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Peter Collie to speak at FIDIC’s International Contract Users’ Conference 7-9 December 2021

30th November 2021

3PB Head of Construction and Neutrals Peter Collie (pictured here) will be speaking at FIDIC’s International Contract Users’ virtual conference on 7 and 9 December 2021. A member of FIDIC’s Contracts Committee, Peter will take part in the Committee’s update session on 7 December 11:20-12:00, looking into the Committee’s recent (2021 Green Book, Covid-19 Guidance Memorandum for Consultant’s Services) and imminent publications (Guide to the 2017 Suite of Contracts, etc.), as well as their on-going...

Tom Horder successful in Court of Appeal

29th November 2021

3PB's crime and regulatory barrister Tom Horder, pictured here, recently represented the Appellant in R v Badawi in an appeal against a 13-year sentence for rape (an 8-year term of imprisonment and 5-year extended licence period). The sentencing judge had found the Appellant ‘dangerous’ on the basis of a previous acquittal for rape. In reducing the original term to a determinate sentence of 6 ½ years the Court of Appeal accepted Tom’s submission that a...

Top Scottish criminal Silk Kevin McCallum QC heads to 3PB  

26th November 2021

3PB Barristers has welcomed top Silk Kevin McCallum QC (Scot), pictured here, a former criminal defence solicitor and a Procurator Fiscal Depute in Scotland - who specialises in criminal defence work, fatal accident inquiries and inquests - to the national chambers.  He will work from its Inner Temple offices in London. Appointed as a Senior Advocate Depute in November 2006; Kevin was responsible for the preparation and conduct of a significant number of intensive, large...

3PB advises on Bear Grylls Survival Race case and injuries in organised leisure and sporting activities

26th November 2021

3PB’s Makhsudul Islam (pictured here), a former solicitor-turned-barrister who specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence, has analysed the case of Harrison v Intuitive Business Consultants Limited (T/a Bear Grylls Survival Race) & Others [2021] EWHC 2396 (QB). The case concerned liability in respect of injuries arising from participation in the ‘‘Bear Grylls Survival Race’’. By way of background, in 2016, the woman claimant - who was 54 years old at the time - was...

Graham Gilbert successfully prosecutes Holiday Inn Express for health and safety breach

25th November 2021

3PB’s specialist crime and regulatory law barrister, Graham Gilbert (pictured here) was recently successful in prosecuting the Holiday Inn Express, Dunstable for a health and safety breach. In November 2018, a Holiday Inn Express employee was instructed by a manager to empty and clean a commercial oil fryer in the kitchen. The member of staff picked up the filled container and was immediately burned from hot oil melting through the thin plastic container that had...

3PB Head of construction and neutrals Peter Collie to speak at the UAE-English Law Day in Dubai on Thursday 25 November

22nd November 2021

Head of Construction and Neutrals Group Peter Collie will talk at the UAE-English Law Day, part of a panel focusing on Sustainable construction and renewable energy on Thursday 25 November at the Waldorf Astoria Dubai International Financial Centre, Al Mustaqbal St - Za'abeel - DIFC - Dubai. Click here to view the event’s programme and to book your space. The event is part of the UK Legal Services trade mission to the UAE from 22...

Michael George successful in only reported case (T v T) on variation of pension sharing orders

22nd November 2021

3PB specialist family finance barrister Michael George (pictured here) successfully represented the wife appellant in the case of T v T (variation of a pension sharing order and underfunded schemes) [2021] EWFC B67 heard by HHJ Hess. The case saw the judge advise that “Family Lawyers would be well advised in the meantime not to tick either boxes in section F”, as per the advice of the PAG report of July 2019 on pension sharing...

Berenice Mulvanny successfully defends accused with significant mental health issues

22nd November 2021

3PB criminal barrister Berenice Mulvanny (pictured here) successfully defended a client of good character with significant mental health vulnerabilities charged with historic rape and sexual assault of a 4-year-old. The jury at Southampton Crown Court took less than 45 minutes to return unanimous not guilty verdicts after hearing the evidence and closing submissions from Miss Mulvanny. The trial involved sensitive cross-examination of the complainant, complaint evidence and issues of character. The client had longstanding and...

3PB reviews abatement, the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Readie Construction case

22nd November 2021

3PB’s pupil barrister Jakob Reckhenrich (pictured here) has analysed the case of Readie Construction Limited v Geo Quarries Limited [2021] EWHC 3030 (QB). By way of background, Section 49 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 prescribes the circumstances in which the seller is entitled to sue for the price. The seller has to demonstrate either that property in the goods has passed (which will be problematic if the contract contains a retention of title clause), or that the...

  Welcome to our December's education law newsletter Welcome to 3PB's Education Law Team December 2021 Newsletter. It features contributions from specialist Education Law Barristers Aimee Fox, Emma Waldron, Matthew Wyard, Naomi Webber and Jim Hirschmann and has been co-edited by Jim Hirschmann and Katherine Anderson. You will find legal analyis on: (1) Discrimination in Foster Placeents as analysed in the recent Court of Appeal Judgment R (Cornerstone) v Ofsted [2021] EWCA Civ 1390 (2)...

Leading criminal law barrister Jane Rowley appointed as a Circuit Judge

19th November 2021

We are delighted to announce that the Queen has appointed 3PB’s specialist criminal law barrister Jane Rowley (pictured here) to be a Circuit Judge with effect from 22 November  2021. HHJ Rowley will sit on the South Eastern Circuit, and be based at Inner London Crown Court. Jane Rowley was called to the Bar (BVC Inns) in 1988. She was appointed Part-Time Judge (Recorder) in criminal cases in the Crown Court since 2008 and was...

Family barrister Charles Hogan joins former colleagues at 3PB  

19th November 2021

Family law barrister Charles Hogan (pictured here) has joined national chambers 3PB in Birmingham from another set in Northampton, where he will team up again with former colleagues and family lawyers Ria Herbert, Adeo Fraser and James Legg. Charles has a well-known expertise and focus on family finance and TOLATA cases. He has just represented the wife in a long-running dispute between two Iranian nationals, with competing divorce petitions in Iran and England. There were substantial assets...