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BITESIZE: Defendant Pleadings – Witness Statements
Welcome to Farrar’s Building Bitesize Series, a selection of short training seminars which will teach you the basics of pleadings from both a Claimant and Defendant perspective. In this short video, Barrister Lauren Jones provides an overview of the essential content required for Witness Statements. Please click here to view. Other titles in the Defendant […]
read moreBITESIZE: Defendant Pleadings – Valuing a Claim
Welcome to Farrar’s Building Bitesize Series, a selection of short training seminars which will teach you the basics of pleadings from both a Claimant and Defendant perspective. In this short video, Barrister Michael Dougherty provides an overview of the evidence required and processes for valuing a claim. Please click here to view. Other titles in […]
read moreEmployee/Worker Status – A Review of 12 Months of Case Law.
Despite landmark decisions by the Supreme Court in recent years, the law relating to employee/worker status continues to evolve. Below, Ryan Ross reviews six appellant cases from the last 12 months which have grappled with how to determine whether an individual is an employee, worker or self-employed. Legal practitioners will be well-versed with the guidance […]
read moreFarrar’s Building: Supporting Access to Justice
Farrar’s Building is delighted to be taking part in this year’s London Legal Walk. We are walking with thousands of our fellow legal professionals in support of access to justice. The London Legal Walk raises funds for the London Legal Support Trust, a registered charity that provides funding to Law Centres and Citizens Advice services. […]
read moreRyan Ross Quoted in Financial Times on the Recording of Employment Tribunal Proceedings.
Ryan Ross has been quoted in the Financial Times in an article on the recording of proceedings in the Employment Tribunal. It follows Ryan’s recent success in Kumar v MES Environmental Limited (summarised here), where the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that parties in the Employment Tribunal may, where the proceedings are audio-recorded, apply for a […]
read more‘Staged Collision’ rumbled by RSA Insurance
A Claimant conspired with another driver to defraud RSA Insurance Group. Judge Chohan at Brentford County Court found that a collision was staged and referred the matter to the Metropolitan Police for further investigation. The Claimant pleaded that he was travelling across a junction in a BMW 6 series, that he had purchased only 12 […]
read morePublic Road or Private Land? The Application of RTA Insurance following the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022
Having received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022, the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill is now an Act of Parliament: the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022 (“the Act”). The Act makes clear the distinction between UK law and European Motor Insurance Directives. Further, the Act defines the categories of vehicle requiring compulsory insurance and […]
read moreA judge has discretion to grant relief from sanctions without a formal application or any application at all, Court of Appeal reaffirms
Summary. In Park v Hadi and Another [2022] EWCA Civ 581, the Court of Appeal (Holroyde, Stuart-Smith and Warby LJJ), reaffirmed the principle that a judge may, of her own discretion, grant relief from sanctions without formal notice or without any application at all. The Court went on to issue guidance as to how this […]
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