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Michael Dougherty successfully defends claim, and obtains finding of fundamental dishonesty and order for recoverable costs in remote trial hearing.
Instructed by DAC Beachcroft, Michael Dougherty of Farrar’s Building successfully defended an Occupiers’ Liability claim for London Borough of Hackney recently. The matter was heard remotely by Skype with the judge sitting at Central London County Court, and a total of four witnesses giving live evidence. The Claimant brought a claim arising from an incident […]
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UK Athletics Safeguarding Review
An independent safeguarding review, led by Christopher Quinlan QC has been published by the UKA. Announced first in December 2019 and launched in March 2020, the review was commissioned by UKA, in collaboration with the Home County Athletic Federations to evaluate existing safeguarding provisions in UK athletics. The Executive Summary and Recommendations of the independent […]
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PIBA Guide to Pension Loss Calculation
Farrar’s Building is pleased to announce that the new Personal Injuries Bar Association Guide to Pension Loss Calculation is now available to buy. The book has been contributed to by Hannah Saxena of Farrar’s Building. As well as looking at the wider principles the book simplifies pension loss calculations and gives detailed examples and templates. […]
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Hannah Saxena provides a quick guide to the new 8th edition of the Ogden Tables:
Tables 1 and 2 – multipliers for loss for the rest of a claimant’s life Tables 3 to 18 – multipliers for loss continuing for the rest of a claimant’s working life Tables 19 to 34 – multipliers for loss only starting after the claimant’s working life Table 35 – discounting factors for term certain […]
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Jake Rowley represents the United Kingdom Independence Party in High Court
Jake was recently instructed to represent the well-known national political party, the United Kingdom Independence Party (“UKIP”), in a two-day application hearing before Mr Justice Saini in the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court. The case centred around allegations that the former Leader and Deputy Leader of the […]
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Consumer Insurance: Claims and Complaints Handing During the Covid Pandemic
Two weeks ago, we wrote on the guidance issued by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to business interruption insurance here: www.farrarsbuilding.co.uk/business-interruption-insurance-handling-claims-and-complaints-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ Consumer insurance policies pose a similar challenge for the management of claims and complaints in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Like business interruption claims, policy coverage will […]
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Air Bridges Over Troubled Water?
Holidaymakers and the travel industry wait with bated breath for the government’s now long delayed announcement on the immediate future for cross-border travel in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. So far, we have had to content ourselves with leaked plans masking a distinct sound of silence from the government. For many the dangling conversation […]
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Think before you serve – When service by post during lockdown is unreasonable
Melanie Stanley v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2020] EWHC 1622 (QB) Howard Cohen of Farrar’s Building recently succeeded before Knowles Julian J. in setting aside judgment in a claim for breach of the Data Protection Act/GDPR, Misuse of Private Information, Breach of Confidence and Interference with Private and Family Life under Article 8 of […]
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