England - London Bar

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Personal injury

Farrar's Building

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The personal injury offering at Farrar’s Building is noted for its ‘wide range of personal injury cases', advising defendants and claimants in a broad spectrum of maximum severity injury litigation. John Meredith-Hardy’s workload includes a variety of workplace injuries, including accidents, industrial diseases, along with maritime and port work involving both chronic pain and cognitive injuries, along with psychiatric and neurological injuries requiring significant rehabilitation and assistance. Hannah Saxena is a specialist in defendant work, typically acting in claims involving complex medical causation as well as traumatic physical and psychiatric injuries as a result of traffic collisions.

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'Well clerked. Paul Cray is a strong director of clerking; Andy Duckett and James Shaw are both great clerks who do a super job for chambers and solicitors alike.'
'Very good set of chambers with experienced counsel covering a wide range of personal injury cases.'
'Good strength in depth and free training webinar programme.'
'The entire clerking team is superb.'
'Farrar's have good strength in depth and I find the barristers as opponents to be very able.'
'Have never had an issue concerning the availability of counsel, the range of expertise is outstanding.'

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‘Excellent eye for detail, quickly absorbs information, brilliant preparatory work and a pleasure to deal with. He is approachable and excellent in conference, managing the flow and direction of discussions whilst getting to the issues.'

John Meredith-Hardy

‘John is very thorough, organised and capable. His technical skills are superlative. He is just the person to instruct in a complex quantum dispute.’

‘He provides excellent analytical skills. He is flexible and works well as part of a team. Instructions are dealt with always before the deadline set.’

‘Approachable and knowledgeable. Able to deal with tricky cases and complex medical evidence.’

Andrew Arentsen

Tom Bourne-Arton

‘He is able to empathize with clients but at the same time anticipate and advise on difficult issues to overcome. He is reliable, efficient and has a good eye for detail.’

‘Josh is very personable and approachable, which stands him in good stead as an insurance barrister.'

‘Excellent preparation and written work, user friendly, always contactable, commercially aware.’

‘Hannah offers an exceptional service when it comes to quantum and is an overall strong advocate.’

‘Nick is particularly strong on his technical knowledge of the law and its strategic application for the benefit of the client.’

‘Stuart is affable, tenacious and capable as an advocate. He is able to distil his submissions to their most effective and is pugnacious with the points he runs.’

‘John is very approachable and has impressive advocacy skills. He is clear and realistic with his advise and tailors this to suit the needs of the client.’

‘Howard knows his cases inside out. Attention to detail is second to none as he quickly grasps the facts of the matter. His advocacy is excellent, a very quick thinker, so very good on his feet.’

‘Carwyn is personable and thorough. He is good with clients - firm and fair. He deals with issues succinctly.’

‘Huw has a keen eye for detail and is technically excellent. His all round experience sitting and as both a claimant and a defendant advocate allows him to give appropriate and considered advice to the client in question. Huw’s tactical advice is strong.’

‘Simon has the great balance of analyzing complex and technical issues and evidence but also has excellent client care skills.’

‘He is timely and responsive to any queries and general advice. He goes above and beyond to make sure the case is progressed effectively.’

‘Andrew is fearless and very clever advocate. He is direct and to the point.’

‘James is an outstanding professional who is strategic and highly knowledgeable.’

'Very client focused, high quality advice, very flexible and a great team player.'