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By: Kelly Penstone-Smith
New Assistant Practice Manager joins Farrar’s Building
We are excited to announce that we have today, expanded our clerking team. Helena Smyth joins us as Assistant Practice Manager. Her key responsibilities include diary management, allocating work and administrative duties to assist the clerking team and all members of Chambers. We hope you will join us in wishing Helena all the best in […]
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Tomas McCabe joins the team at Farrar’s Building as a Probationary Tenant
As we continue our journey of growth and transition, we are delighted to welcome Tomas McCabe to Chambers. Tomas, who joins us as a Probationary Tenant, has good experience in Chambers’ core areas including personal injury, clinical negligence, and professional negligence, which he is looking forward to developing at Farrar’s Building. Tomas appears in court […]
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Farrar’s Building welcomes Clark Gard to the team as a Probationary Tenant
As we continue our journey of growth and transition, we are delighted to welcome Clark Gard to Farrar’s Building. Clark, who joins us as a Probationary Tenant, has a broad civil practice and takes instructions across the core areas of Chambers. He is experienced in personal injury (public liability and RTA) and insurance, property and housing, […]
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Richard Ive appointed to Attorney General’s London C Panel
We are delighted to announce that Richard Ive has been appointed to the Attorney General’s London C Panel. Appointments to the Attorney General’s Panels are made through open competition and only the highest quality candidates are appointed. Panel Counsel provide advice and representation to all government departments. Richard’s appointment will take effect from 1 September […]
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When is a breach of the laws of rugby negligent? When it is reckless? Tom Clark v Omar Elbanna [2025] EWCA Civ 776
This is a very interesting case that forms one of a small group of field-of-play rugby cases reported over the past few decades. At first instance it had been found that the Defendant had been negligent when running at pace into an opponent who did not have the ball and was not in a position […]
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Ryan Ross successful in Upper Tribunal appeal
Ryan Ross acted for the Home Office, the successful party, in over-turning a decision of the First Tier Tribunal to quash a deportation order made against a foreign criminal. The Upper Tribunal accepted Ryan’s submissions and then went on to remake the decision to uphold the deportation order. The full judgment can be found here. […]
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Probationary Tenancy Vacancy at Farrar’s Building
We are seeking exceptional candidates for probationary tenancy commencing September 2025. The recruitment process for probationary tenants is such that we judge candidates against their suitability for a tenancy, with an expectation that they will become tenants upon successful completion of the six-month probationary period, which will involve rigorous assessment. Mentoring and supervision is provided […]
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Farrar’s Manchester PI Forum 2025
Our Personal Injury Conference at THE ALAN Manchester takes place on 2 July 2025. The afternoon, hosted by Howard Cohen, is filled with interesting talks, from experienced Counsel at Farrar’s Building, to include John Meredith-Hardy, Tom Bourne-Arton, Rosalind Young and Kimberley Ellen Clifton. Our PI conference culminates with an expert panel discussion, coordinated by Andrew Wille, […]
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