Latest News
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Five members of 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Family Law team have been listed in this year’s Doyle's Guide of the leading Birmingham family law barristers, announced today, 4 March 2026. The list highlights the leading family law barristers practising within Birmingham and the Midlands and is collated through recommendations from solicitors and peers for expertise and abilities within family law. 3PB’s Head of Chambers Elizabeth McGrath KC and Head of Family Vanessa Meachin KC...
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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Sunyana Sharma, Head of the Inquests Team, and Stuart Pringle, Chambers Director, join ‘Unplanned – Navigating the unexpected at the Bar’ with The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Hosted by Sunyana Sharma, the podcast episode features guests, Steve Broach KC, Sam Mercer and Stuart Pringle. Together, they speak openly about the unexpected challenges that can arise at the Bar from mental health struggles, burnout to bereavement and other sudden...
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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist construction law barrister, mediator and arbitrator Paul Newman recently addressed a meeting of the Northern Ireland chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Irish Branch) at an event held at the Law Society of Northern Ireland in Belfast. At the meeting, Paul spoke on four adjudication enforcement decisions from 2025 and 2026. In his presentation, Paul gave a detailed background into the four cases, including an overview of the...
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3PB Barristers' criminal barrister Nate Lara has successfully secured an acquittal for his client in relation to two allegations of exposure in a case heard at Portsmouth Crown Court. DH faced allegations of exposing himself to a family member on numerous occasions both in person and by phone. DH accepted that he committed the acts, however he denied his intention was to cause harm, as the law requires. The prosecution relied on DH’s responses in...
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Events & Seminars
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Online
Lessons from Re E (A Child) [2025] EWFC 422
Date: Wednesday 4th Mar 2026 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: On Zoom. The 3PB Family team are pleased to invite you to a webinar on the lessons of Re E (A Child) (Complex Fact-Finding: Allegations of Domestic Abuse and Alienating Behaviours) [2025] EWFC 422. 3PB family law barristers June Venters KC, Rachel Temple and Ayesha Bell-Paris, who successfully represented the father in this landmark High Court Case, will examine the lessons from the judgment, which clarified the scope of judicial criticism against any individual witness, whether a lay person or a…
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Online
Higher Education and Civil Claims: a webinar series
Dates: 24th Feb (11:00 am - 12:00 pm) 12th Mar (11:00 am - 12:00 pm) 22nd Apr (11:00 am - 12:00 pm) Venue: On Zoom. You are invited to attend 3PB's webinar series on Higher Education and Civil Claims, presented by members of 3PB's specialist Education Law Team. Each webinar will last for one hour. Time will be set aside for Q&As. You can register for all 3 sessions or choose to attend only 1 or 2. For more information please contact Practice Manager Gemma Faulkner. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom. ------------- Webinar 1: 'Safeguarding Issues and Fairness in Investigations…
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In-Person
3PB's Family Law Group Private Law Children and Financial Remedies Conference
Date: Thursday 23rd Apr 2026 Time: 9:45 am - 5:00 pm Venue: Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG 3PB's Family Law Team invites you to its fourth annual Private Law Children and Financial Remedies Conference, taking place on 23 April 2026 in Birmingham. The Avengers may have once graced this big screen, but now 3PB’s expert family barristers and industry experts will Assemble in Millennium Point’s Auditorium – formally the West Midlands’ first IMAX theatre - to cover a range of blockbuster topics covering subjects across both private law children and financial remedies.…
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Online
Neonatal Care Leave explained - Thursday 23 April - 11am on Zoom
Date: Thursday 23rd Apr 2026 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: On Zoom In April 2025, the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 came into effect, entitling parents to additional leave and pay if their baby spends time in neonatal care. To mark the anniversary of this new employment right, Naomi Webber will explain what this right is, who it is for and how it works in practice. Please register above so we know that we have enough places on Zoom.
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Clinical Negligence
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Education Law
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Personal Injury
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