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3PB’s Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team is delighted to announce its next virtual event, an 80’s themed quiz, at 7pm on Thursday 4th June 2020. It would be great if you could join us. We hope the music, films and picture rounds, in particular, will welcome you on a trip down memory lane. Big hair, neon, leg warmers… all welcome. We’ll be awarding a prize to the best dressed - a £100 voucher kindly...

Do shareholders in a family or quasi-partnership company, owe each other fiduciary duties? Seb Oram analyses the recent decision of the Chancery Division in De Sena v. Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch) for LexisPSL’s Case Analysis Expert Panel. This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 11/05/2020. To read the full article please click here. Seb is a Commercial and Construction Law barrister. Click here to view his profile.

On Thursday 14th May 2020, 3PB family finance barristers Nicola Frost, Tonia Clark and Amy Beddis worked together as part of a team who presented a practical and informative remote mock remote Financial Dispute Resolution Hearing (FDR), alongside members of the Bristol judiciary, fellow Bristol barristers from Albion Chambers and St John's Chambers and solicitors from Burges Salmon and Clarke Willmott. The mock trial was attended by almost 200 solicitors, barristers and judges from across the...

In the latest video in the series on how to create ebundles for the family courts 3PB's Steven Howard shares some tips on what to do if your finished ebundle is too large to send by email. See all of the videos here.

3PB Barristers' employment & discrimination law specialist Matthew Curtis appeared in the Court of Appeal on Tuesday 5 May 2020. Matthew was representing the Appellant in a hearing which went ahead despite the current lockdown since the pandemic. The representatives and Court of Appeal judges appeared via video link using Skype for Business, with the appellant choosing to dial in via telephone. The Court of Appeal was asked to determine whether the Employment Tribunal had...

3PB construction barrister James Davison – together with Anne Wright of Lawrence Stephens – has re-published a guide to selecting and using an expert witness in construction claims. The guide “To be or not to be an expert witness”, which was originally published in Construction Law, can be read here, provides practical guidance on selecting an expert witness, and advises witnesses how to behave once appointed. ‘The expert witness’s primary duty is to help the...

3PB's Vanessa Meachin QC talks about the benefits and progression of arbitration in private family law cases in this ten-minute podcast.  

3PB's specialist Civil barrister Richard Wheeler has produced an article on how to get the court to hear your case during the Coronavirus pandemic. The article “Getting the Court to Hear Your Case During the Pandemic” provides an insight into county court civil listing during the pandemic which may assist litigants to retain their current court listings. It provides answers to the following questions: What does the court’s triage process involve? What considerations might the...

Hot on the heels of its launch of a remote FDR (Financial Dispute Resolution) service, large national chambers 3PB Barristers has launched a new arbitration service for children cases. This is in response to record levels of demand for family arbitrations via video to resolve disputes over child arrangements be it where children live or the time they spend with the other parent, where they go to school or even whether they can relocate permanently...

3PB's Education Team has produced a newsletter featuring contributions from Matthew Wyard, Alice de Coverley, Naomi Webber and Faizul Azman with a foreword from team head Charlotte Hadfield. Read the newsletter here The team has chosen two topics that are related to Covid-19 that we think are here to stay (at least for the next quarter!) and reviewed two new authorities that are unrelated to the pandemic. On the Covid-19 front, Matthew Wyard considers the meaning...

3PB Barristers hosted a successful fundraiser by video, with over 170 participants and raised nearly £1,400 for the Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT). The national chambers’ Clinical Negligence and Personal injury Teams played quizmaster to 44 teams of law firms and other friends in aid of the Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT), a charity that 3PB has long supported. CBIT is an exceptional charity giving support for both emotional and practical issues that children and young...

3PB’s David Richards, Head of the national chambers’ Public & Regulatory Law team, and pupil barrister Dr Tagbo Ilozue have reviewed three new key regulatory cases, covering environment regulation, food safety and housing regulations, all handed down since the UK went into lockdown. Their review can be accessed by clicking here. The case of Mustafa and Breslin v The Environment Agency deals with issues arising under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. The housing regulation case of...