General News

Five 3PB barristers appointed as Recorders on the Western Circuit

19th May 2023

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that family barrister Emma Harman, criminal barristers Gemma White and Jodie Mittell and personal injury barrister Tom Webb have been appointed as Recorders on the Western Circuit. The appointments will take effect as of 30 May 2023. The four are joined by associate member and specialist criminal barrister Kate Lumsdon KC. Former 3PB member District Judge Luke Ashby has also been appointed as a Recorder on the Western...

Episode 5 of CoP Comm now available

16th May 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) is pleased to announce that the fifth episode of its CoP Comm podcast is now live and available for download across major podcast platforms. In this episode, host Matthew Wyard is joined by special guest James Pantling-Skeet, Senior Associate at Boyes Turner, to discuss the recent decision of R(HL) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, as well as sharing views on how the process to challenge community...

Paul Newman to deliver seminar for The Society of Construction Law

15th May 2023

Paul Newman, specialist construction law barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is set to speak at an upcoming seminar event to be held by The Society of Construction Law. The evening seminar and networking event will be held on 8 June 2023 in Cardiff and will see Paul speaking on the topic of “Expert Witness Mishaps”. In his seminar, Paul will be defining what it means to be an ‘expert’ witness under the codified...

Jamie Johnston writes a whistlestop guide to building rapport with commercial clients for Counsel Magazine

15th May 2023

3PB barrister Jamie Johnston (pictured here) reflects on his many years of managing a successful business to distil invaluable advice for counsel seeking to rapidly establish strong relationships with their commercial clients. Jamie also considers some key questions for counsel keen to enhance their own practices. Read Jamie’s Counsel Magazine article here (pp 18-19). Jamie Johnston is a civil law barrister specialising in property & commercial disputes and in sports disciplinary work. His busy practice...

Steven Howard successful in opposing appeal in Family Court findings of fact case

12th May 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist family law barrister Steven Howard has successfully represented the Local Authority in opposing the appeal to reopen a findings of fact case at the Court of Appeal. The case in question, J (Children: Reopening Findings of Fact) [2023] EWCA Civ 465, involved the request by a stepfather to reopen a previous fact-finding case involving sexual assault allegations, made by two of the children, on the bases that the judge...

Intellectual Property specialist Victoria Jones to speak at White Paper conference on 24 May

11th May 2023

3PB is delighted to confirm that specialist Intellectual Property Law barrister Victoria Jones will be talking at the White Paper’s Trade Marks Law conference on Wednesday 24/5 in London. The day conference will focus on “Trade Marks Law & Practice: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Advice for your Clients” and feature specialist IP practitioners as its speakers at London’s Caledonian Club. Victoria’s talk will consider “How do you distinguish and differentiate in 'indirect confusion' cases,...

Katherine Anderson authors ‘A Practical Guide to Education, Health and Care Plan Appeals in England’

9th May 2023

With just under 1.5 million pupils in England identified to have special educational needs (‘SEN’) and a record 473,300 Education Health and Care (‘EHC’) plans issued as at January 2022, HMCTS tribunals have recorded 11,000 registered SEN appeals in the academic year 2021/22 alone, an increase of 29% year on year. SEN appeals are all about resolving disputes between a Local Authority and parents or young people relating to EHC needs assessments and plans. Since...

Karen Moss and Mark Green to speak at ELA Solent Training Day

9th May 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist employment barristers Karen Moss and Mark Green set to speak at the Employment Lawyers Association Solent Training Day. The full day event will be taking place in Southampton on 9 June and will offer training on a range of topics across employment law. Karen and Mark will be speaking on the subject of age discrimination. To learn more about the ELA and to purchase your ticket, please click here...

3PB welcome family barrister Grant Keyes

4th May 2023

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that private and public law children barrister Grant Keyes, from Senate House Chambers in Northampton, is to join its 80-strong team of family barristers with immediate effect. Grant Keyes (2007 call), pictured here, represents parents, children through their children’s guardians and intervenors in a wide range of family law cases at all levels of judiciary including the Court of Appeal. He is often working in cases...

Jonathan Underhill secures suspended sentence in multi-million pound Conspiracy to Defraud

2nd May 2023

"Operation Kijang" involved an investigation across multiple police areas of a national, organised crime group stealing high-specification cars to order. “Strikers” were used to present false documents to obtain bogus finance agreements with well known car dealerships around the country. The activity was widespread and carefully planned, with 17 defendants being indicted for conspiracy to defraud with a total value of over £2 million. 3PB's specialist criminal and regulatory barrister Jonathan Underhill, pictured here, acted...

Novus Actus Interveniens: a critical analysis of Jenkinson v Hertfordshire CC [2023] EWHC 872 (KB)

2nd May 2023

3PB head of Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Group Michelle Marnham (pictured here) analyses the case of Jenkinson v Hertfordshire CC [2023] EWHC 872 (KB), a case which presents us with an intriguing change in clinical negligence law, with Baker J challenging the long-standing notion of the ‘specific rule’ in medical negligence cases. With the ruling sparking debate regarding the existence and applicability of the novus actus interveniens doctrine in this area, Michelle Marnham examines...

3PB’s education team to contribute at Irwin Mitchell webinar

28th April 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education and employment law barristers Charlotte Hadfield, Lachlan Wilson and Alice de Coverley are set to contribute at an Irwin Mitchell webinar next week on sexual abuse and harassment in the education sector. The webinar, taking place on Thursday 4 May, will offer information and practical guidance on a range of topics including: spotting the signs of sexual abuse and harassment (with reference to the Independent Inquiry into Child...