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By: Kelly Penstone-Smith
Join the team at Farrar’s
As part of the continued expansion of the team here at Farrar’s Building, we are excited to announce that we are recruiting for an Assistant Practice Manager. If you are someone with ambition and drive, who is ready to take a step up in their career, then this opportunity could be for you. You will […]
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In Memory of Timothy Dutton CBE, KC by Geoffrey Williams KC
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Timothy Dutton. I first met Tim when as a Solicitor I was dealing with a difficult High Court appeal brought by a very obstructive Solicitor who had been struck off the Roll by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. Tim was then a junior barrister at […]
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Patel v Patel – When executors of a Will cannot agree on funeral arrangements for a deceased, what can the Court do?
Rosalind Young was in the High Court before HHJ Paul Matthews in March, instructed through Advocate to represent the first defendant when two joint executors of a Will could not agree on the funeral arrangements to be made in respect of their father, the deceased. The case, Patel v Patel [2025] EWHC 560 (Ch), provides […]
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Modernising the law of Wills
The Law Commission last week produced its final report on its consultation on the law of wills – the first comprehensive review of the law in this area in nearly 200 years. The project has been an ambitious and lengthy undertaking and proposes to modernise the law in a significant way. The accompanying Bill, if […]
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The reality of court accessibility for wheelchair users
In January 2024, after several years of extensive planning and renovations, Farrar’s Building became one of the first sets in the Temple with wheelchair access to all floors and facilities suitable for wheelchair users. This will rightly allow wheelchair users and those with mobility issues to access Chambers. That is, however only one of the […]
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Alicia Harrison accepts Tenancy at Farrar’s Building
Congratulations to Alicia Harrison, who has completed her probationary tenancy with flying colours, receiving excellent client feedback along the way, and completing a significant amount of paperwork for her supervisors on high value claims across Chambers’ core areas of practice. Accepting tenancy at Farrar’s Building, Alicia brings with her a wealth of valuable experience in human, […]
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Leslie Millin succeeds at the EAT in an appeal on application for strike out.
Leslie Millin succeeds in an appeal to the EAT on an application for strike out which was made by the Respondent initially at a Preliminary Hearing in a claim of constructive unfair dismissal. The Claimant’s claim was struck out by the Employment Tribunal without hearing the evidence about the circumstances in which the Claimant’s notice […]
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Geoffrey Williams KC defeats two allegations of dishonesty at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Geoff Williams KC was instructed by Nick Trevette of Murdochs Law Solicitors to defend a Solicitor (“G”) in contested proceedings at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. G had been admitted a Solicitor in 1991 and had never previously been made the subject of disciplinary proceedings. By the time of the hearing he was a sole […]
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