Latest News
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Some of 3PB's commercial and construction arbitrators - and their specialist clerking/management support - will be in Dubai at Dubai Arbitration Week between 10-15 November 2024. Please get in touch - by emailing [email protected] or calling him on 020 7583 8055 - if you’d like to meet up. Attending from 3PB are: David Berkley KC David Parratt KC (Scot) the Rt.Hon. Michael Tomlinson KC Patrick Heneghan Dr Zhen Ye Simon Astill Joe Townsend Matthew Scanlan...
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Employment and discrimination law specialist, Robin Pickard, pictured here, has become a member of chambers and will work from 3PB’s London office. Robin has a busy practice and regularly appears for claimants and respondents in preliminary and final merits hearings (including open preliminary hearings, e.g., in relation to disability status). Robin’s recent highlights include a successful appeal before the President of the EAT (in Ballerino v The Racecourse Association Ltd [2024] EAT 98) and securing...
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The Employment Tribunal has dismissed a claim against a local authority brought by an 'as and when' or 'sessional' social worker. The respondent, Harrow Council, hired the claimant on a casual basis and worked on a variety of projects over a period of 11 years for the youth justice team. The respondent accepted that the claimant was a 'worker' but denied that he had become an 'employee', entitled to bring a claim for constructive dismissal following a...
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We are delighted to announce that the King has appointed 3PB’s criminal barrister Daniel Sawyer (pictured here) to be a Circuit Judge with effect from Monday 4 November. Daniel has been deployed to the Western Circuit and will be based at Portsmouth Crown Court. Called to the Bar in 2001, Daniel Sawyer has been a Recorder for the last four years. With over 20 years’ experience at the Bar, Daniel is a barrister who was...
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Events & Seminars
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Court of Protection: a webinar series - 17 Sept | 15 Oct | 12 Nov
Date: Tuesday 12th Nov 2024 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Venue: On Zoom You are invited to attend 3PB's Court of Protection webinar series, hosted by members of 3PB's specialist Court of Protection Law Team alongside expert guests from the sector. Each webinar will last for one hour. Time will be set aside for Q&As. To register for all 3 sessions please click on the "Register" button above. ---------------------------------------------- Webinar 1: Reflections on Geriatrics and the Court of Protection | Tuesday 17 September - This webinar will be chaired…
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Artificial Intelligence in Education Law: a webinar series - 12 Sept | 3 Oct | 19 Nov
Date: Tuesday 19th Nov 2024 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: On Zoom You are invited to attend 3PB's webinars on Artificial Intelligence in Education Law, a series devised by specialist Education Law barrister Alice de Coverley, hosted by members of 3PB's Education Law team alongside expert guests from the education sector. To register for all 3 sessions please click on the "Register" button above. ---------------------------------------------- Our first webinar on Thursday 12 September (11am - 12pm), presented by Alice de Coverley, introduced the basic concepts of AI and its…
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3PB Pupillage Open Evening 2024
Date: Thursday 28th Nov 2024 Time: 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm Venue: 3PB London, 3PB Birmingham, 3PB Bristol or via Zoom - please find in-person RSVP information below Join us for our annual pupillage open evening to learn about pupillage opportunities at one of the UK's largest chambers. 28 November 2024 | 4:30pm-7:30pm. 3PB offers the chance for pupils to experience many different areas of law across our six national locations. During the evening, you will have the chance to find out about pupillage at 3PB and hear what life is like as a barrister at our set, including opportunities to live and work…
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3PB Education Law Conference 2025
Date: Thursday 6th Feb 2025 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Venue: IET London: Savoy Place The full-day event will include a variety of presentations from 3PB’s specialist education law barristers: Head of 3PB's Education Law group Charlotte Hadfield, Katherine Anderson, Ben Amunwa, Alice de Coverley, Jim Hirschmann, Olivia McGonigle and Rosa Thomas. Presentations will cover topics of interest to private practitioners, local authorities, and schools, including: Deprivation of liberty safeguards and unlawful detention in education Ending Sexism in Schools Litigating systemic challenges: law, practice and procedure Academic freedom of speech…
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