Jonathan Cohen QC successful in establishing that Law of champerty still applies with full force to solicitors and court refuses to let law firm take place of deceased client

In Farrar & Anor V Miller, the High Court has held that London law firm, Candey Limited, were not entitled to take an assignment of a cause of action from their deceased client.

Jonathan Cohen QC, instructed by North Star Law Ltd, represented the Defendant. The case has attracted legal press attention from the Law Society Gazette and Legal Futures.

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