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3PB’s national Property and Estates team has been rewarded in Chambers and Partners’ latest set of results with 11 rankings spanning its Real Estate Litigation, Chancery, Construction, Planning and Social Housing expertise. While our barristers attract praise for their knowledge, commercial awareness, advocacy and client skills, our real estate litigators earn a team ranking in Band 2 in South Eastern. Headed by Chambers Director Mark Heath, the clerks are complimented for being 'very responsive and...
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3PB (3 Paper Buildings) senior member of the commercial, costs and property & trusts team Cheryl Jones has been nominated for the Inspirational Women in Law Awards. Started in 2016 as a celebration with 5 finalists from across the legal profession leading the way in improving and equality and diversity, has grown into an annual celebration of countless men and women across several categories who are both excelling in their areas of practice and are...
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3PB is delighted to announce a total of 15 rankings for its property, estates and chancery specialists in the Legal 500 2025 edition. The team retains its Tier 2 ranking for Property and Construction in South Eastern; and its Tier 3 ranking for Property and Construction in Western. New rankings have been gained for social housing; agricultural property work; and property and construction work. The team is acknowledged as "‘an excellent set’ with ‘a number of excellent...
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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) expert commercial, costs and property law barrister Cheryl Jones and pupil barrister Jack Felvus have written on the relevance of Part 36 offers in the legal costs arising from probate litigation. In the article, Cheryl and Jack look at the recent case of Leonard v Leonard [2024], which revolved around a dispute between the late Mr Leonard’s children from his first marriage and his second wife, and the overturning of a second Will...
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3PB insolvency, commercial and property barrister Cheryl Jones saw her client, the former postmaster Kavil Singh Rao, have his bankruptcy annulled on the grounds that the order should never have been made. Due to Horizon errors, the Post Office made Mr Rao bankrupt on 20 December 2012. The court has taken over eleven lost and agonising years to correct this injustice, and it should not be forgotten that Mr Rao will continue to suffer with...
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3PB's Cheryl Jones, a specialist traditional chancery and commercial barrister, and Jack Felvus, one of 3PB's pupil barristers, have co-authored an article about Will-writing for LexisNexis PSL (Private Client) which Lexis accountholders can now access here. The article, entitled “A limitation lacuna, mortgages and the importance of clear Will drafting,” analyses the decision of HHJ Matthews, sitting as a Judge of the High Court in the Chancery Division, in the case of Pierce and Another...
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3PB is delighted to announce excellent rankings for its Property and Estates team across both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners directories. The team achieved a total of 22 individual rankings across four of our core circuits (Western, South Eastern, Midlands and London), as well as the team celebrating Tier 2 rankings for Property and Construction in South Eastern; Tier 2 rankings for Chancery, Tax and Probate in the Midlands and a Tier 3 ranking...
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3 Paper Buildings (3PB Barristers) are delighted to announce that two pupil barristers have joined the national chambers today to undertake 12-month specialist pupillages. Lucy Bill is doing a specialist pupillage in personal injury and clinical negligence, whilst Rosa Thomas is combining education and employment in her pupillage. Both are pictured here, left and right respectively. Lucy is a First Class LLB graduate from Queen's University Belfast with an American Business Administration Certificate from Mary...
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Cheryl Jones and Mark Calway, two barristers at 3PB (3 Paper Buildings), took part in Target Jobs' talks programme at the National Pupillage Fair in November 2022. The National Pupillage Fair, which took place at The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn last month, is one of the UK’s largest pupillage fairs attended by law students from across the country. As part of the Fair, a talks programme is offered, giving students an insight into all aspects...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), the UK's third largest chambers, is delighted to report its best rankings yet - totalling 130 - in the Legal 500 2023’s edition published last night, up 12% on last year’s 116. The set has achieved its rankings across 5 large UK regions - or Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western, Midlands and Chester and Wales) - in 21 categories of law. Earlier this year, 3PB also celebrated its first rankings...
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3PB commercial law barrister Cheryl Jones (pictured here) analyses Ellis v John Hodge Solicitors (a firm) EWHC 2284 (Comm), a case which raises the relevance of the long established right of the lien. Cheryl examines in particular the circumstances in which the power of the lien may be in turn strengthened or weakened. Click here to read Cheryl’s case analysis. Cheryl Jones is a member of the Commercial and Property and Estates teams. Cheryl is an...
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3PB's Head of Pupillage, Cheryl Jones hosted a live Q&A workshop on pupillage applications today sharing her top tips and advice. The live Q&A was attended by future pupils who are currently completing their pupillage applications hoping to start in 2023. Visit 3PB's pupillage centre for more resources and information about pupillage. For more information on mental health support for the Bar, please visit Wellbeing at the Bar.
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