Thomas Talbot-Ponsonby appointed District Judge to sit in Slough

6th December 2024

Thomas Talbot Ponsonby 3PB

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that property, commercial and chancery barrister Thomas Talbot-PonsonbyThomas Talbot-PonsonbyCall: 2011  will officially be appointed as a District Judge from Monday 6 January 2025. District Judge Talbot-Ponsonby will sit on the South Eastern Circuit and be based at the Slough Law Courts.

Thomas was called to the Bar in 2011 and was appointed as a Deputy District Judge and a fee-paid Employment Judge in 2021. Before coming to the Bar, Thomas worked as a solicitor for over 12 years and advised on a wide variety of property and corporate cases including related tax advice. He practised at the bar in a wide variety of property, commercial and chancery matters, including neighbour and boundary disputes, landlord and tenant, and probate matters, as well as other commercial disputes and insolvency.

Read the formal confirmation of District Judge Talbot-Ponsonby's appointment from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.

Matthew Cannings, who heads 3PB’s Property and Estates team of barristers, said: “Many congratulations to Thomas on his appointment. This is a terrific achievement and well deserved. We will miss Thomas in Chambers but I have no doubt that he will make an excellent member of judiciary."