Knowledgebase


Welcome to our new pupils

Published: 03/10/2022 | News

We are delighted to welcome today, our new pupils Holly Girven and Alex Findley who join the expanding team here at Farrar’s Building. For more information on pupillage at Farrar’s, please refer to our website.    

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WEBINAR: CRU – Essentials & Hazard Avoidance for the Busy Practitioner

Published: 29/09/2022 | Webinars

Date: 28 September 2022 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: John Meredith-Hardy & Hannah Saxena This webinar covers the following specific topics relating to CRU: 1. CRU and Universal Credit – why CRU is so important now 2. Ramifications of Aviva Insurance Ltd & Anor v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] EWCA […]

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Farrar’s Building Welcomes Hena Patel

Published: 26/09/2022 | News

As we continue our journey of growth and transition, we are delighted to welcome Hena Patel to Farrar’s Building. Hena joins us as a Probationary Tenant, with a wealth of valuable experience to include a pupillage in clinical negligence, professional negligence, insurance, and inquest work and paralegal experience at a City law firm, specialising in […]

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Chambers Closed: Monday 19 September 2022

Published: 13/09/2022 | News

As a mark of respect to Her Majesty the Queen, Chambers will be closed on Monday 19 September 2022. We are continuing to liaise with clients and HMCTS in relation to any bookings currently diarised on this date. For any urgent issues that arise, please contact us via email to chambers@farrarsbuilding.co.uk, or by telephone +44 […]

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Lee Evans Shortlisted as Junior of the Year 2022 for Personal Injury, by Chambers UK

Published: 05/09/2022 | News

We are excited to share the wonderful news that Lee Evans has been shortlisted as Personal Injury Junior of the Year in this year’s Chambers UK Bar Awards. As one of only three personal injury juniors to be shortlisted, we hope you will join us in congratulating and wishing the best of luck to Lee […]

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Simon Hughes Joins Farrar’s Building

Published: 28/07/2022 | News

Farrar’s Building are excited to announce that Simon Hughes joins Chambers today from Civitas Law in Cardiff. Simon is a leading specialist personal injury barrister known for his “expertise in cases involving industrial disease and fatal accident claims” (Chambers UK). As a “calm and considered” presence, Simon is also recognised by Legal 500 for being “pragmatic and sensible taking into consideration the […]

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Josh Hedgman successful on appeal to overturn finding of liability following slip on leaves in a country park

Published: 22/07/2022 | News

On a wintry morning in November 2016, the Claimant slipped on a wet layer of leaves that had built up on a pathway within the Denham County Park in Buckinghamshire. The leaves were 3 to 4 deep and the pathway connected a car park to the visitor’s centre. The Claimant unfortunately suffered a fractured scaphoid […]

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WEBINAR: How and where – An update on local standards evidence and challenges to jurisdiction

Published: 22/07/2022 | Webinars

Date: 20 July 2022 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Andrew Arentsen & Frederick Lyon In our final webinar before the summer break, Andrew Arentsen and Frederick Lyon bring you an analysis of the most recent law relating to challenges to jurisdiction and the application of local standards evidence to PI claims arising from accidents […]

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