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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Tindall and Another v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33: Public authority liability and ‘making matters worse’
Introduction On 23rd October 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Tindall and Another v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33 which concerned the scope of duty owed by public authorities, in this instance the Police, in the course of undertaking their operational duties. The case explored the distinction between failing […]
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Procedural Fairness and Cross-Border Litigation: Insights from Alton v Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen.
In Alton v Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen [2024] EWCA Civ 1435, the Court of Appeal provided valuable guidance on pleading amendments, limitation, pleading foreign law, and the proportionality of striking out claims. The judgment arose from an appeal against the decision to reinstate a claim previously struck out by Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen (“PZU”), the Defendant and […]
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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 […]
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Applications 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 […]
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Jaffé 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 […]
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Farrar’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 […]
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