London Bar
Personal injury
Leading junior4James Pretsell –Farrar’s Building ‘Excellent preparation and written work, user friendly, always contactable, commercially aware.’
Farrar's Building
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James Pretsell
Farrar's Building, London
- Phone020 7583 9241
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.farrarsbuilding.co.uk
Position
James’s practice consists largely in multi track personal injury work. He also has expertise in professional negligence and disciplinary work having represented individuals before a variety of professional regulatory bodies as well as the Administrative Court.
As a fluent French speaker, James has also developed an interest and practice in cases with a French element and more generally cases involving questions of foreign jurisdiction.
Career
Called 1998; Gray’s Inn.
Languages
French (fluent).
Memberships
Personal Injury Bar Association
Chairman of the Appeals Tribunal of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain
Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers
British Association for Sport & Law
Education
Karmel and Prince of Wales Scholar, Gray’s Inn
BVC (with Distinction in Advocacy), Inns of Court School of Law
Dip Law (Commendation), City University
BA in French & Philosophy (First Class), University of Bristol
Leisure
London Welsh RFC, cycling, cricket, coaching rugby and cricket, golf