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We are delighted to announce that 3PB’s Rachael Goodall has been shortlisted for the ‘Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year’ award at this year’s Family Law Awards. 3PB’s Family clerking team, led by Rob Leonard and Ian Charlton, have also been shortlisted for Clerking Team of the Year for the second consecutive year. In shortlisting Rachael and the Family Clerking team, the Awards acknowledged the six-office national chambers’ barristers and its clerks for their...

3PB's essay competition for prospective pupils produced a fantastic range of entries on the subject of “What I learned in Lockdown”. The quality of the 132 entries was remarkably high. Reading the determined hope contained in these essays has given all of us at a glimpse of the resilience and capabilities of this generation of students. Here is the final list of winners and highly commended essays! It was a remarkably difficult decision as the...

3PB has continued its long association and support of Southampton Law School with, in 2020, the 3PB Prize for Best Performance in Criminal Law. This year’s Prize was shared by Matthew Warner and Bella Cordwell. Both students got 78% in Criminal Law and were assessed by Southampton University Law School’s Board of Examiners as equally deserving of the prize. The national chambers – with offices locally in Bournemouth and Winchester as well as top-rated for...

3PB offer many congratulations to the announcement that one of its family barristers’ Martine Kushner has been appointed to be a Circuit Judge. She will be known as Her Honour Judge Kushner. Called to the bar in 1980, Martine was appointed as a Recorder in 2002. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed her to the South Eastern Circuit, based at the Central Family Court with effect from today, 1 September 2020. Formal confirmation of her...

3PB’s specialist education barrister, Emma Waldron, has been interviewed for the UK's No. 1 legal consumer podcast "Get Legally Speaking" about the current legal landscape and what the future may hold for unhappy students. On 18th March 2020, exams were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; then on 17th August this year, a U-turn decision was announced by the Secretary of State for Education that allowed A-Level students to receive grades based on their teachers'...

3PB Barristers have created a dedicated webpage on its website to act as a hub for the many articles, briefings and webinar and podcast recordings about lockdown laws and regulations as well as practical issues like court attendance, e-bundles, remote and hybrid hearings. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to create employment, contractual and other legal challenges which are in many ways unprecedented. The impact of the virus is being felt, and in response, 3PB have...

3PB Barristers can finally announce the winner of our Pandemic Essay Competition on the subject of ““What I learned in Lockdown”. The quality of the 132 entries was remarkably high.  Reading the determined hope contained in these essays has given all of us at a glimpse of the resilience and capabilities of this generation of students.  The winner of the Essay Competition was Tomas Canning for “Knitting Together”, who receives a week’s mini pupillage with...

3PB Barristers announce the appointment of one of its silks, Angela Grahame QC, as Senior Counsel to the Sheku Bayoh Public Inquiry. Chaired by Lord Bracadale, the Inquiry will seek to examine the circumstances of the death of Sheku Bayoh who died in police custody on 3 May 2015. It will also review if and to what extent, actual or perceived race played a part in the death of Mr Bayoh. The Inquiry is due...

In this article written for the British Tax Review, Max Schofield reviews News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd v HMRC and whether digital versions of newspapers should attract VAT, while printed versions do not. Click here to read Max Schofield's analysis. Max Schofield is a commercial chancery barrister with an interest in VAT liability and rates as well as contractual disputes and commercial injunctions. Max has been instructed to advise and appear in his own right...

3PB’s specialist education  barristers Alice de Coverley and Matthew Wyard have co-authored a two-part report, for students and schools separately, about today’s GCSE results day (20 August 2020). This follows their A Level advice guide and webinar earlier this week. The Department for Education (“DfE”) changed its approach in a major U-turn five days after the A Level results were released. The switch to centre assessment grades (rather than the standardised/moderated grades) will apply to...

In the latest issue of the personal injury newsletter we bring you a summary of the changes in the much anticipated 8th edition of the Ogden Tables. Michelle Marnham considers the main differences between the old edition and new and she reminds us to review any outstanding Part 36 Offers in light of the changes. We have also included two recent costs decisions which you may find helpful: firstly Grace Nicholls summarises John Coleman v...

3PB education barristers Lachlan Wilson and Matthew Wyard join forces with insurance brokers Hayes Parsons and law firm DAC Beachcroft to advise schools and colleges on how they can best support students and pupils. We'll explore the implications of today's government decision to revert to centre-assessed grades decided by teachers rather than relying on the algorithm as previously advised for schools and colleges.