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Case update: Greenaway v (1) Parrish (2) Covea Insurance (3) MIB [2021] EWHC 1506 (QB)
As Sorcha Dervin explains below, Brexit continues to throw up interesting issues for the courts and Greenaway v (1) Parrish (2) Covea Insurance (3) MIB (“Greenaway”) is one example. The question was how the English court was to approach the meaning of the word “stolen” in relation to the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Directive […]
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Former Member of Chambers, Senay Rodger Appointed Judge
Farrar’s Building is delighted to announce that Senay Rodger has been appointed as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber and will be known as Judge Senay Rodger with effect from 1st July 2021. Senay is a former member of chambers and we all wish to congratulate her for such a wonderful […]
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Assessing the adequacy of information and consent: Negus v Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 643 (QB).
SummaryIn this article, David Roderick discusses (a) the recent case of Negus v Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 643 (QB); (b) relevant criteria for assessing the adequacy of information and/or consent illustrated by the reported cases since Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, and (c) the new General Medical […]
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Christopher Quinlan QC Produces Practical Guide to Undertaking Safeguarding Investigations.
With the support of Sport England, Christopher Quinlan QC and other leading legal and sector specialists, Sport Resolutions has developed a safeguarding Investigation Guide and templates to ensure fairness and protect integrity in sport. Investigations sealed with a Sport Resolutions ‘SR’ mark, confirm the process was entirely fair, transparent and independent. Templates have also been […]
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Metroline Ltd v Araujo
Hannah Saxena, instructed by Karime Ariane of Weightmans was successful in getting permission for a bus company, Metroline Ltd, to bring contempt proceedings against a motorcyclist who had brought a claim for over £50,000 for credit hire charges for the hire of a replacement motorbike after a very minor road traffic accident. The motorcyclist claimed […]
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‘Coming to a Screen Near You’ – Farrar’s Building Receives High Praise for Virtual Training Sessions
Over these past 12 months, the legal industry as a whole has had to adjust and pivot to ensure it can continue to meet the requirements of a changing world. When faced with lockdown in 2020, all scheduled, in-person events were postponed but that did not hold us back. We here at Farrar’s Building worked […]
read moreFarrar’s Building Welcomes Leslie Millin
We are delighted to announce that Leslie Millin has joined the team here at Farrar’s Building. Leslie specialises in all aspects of employment law, acting on behalf of either the Claimant or the Respondent, in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. She also specialises in inquests and personal injury […]
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Tom Emslie-Smith successful for the Claimant in a coronavirus related unfair dismissal case
Shortly after the government coronavirus restrictions of March 2020, Tom’s client was asked by his employer to travel into his workplace in Central London to return the keys to the shop. He refused on the basis that he considered this to be a breach of government guidelines and that he was at risk of getting […]
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