Farrars Building

About Farrars

Farrar’s Building is ‘a first-class set’ with a wide range of top-rate barristers at all levels of call’. The set has a national reputation and a particularly strong following in London and Wales. Continuously ranked as a leading set in both Chambers UK and Legal 500, our advocates accept instructions from claimants and defendants in matters involving personal injury, clinical negligence, insurance, property damage, employment, travel and cross-jurisdictional claims, to name but a few.

Authors include:

Olivia Kirk - Olivia began pupillage in October 2025 under John Brown, gaining experience in personal injury and clinical negligence. She previously served as a judicial assistant to the Lady Chief Justice in the Court of Appeal (2024–2025), working on high-profile public and criminal law appeals. Olivia achieved Outstanding on the BPC with a Distinction in her LLM, and holds Distinctions in the PGDL and MSc, alongside a BA from UCL.

Tomas McCabe - Tomas completed pupillage in chambers’ core areas including personal injury and clinical negligence, and now maintains a broad civil practice, regularly appearing for both claimants and defendants in trials and applications. Before pupillage, he worked as an ambulance first responder, assisted in a pro bono regulatory case, mooted before a Court of Appeal judge, and placed 3rd nationally in a major commercial awareness competition.

Clark Gard - Clark has a broad civil practice spanning personal injury, property, commercial, employment and insurance work, and accepts both advocacy and advisory instructions. Called to the Bar in 2024 after 15 years as a dual-qualified (England & Wales and New York) commercial solicitor, he has advised corporate and government clients on complex cross-border finance and regulatory matters. A former magic circle lawyer and investment banker, Clark is also a Civil Recorder and has a background in public law and human rights, including work with senior judicial figures internationally.