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WEBINAR: CPR Update 2019 – 2020

Published: 25/11/2020 | Webinars

Date: 24 November 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: David Roderick In the latest instalment of the Farrar’s Building Webinar Series, we identify the most important recent changes to civil procedure and practice, and the development of tactically useful CPR case law throughout the key stages of a claim. For a recording of the […]

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Civil Standard of Proof Applies to Inquest Conclusions of Suicide and Unlawful Killing, Supreme Court Rules.

Published: 16/11/2020 | News

The Supreme Court last week handed down its much-awaited judgment in R (on the application of Maughan) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46. By a 3-2 majority, the Court held that in inquests the civil standard of proof applies to all short-form and narrative conclusions of suicide. The civil standard should […]

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Gray v Thames Trains survives Patel v Mirza

Published: 16/11/2020 | News

Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2020] UKSC 43 In Gray v Thames Trains Ltd [2009] UKHL 33, the House of Lords considered the case of a claimant who had killed a man whilst suffering from PTSD. It was held that he could not recover damages against the person who had caused the […]

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WEBINAR: Secondary Victims – ‘thus far and no further’ – the road to and from Paul v Wolverhampton

Published: 12/11/2020 | Webinars

Date: 10 November 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Michael Dougherty In the latest instalment of the Farrar’s Building webinar series, we review the secondary victim control mechanisms in Paul v Wolverhampton and the respective decisions of Master Cook and Chamberlain J. We analyse key factors and discuss which decision to prefer and which […]

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WEBINAR: Jurisdiction and Enforcement After Brexit

Published: 28/10/2020 | Webinars

Date: 27 October 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Andrew Peebles & Frederick Lyon In the latest instalment of the Farrar’s Building Webinar Series, we provide a brief analysis of the potential issues regarding jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments in England and Wales following the UK’s exit from the European Union. The talk considers a number of […]

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Farrar’s Building ranked as a leading set of chambers in this years legal directories

Published: 22/10/2020 | News

We are delighted to have been ranked in the latest editions of Chambers & Partners UK and Legal 500. In Chambers & Partners UK 2021, we are again ranked as a leading set in both Personal Injury and Crime with individual barristers also receiving rankings in Clinical Negligence, Professional Discipline and Motor Insurance Fraud. They […]

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WEBINAR: Swift v Carpenter – A Conflict of Interests?

Published: 22/10/2020 | Webinars

Date: 21 October 2020 @ 15:00 Duration: 1 hour Presenter: Darryl Allen QC The Court of Appeal recently ruled in Swift v Carpenter. Their decision changes the law for people requiring special accommodation following an injury. After nearly 50 years of uncertain damages in cases of this nature, Claimants will now receive fair and reasonable compensation […]

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WEBINAR: Common Issues in Fatal Claims

Published: 15/10/2020 | Webinars

Date: 14 October 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 45 minutes Presenter: Nigel Spencer Ley The same questions crop up time and again in Fatal Accidents claims: Who can bring the claim? Who is a dependent? Who can claim bereavement damages? How much are bereavement damages? Can the cost of funeral reception be claimed? Can the cost of […]

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