General News

Oliver Ingham successful for widow excluded from husband’s £1.9m estate

20th February 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) experienced chancery and estates barrister Oliver Ingham has successfully acted for the claimant widow after the initial exclusion from her husband’s will, following a marriage of 66 years, with the judgment securing close to £1,000,000 for the wife. In the case of Kaur v Estate of Karnail Singh & Ors [2023] EWHC 304 (Fam), Mrs Kaur and her four daughters had been excluded from her husband’s will because he wished to leave...

David Richards successfully prosecutes the skipper and owner of a rib following the death of a 15 year old girl

15th February 2023

3PB's crime, regulatory and maritime barrister David Richards - pictured here - led by Christine Agnew KC, secured convictions against Michael Lawrence (skipper) and Michael Howley (owner) arising from a collision between the rib driven by Mr Lawrence and the Netley North West marker in Southampton Water on 22 August 2020. The firm Seadogz, owned by Mr Howley ran a rib experience ride for high thrills excursions on Southampton Water. On 22 August 2020 when...

3PB celebrates two nominations in the 2023 Legal Awards

13th February 2023

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that the chambers has been shortlisted for two awards in this year’s Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards. Aimee Fox has been nominated for the prestigious “Barrister of the Year” award. Aimee specialises in family and education law and has an established practice around financial remedies and private law proceedings. A Birmingham law Society council member, Aimee is also regularly instructed on SEND cases to advise on related...

CoP Comm Episode 2 live now

9th February 2023

The second episode of CoP Comm, 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) court of protection and community care podcast is now available. Hosted by Matthew Wyard, each episode covers two or three topics of current awareness, latest jurisprudence, and pointers for practice. The latest episode provides a round-up of recent court of protection and community care news, as well as delving into three important cases decided in January 2023: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust...

  Welcome to February's newsletter  February brings you a bumper issue of the 3PB Employment and discrimination newsletter! The group have been busy analysing and discussing a vast range of cases: Andrew MacPhail looks at the case of Ellis v Bacon and Advanced Fire Solutions Ltd [2022], in which an appeal was allowed by the EAT against the original Employment Tribunal’s ruling that an employee was discriminated against due to her marital status. The counsel team for...

Steven Howard speaks at inaugural Aspire Annual Conference 2023

8th February 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist family barrister Steven Howard speaks at the inaugural Aspire Annual Conference 2023. The Aspire Annual Conference, ran by Aspire Social Work Services, is aimed at senior professionals involved in Public Law Proceedings across the South West, and seeks to promote best practice when working with parents with intellectual impairments. Steven was one of five key industry speakers at the event and delivered a lecture on relevant law and guidance when...

Limitation defences, under contracts for services

3rd February 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Victoria Hamblen discusses the case of Consulting Concepts International Inc v Consumer Protection Association (Saudi Arabia) [2022] EWCA Civ 1699. This recent case relates to Consulting Concepts International Inc bringing court proceedings against Consumer Protection Association (Saudi Arabia) for unpaid invoices amounting to more than 15 million USD. However due to the vague nature of the terms of agreement, the claim was issued outside of the six-year limitation period, as...

Craig Ludlow and Jo Laxton write for the ELA Briefing

1st February 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Craig Ludlow and Jo Laxton have written for the January/February 2023 issue of ELA Briefing. Craig Ludlow, head of 3PB’s Employment and Discrimination Law Team, has written a detailed book review of the ‘concise and comprehensive’ “Putting Human Rights to Work: Labour Law, The ECHR, and The Employment Relation” by Philippa Collins, offering commentary on the book's format, contents and importance to barristers, solicitors and academics alike. Appearing alongside Craig’s book...

Thomas Acworth’s client acquitted of aiding murderer after three month trial

27th January 2023

3PB's crime barrister Thomas Acworth, pictured here, led Laura Hollingbery of 2 KBW in the defence of AM, a vulnerable 18-year-old, in a lengthy murder trial heard before Mr. Justice Martin Spencer at Winchester Crown Court. Thomas was instructed by Kate Harrington of law firm Penfold & McPherson. The trial concerned the killing of Frantisek Olah, a 31-year-old father of two, who was stabbed over 20 times at his home address in Basingstoke. AM was...

3PB’s Gemma White appointed to the First Tier Tribunal (mental health jurisdiction)

25th January 2023

3PB are delighted to announce that barrister Gemma White, pictured here, has been appointed a fee-paid judge of the First Tier Tribunal and will be sitting in the Health and Social Care Chamber in the Mental Health Tribunal. As this is a part-time appointment, Gemma will continue to practice as a barrister alongside sitting and remains available for instruction. The Mental Health Tribunal is an independent body whose role is to hear applications and references...

Matthew Wyard represents local action group in recovered planning appeal against new prison

24th January 2023

Matthew Wyard, specialist public law barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) - together with Cornerstone Chambers' Josef Cannon and Jack Barber - represented the Ulnes Walton Action Group through the Bar’s Pro Bono charity, Advocate. Last week, the Secretary of State for Local Government and Building Safety, issued a ‘minded to grant’ letter in relation to a recovered section 78 appeal concerning the Ministry of Justice’s application for outline planning permission to build a...

Arbitration agreements “subject to contract”, and the limited scope of the separability principle

20th January 2023

3PB commercial barrister Mariya Peykova reviews the recent case DHL Project & Chartering Ltd v Gemini Ocean Shipping Co Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1555 in relation to arbitration agreements, and the limited scope of the separability principle. The case considered whether a proposed charterparty which was expressly stated to be ‘subject shipper/receivers approval’ contained a binding arbitration agreement conferring jurisdiction on an arbitrator to determine whether the charterparty contract had been concluded. Click here to...