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Informed Consent: The Latest Update
In the case of Bilal and Malik v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 605, the Court of Appeal considered the issue of how Montgomery and Bolam apply in cases relating to informed consent. Mr Malik brought a claim for personal injury following elective spinal surgery on the basis that there […]
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Sorcha Dervin instructed by Eversheds Sutherland successfully defends claim for unfair dismissal.
Sorcha Dervin, instructed by Lucie Bradley of Eversheds Sutherland, represented a major aviation company in a three day Tribunal in which the Claimant’s complaint of unfair dismissal resoundingly failed. The Facts On the day in question, the Claimant (a Security Officer at the time) came across a female colleague whom he had never met […]
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Caroline Rees KC joins Farrar’s Building
Farrar’s Building is excited to announce that Caroline Rees KC joins Chambers as an associate member today. Elected as Leader of the Wales and Chester Circuit earlier this year, and with recent accolades including a shortlisting for Crime Silk of the Year 2022 at the Legal 500 Awards and The Times ‘Lawyer of the Week’ in […]
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World Rugby Announces a ‘One-Team Approach’ to Disciplinary Processes.
Pathways and processes implemented under independent Judicial Panel Chairman Christopher Quinlan KC and Citing Commissioner Manager Steve Hinds, to broaden representation and deepen the talent pool of officials selected to represent Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, have resulted in widened global and gender representation. Thirteen nations will be represented across an experienced team, including […]
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Farrar’s Building Runs 4 Wales
We are delighted to be raising money for Mind Cymru by running the Cardiff Half Marathon on 1 October 2023. This important charity raises awareness of mental health, and in particular helps to improve the lives of young people aged 11-18 through education. Further information can be found here and here. We need your help […]
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Aidan O’Brien successfully defends Operating Department Practitioner in Fitness to Practise proceedings brought by the Health and Care Professions Council
Aidan has successfully defended an Operating Department Practitioner (‘ODP’) in Fitness to Practise (‘FtP’) proceedings brought by the Health and Care Professions Council. In May 2020, the Registrant was working as an ODP on an ITU ward, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Registrant attended a crash call for a patient in peri-arrest. […]
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John Yems receives record ban from football over racism charges.
The decision of the independent Appeal Board, chaired by Christopher Quinlan KC has been published today. Contrary to the findings of the Independent Regulatory Commission, who suspended Yems for 17 months but found there to be no conscious racism, the Appeal Board concluded there to have been numerous examples of ‘inherent and obvious racism’. As […]
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ABTA’s 25th Anniversary, Travel Law Seminar
Farrar’s Building is delighted to be an event partner at ABTA’s 25th Anniversary Travel Law Seminar on 10 – 11 May 2023 Celebrating its 25th year, ABTA’s two-day Travel Law Seminar will provide an update on the changing landscape of travel regulation as well as discussions as to legal issues facing the travel industry. James Pretsell will […]
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