In particular, the assumption of responsibility: Tindall v Chief Constable […]
read moreWEBINAR: Personal Injury Liability Update 2022 – 2023
We are delighted to welcome you to our first public webinar of 2023. Attendance is by registration only, via the link below. This popular, annual update will be hosted on 8 February 2023 by David Roderick who will seek to cover the following developments in general liability principles and PI practice area updates: Developments in general liability […]
read moreGeoffrey Williams KC appointed to Bar Disciplinary Tribunal
Congratulations to Geoffrey Williams KC who has been formally appointed as a KC member of the Council of the Inns of Court (COIC) Disciplinary Pool, effective from 1 February 2023.
read moreDarryl Allen KC in the Court of Appeal in “mixed injury” test cases – limited guidance from a divided Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has today (20 January 2023) handed down its much anticipated judgment in the “mixed injury” test cases Rabot v Hassam and Briggs v Laditan [2023] EWCA Civ 19. A helpful summary of the decision can be found here. The question at the heart of the appeal was: How is the court […]
read morePersonal Injury Discount Rate: Exploring the option of a dual/multiple rate
The MOJ have just opened a consultation on the Personal Injury Discount Rate (PIDR) that, as personal injury practitioners, we all know is of such importance when advising our clients about future losses. In recent times we have had +2.5%, -0.75% and the current rate of -0.25% that apply to all future heads of loss […]
read moreLucie Danti represents the family at an inquest where shortfalls in care management and treatment were identified.
Lucie Danti recently appeared at a four-day inquest, representing the family of a patient who took her own life. At the time of death the patient had been under the care of an NHS Trust’s specialist mental health team. Despite requiring a hospital admission within six months of death, the patient’s only direct contact with […]
read moreCoventry v United Kingdom (6016/16): The recoverability of CFA success fees and ATE premiums
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently handed down judgment in Coventry v United Kingdom. Mr Coventry was an unsuccessful defendant in a nuisance claim relating to noise. He did not have insurance and so was personally liable to pay any damages or costs awarded by the courts. The claimants had funded the litigation […]
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