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Jake Rowley represents the United Kingdom Independence Party in High Court

Published: 17/07/2020 | News

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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WEBINAR: Credit Hire – Key principles and Recent Updates

Published: 15/07/2020 | Webinars

Date: 14 July 2020 @ 15:00 & 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Grant Goodlad & Amelia Highnam In the latest in the Farrar’s Building webinar series, we review the key principles of credit hire and summarise the most recent updates. We discuss the key grounds of challenge in credit hire matters, together with a view as to how successful […]

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WEBINAR: Traumatic Birth Injuries

Published: 08/07/2020 | Webinars

Date: 7 July 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenter: Andrew Arentsen In the latest in the Farrar’s Building webinar series, we review the law surrounding traumatic birth injuries. We discuss the standard of care required, key case law and precedents governing this area and the expert evidence required to prove a case. There is a […]

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Consumer Insurance: Claims and Complaints Handing During the Covid Pandemic

Published: 07/07/2020 | News

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?

Published: 02/07/2020 | News

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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WEBINAR: Preparing E-Bundles for the Court

Published: 01/07/2020 | Webinars

Date: 30 June 2020 @ 16:30 Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Nick Blake & Laura Fitzgibbon So how should you prepare that bookmarked, indexed, hyperlinked, searchable electronic hearing bundle, capable of personal annotation, that the Court has ordered you to file? In the latest in the Farrar’s Building webinar series, we demonstrate the step by step process for collating, arranging and […]

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Think before you serve – When service by post during lockdown is unreasonable

Published: 30/06/2020 | News

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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Business Interruption Insurance: Handling Claims and Complaints During the Covid-19 Crisis

Published: 25/06/2020 | News

The Covid-19 pandemic has precipitated a surge of claims under business insurance policies. According to the Financial Conduct Authority, most SME policies have only basic cover for business interruption as a result of property damage. As a result, insurers are unlikely to be obliged to pay out in the majority of cases. Nevertheless, even where […]

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