General News

VAT Pro Bono Success for Max Schofield: HMRC withdraw from appeal

2nd December 2022

Max Schofield (pictured here) was representing Amanda Frolich (trading as Amanda’s Action Club) in her appeal in the First Tier Tribunal (Tax) on a pro bono basis. The case concerned the “private tuition exemption” in Item 2 of Group 6 in Schedule 9 of the VAT Act 1994. Amanda’s Action Club runs lessons for young children and children with SEND in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) introduced under the Childcare Act 2006,...

Poonam Bhari represents mother in complex case of court mandated care order

29th November 2022

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist family law barrister Poonam Bhari (pictured here), has expertly represented a mother in a complex case relating to welfare decision. The case of Oxfordshire County Council v A Mother & Ors [2022] EWFC 141 involved a 15-year-old (identified as C) who, under s. 20 Children Act 1989, was accommodated by the local authority from the age of 12, with consent of the parents. The court was to decide whether...

The extra-territoriality of non-party disclosure: obtaining documents from parties abroad

24th November 2022

Aaron Mayers discusses the case of Gorbachev v Guriev [2022] EWCA Civ 1270 and investigates how the case sets a precedence for the meaning of extra-territoriality. The case in question involves the obtaining of financial documents from two Cypriot trusts which were funding the Defendant, a business based in Russia. Aaron examines the significance of the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal concluding that serving a non-party disclosure application to the Cyprus-based Trustees was...

Thomas Acworth successful in firearms appeal by way of case stated

22nd November 2022

3PB's crime and regulatory barrister Thomas Acworth, pictured here, appeared for the successful appellant the Chief Constable in the Administrative Court, before Sir Ross Cranston, in the case of Chief Constable of Surrey Police v Nelson Smith. At first instance, the Crown Court upheld the Chief Constable’s decision to refuse Mr. Smith’s application for a firearm certificate on the basis that he was a risk to public safety and the peace. The Crown Court then...

Eleanor Marsh joins 3PB family team

21st November 2022

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce today that specialist family barrister Eleanor Marsh, whose busy practice focuses on private law children and financial remedies (including TOLATA) work, has joined 3PB from St Ives Chambers and will practice from 3PB’s offices in Birmingham and Oxford. Eleanor Marsh (call: 2016), pictured here, already has a strong practice acting on behalf of both parents and children (through their rule 16.4 Guardian) within private law proceedings...

International Men’s Day, celebrated worldwide since 1999, focuses on six key pillars, including honouring positive male role models in all walks of life, celebrating men’s contributions to family and community, as well as addressing the need to focus on men’s mental and physical wellbeing. While there are far too many achievements to note, International Men’s Day 2022 (19 November) gives us the chance to celebrate just some of the accomplishments of the men at 3PB...

National chambers 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has been shortlisted for the prestigious award of "Client Services Set of The Year" at tonight’s Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022. The "Client Services Set of The Year" Award is decided from the commendations of clients that have benefited from the set’s knowledgeable, friendly, and efficient barristers and clerks. The Chambers UK Bar Awards are an annual event recognising the leading barristers' chambers in the UK and reflect...

Bridging the Bar wins a major social responsibility initiative award

16th November 2022

Bridging the Bar, charity partner of 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) won “Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year” at this year’s Advocate Bar Pro Bono Awards. The awards, which this year took place at Middle Temple Hall earlier this month, are an annual event recognising commitment to pro bono work and access to justice. Bridging the Bar aims to support aspiring barristers who are from statistically underrepresented groups at the Bar, helping to bridge the gap...

Sharan Sanghera appointed Deputy Head of 3PB's Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Teams

14th November 2022

3PB Barristers are delighted to announce the appointment of Sharan Sanghera as Deputy Head of its Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Teams Chambers expresses its many thanks to Luke Ashby who passes on the baton to Sharan following his move to become a District Judge. Both 3PB’s PI and clinical negligence teams attract praises from their clients through the legal directories who acknowledge them as ‘a very helpful, supportive set, with a breadth and depth...

Timelines And Translations: Copyright Protection Of Historical Research in Pasternak v Prescott [2022] EWHC 2695 (Ch)

11th November 2022

3PB’s Mark Wilden discusses the case of Pasternak v Prescott [2022] EWHC 2695 (Ch) and explores how the case illustrates the intricacies of copyright protection of historical research. The case, which saw Anna Pasternak bring copyright infringement proceedings against Lara Prescott for the use of her research (published in 2016) in Prescott’s fictionalised book, “The Secrets We Kept”, published in 2019. Mark recounts the key aspects of the case, which was split into a “selection...

3PB Barristers seeks to recruit established practitioners to join its busy and successful Employment and Discrimination Law Group. The Group receives instructions from many of the UK’s leading law firms and provides consistently high quality advice and advocacy for both individuals and companies (including many household company names). 3PB’s excellent reputation for employment work has been recognised again this year in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.  The Group gained Tier One status in...

Peter Aeberli speaks at Adjudication Society Conference

8th November 2022

Peter Aeberli, 3PB's dual-qualified barrister-architect and expert construction adjudicator, was a guest speaker at last week's 21st annual conference of the Adjudication Society which was held in Edinburgh this year. The busy specialist adjudication conference, headlined as "Adjudication: Where next?", was chaired by Hamish Lal of law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and featured the Rt. Hon Lord Glennie as their keynote speaker. Peter, pictured here, ran a workshop with John Riches from...