Articles

3PB's criminal law and personal injury barrister Oliver Hirsch discusses the reversal of the 12-month sentencing powers given to magistrates last year.

3PB's specialist property, chancery and financial remedy barrister Rachel Bale explores how women barrister network Her Bar is celebrating International Women's Day 2023 theme of #EmbraceEquity.

3PB's dual UK-Australia qualified barrister Philip Bambagiotti,a construction and building defects expert, tackles the serious issue of mould growth in council and privately-owned buildings, substandard ventilation and poor design.

3PB's specialist commercial and chancery barrister Aaron Mayers discusses a recent dispute heard in the Court of Appeal regarding whether Bitcoin network developers have a fiduciary duty towards Bitcoin owners.

3PB employment specialist, Grace Nicholls analyses the case Hawkes v Oxford Economics Limited [2022] EAT 179 when an appeal was brought against a Registrar’s order from April 2022 in which an extension of time to present an appeal was refused.

Alex Leonhardt looks at the case of Earl Shilton Town Council v Miller, in which the EAT considered the application of direct discrimination in circumstances where both staff of both sexes shared nominally the same toilet facilities.

3PB Intellectual Property barrister Faizul Azman provides an insightful article which aims to provide both employers and employees with a general understanding of intellectual property rights in a copyright work created in the course of employment.

Pupil Barrister Emma Greening looks at Mr T Smith v Tesco Stores Ltd [2023] EAT 11 in which the EAT upheld a decision to strike out a claim where the claimant, who was a litigant in person, acted in a manner that was considered vexatious.

3PB's specialist commercial barrister Makhsudul Islam explores company directors’ duties towards stakeholders and creditors in the event of company insolvency.

3PB employment law specialist Andrew MacPhail considers the case Cook v Gentoo Group Limited [2023] EAT 12 where the EAT had to consider whether the ET had erred in dismissing a direct age discrimination claim.

3PB commercial, chancery and property barrister Alexander Whatley has written about the impact of the decision in Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3. He has been recommended in Legal 500 (2023) as a ‘Tier 1 Leading Individual’ in Commercial Litigation.

Alex Leonhardt considers the Supreme Court’s decision in McCue v Glasgow City Council, a claim against a local authority’s decision to not disregard certain disability-related expenses from a means-testing assessment.