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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) civil law pupil barrister Emily Hayward is speaking today (25 March) at a panel event on "The Bar for International Students", hosted by International Future Barrister Mentorship. The event, which will take place at the Inner Temple and on Zoom, will offer prospective pupils the opportunity to hear from barristers with international backgrounds about their journeys to the Bar in the UK and what advice they would offer having taken the leap....
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Barristers and staff from 3PB’s six national offices joined together today to celebrate the new silk status of Jodie Mittell KC (pictured here outside 3 Paper Buildings in London with her clerks Stuart Pringle and Lee Giles). Liz McGrath KC, Head of Chambers at 3PB, said ‘‘I would like to congratulate Jodie on her well-deserved appointment to Kings Counsel. This is a very special day for Jodie and us, and to be able to come...
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3PB's property, housing and agricultural specialist Oliver Nunn has successfully obtained a £174,000 freezing injunction in a high-value equine law dispute. Frequently instructed in disputes over horses, after sales, loans and veterinary treatments, Oliver was instructed by specialist equine solicitor Rebecca Stojak who is the Head of the Equine Law Team at Geldards LLP. Oliver represented an aspiring dressage rider who entered into an agreement to lease a horse at the rate of £30,000 per...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is pleased to welcome two property law barristers Kinza Wahid and Emma Shiels (pictured left to right) to our 40-strong national Property and Estates Group. Both Kinza and Emma will be based in our Birmingham office, but practicing nationwide. Kinza Wahid (call 2021) has a successful practice across the full range of property law, and those matters which cross over into traditional chancery areas. She is regularly instructed in disputes involving; landlord and tenant...
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Tom Horder, joint head of 3PB’s crime and regulatory crime team, represented VFS (Southampton) Limited, a manufacturer of custom works vehicles in their successful appeal against sentence. At first instance the company was fined £600,000 after entering an early guilty plea to an offence under s.2 of HSWA 1974. The prosecution arose from a 2018 incident on their assembly line. Instructed by Cliff Morris of law firm Paris Smith, Tom (pictured here) argued on appeal...
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The High Court has today found that the Home Secretary breached the public sector equality duty, (‘PSED’) in s.149(1) of the Equality Act 2010, when arranging for single adult male asylum seekers to be accommodated at a remote ex-RAF base in the north Essex village of Wethersfield. The judgment in TG and others v SSHD [2025] EWHC 596 (Admin) follows over a year of litigation prompted by the previous government’s emphasis on the use of...
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3PB’s regulatory and inquest barrister Sunyana Sharma and Emma Cross, Chair of the Western Circuit Women’s Forum (‘WCWF’) feature in Counsel magazine’s March 2025 edition. In this article Sunyana discusses a judicial careers event organised by WCWF aimed at encouraging diversity within the judiciary. The article highlights the importance of initiatives that increase diversity and representation in the legal profession, particularly among women and underrepresented groups. It also mentions BarNone, a program designed to encourage...
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Friday 7 March saw 3PB sponsor the annual Mooting Competition organised by Nottingham Law School's Mooters' Guild to celebrate International Women’s Day. The moot saw students debate whether public nuisance was committed during a women’s rights protest, and whether a defence was available in respect of an offence of criminal damage. The moot problem was written by the Guild’s President Harry Toy and their Vice-President Charlotte Paxford. 3PB’s civil and regulatory barrister, Danielle Gotts St....
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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Berenice Mulvanny, leading Graham Gilbert, successfully prosecuted Jordan Wilkes for the attempted murder of a 9-year-old girl. During the 5-day trial at Bournemouth Crown Court, the jury heard how Wilkes, whose internet search history showed an unhealthy interest in previous attacks on children, attacked the child with a penknife, stabbing her three times. The case has been reported widely in the media, including The Sun and Bournemouth Echo. If you...
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Oliver Nunn, specialist property and housing law barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), has presented a webinar for LexisNexis University on the Renters Rights Bill that will be coming into force later this year. Oliver’s webinar, entitled “Guide to the Renters Rights Bill”, is designed to offer practical assistance and guidance to solicitors and other legal and tax professionals. The session covers four main topics of discussion: The context in which the Bill is being...
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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) commercial and insolvency barrister Aaron Luxton is set to speak at this year’s Commercial Litigation Association Spring Conference, taking place in London on Wednesday 19 March. The annual conference offers delegates a chance to hear from industry experts on a broad range of topics of interest to commercial dispute resolution lawyers. In his talk, Aaron will be offering practical guidance on how practitioners can work effectively with Counsel. To learn more...
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3PB’s Intellectual Property specialist barrister Victoria Jones will be attending the sixth annual Retromark conference as a panellist. The conference returns for another afternoon of in-person trademark law and practice hosted by Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons and the IP Kat. This conference will take place on Thursday, 3 April 2025. It will start at 2pm and finishing with drinks and canapes from 6:15pm at Simmons offices in City point, Moorgate. Victoria will be...
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