General News

Sibghat Kadri QC RIP  

2nd November 2021

3 Paper Buildings (3PB) very sadly reported today that one of its senior and eminent barristers, Sibghat Kadri QC, who was Britain’s first-ever Pakistani-origin barrister and Muslim Queen’s Counsel (QC), passed away this morning Tuesday 2 November 2021 after battling cancer for more than two years. Despite his illness Sibghat continued to support his colleagues and provide his expert knowledge and assistance for the benefit of clients. An exceptional advocate, he will be remembered for...

Conor Mullan joins Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams 

1st November 2021

Conor Mullan has joined 3PB and will continue to specialise in personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests. A former criminal law barrister, he joins from another London set where he also built up a strong regulatory practice in health and safety and coronial law. He has been longstanding panel-approved counsel for the insurance sector, conducting serious injury cases on behalf of all the major insurers and their preferred defendant law firms. Dual-qualified in Northern Ireland...

Matthew Wyard counsels schools about data protection risks

1st November 2021

3PB Barristers’ specialist education and regulatory law barrister, Matthew Wyard (pictured here) has released the third article in 3PB’s Cyber Law Series. The feature covers data protection for schools and the higher education sector. Matthew highlights the rights of access to data from schools and colleges and specifically what constitutes ‘education data’. The new Data Sharing Code of Practice from the ICO is also scrutinised for how it assists the higher education sector in situations of crisis...

Adeo Fraser stars in ITV Central series ‘In my shoes’

28th October 2021

3PB’s specialist family law barrister, Adeo Fraser (pictured here) has appeared on ITV Central in a programme scheduled as part of Black History Month. Adeo features in ‘In my shoes’ which looks at what it’s like to be black in Britain. Adeo talks about his personal journey to becoming a barrister as a black man and the pressures he has faced over the years as a minority in the UK’s legal sector and specifically at the UK Bar. Adeo...

Leading family law barrister Rachael Goodall appointed as a District Judge

25th October 2021

We are delighted to announce that the Queen has appointed 3PB’s specialist family law barrister Rachael Goodall (pictured here) to be a District Judge with effect from 1 November  2021. District Judge Goodall will sit on the Western Circuit, and be based at Southampton Combined Court. Rachael Goodall was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 2000 and appointed as a Deputy District Judge (Civil) in 2019, authorised to hear private children cases. Consistently recommended...

9 of our 14 education law juniors ranked in the 2022 Legal Directories

23rd October 2021

3PB Barristers is delighted to announce yet another record performance for its education law team in the latest editions of Chambers and Partners UK Bar directory and in the Legal 500 directory. While Chambers and Partners lists 6 individual rankings for our team in London (Band 3), the Legal 500 awards us 7 rankings in London (Tier 4), one in the Midlands and another in Wales and Chester. Nine of our 14 education law juniors...

Another excellent year for our family law team in the Legal Directories

23rd October 2021

3 Paper Buildings (3PB) wish to congratulate its Family Law team for another set of outstanding results in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 directories. Ranked by both directories in the Midlands and Western Circuits, our team has seen both its Matrimonial and Children teams promoted to Band 1 in the Midlands by Chambers and Partners. The Legal 500 attributed 36 individual rankings to 27 of our barristers – including 8 new rankings. Chambers...

3PB supports Smile4Wessex in raising money for the Wessex Neurological Centre charity

22nd October 2021

3PB’s team of specialist personal injury law barristers, led by Practice Director, Dave Snook (pictured here), attended this years’ annual gala dinner to raise much needed funds for the Wessex Neurological Centre. The annual gala dinner took place at The Macdonald Botley Park Hotel and was a well-attended event with law firms such as Novum Law, Moore Barlow and Enable Law also in attendance. Smile4Wessex funds projects which support the work of the Wessex Neurological...

Matthew Wyard’s cyber law article featured in Local Government Lawyer

22nd October 2021

3PB Barristers’ specialist regulatory law barrister Matthew Wyard (pictured here) has written a series of articles on all things data protection and cyber law related. The first article, on cyber/ransomware attacks, has featured in Local Government Lawyer. The article looks at the risks presented by a ransomware attack and considers the practical steps that businesses and public bodies urgently need to take in order to pre-empt such an event and what to do if disaster strikes. Click...

3PB Employment law team awarded a record 12 individual rankings by Chambers and Partners 2022

21st October 2021

3PB Barristers are delighted to announce yet another record performance for its employment and discrimination law team in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners UK Bar directory published today. The directory lists 12 individual rankings for our team, up from 9 last year. Eleven of our 23 employment juniors are now acknowledged for their expertise in the directory. The team retains its band 2 ranking in Western, has consolidated its offering in South Eastern...

3PB boasts a record 68 individual rankings in Chambers and Partners 2022

21st October 2021

3 Paper Buildings (3PB) are delighted to announce a record 68 individual rankings in the latest Chambers and Partners edition published today. Up 16 on the 2021 results, the national set has this year almost doubled its individual rankings compared with the 36 it achieved in the 2020 edition. Many congratulations to the 58 barristers who have been ranked by Chambers and Partners across 16 areas of law. This includes 2 promotions for our Midlands...

Aimee Fox elected to the Council of the Birmingham Law Society

20th October 2021

3PB family and education law barrister Aimee Fox (pictured here) has been elected to the Council of the Birmingham Law Society, which oversees the activities of the Board and represent the interests of its 5,000 legal professionals across Birmingham and the Greater Midlands. Aimee has a busy and established practice specialising in financial remedies and private law family proceedings alongside her advocacy and advice on special education needs (SEN) children cases. Founded in 1818, Birmingham...