• Public and Regulatory Law team achieves 10 rankings in this year’s Legal 500

      3PB is delighted to announce 10 individual rankings for its Public and Regulatory law group across 4 Circuits (London, Midlands, Western and South Eastern). While the group sees 4 rankings confirmed for its Professional Discipline specialists in London and Western, its Inquests experts have retained 2 rankings. The Group’s Court of Protection barristers celebrate 2 new rankings in London, retaining 2 previous accolades in Midlands and South Eastern. This result, and the team’s commitment to...

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    • July 2024 3PB education law newsletter

      Education law newsletter - July 2024

      Jim Hirschmann edits the 11th edition of our education law newsletter, packed full with team news, awards, book launches, events and analysis from our barristers Charlotte Hadfield, Lachlan Wilson, John Friel, Alice de Coverley, Matthew Wyard, Emma Waldron, Alex Leonhardt, Caroline Stone, Mark Green, Sunyana Sharma, Katherine Anderson, Ben Amunwa and Rosa Thomas, to name a few.

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    • 3PB September 2023 education law newsletter

      Education law newsletter - February 2024

      Welcome to the 10th edition of our education law newsletter. Edited by Katherine Anderson, it features analysis and contributions from Katherine Anderson, Olivia McGonigle, Jim Hirschmann, Matthew Wyard and Naomi Webber.

      Case analysis covers:
      - London Borough Camden v KT [2024] UKUT 225 AAC;
      - LC and RC v Hampshire County Council [2023] UKUT 281 (AAC); and,
      - A Multi Academy Trust v RR [2024] UKUT 9 (AAC)

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    • 3PB September 2023 education law newsletter

      September Education law newsletter - out now!

      Welcome to the 9th edition of our education law newsletter. Edited by Jim Hirschmann and Katherine Anderson, it features analysis and contributions from head of team Charlotte Hadfield, Katherine Anderson (who celebrated the publishing of her book), Emma Waldron, Olivia McGonigle, Jim Hirschmann and pupil Rosa Thomas.
      Case analysis covers: R (on the application of Swalcliffe Park School) v Wokingham Borough Council and another [2023] EWHC 1451 (Admin); R (on the application of AI) v London Borough of Wandsworth [2023] EWHC 2088 (Admin); MXX v A Secondary School [2023] EWCA Civ 99; and Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v JS and Others [2023] EWCOP 33. The team also looks at potential student litigation that could arise out of the university marking and assessment boycott.

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    • CoPComm Episode Sept 23

      Episode 7 of 3PB’s CoP Comm podcast is now available to download

      Episode 7 of 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Court of Protection and community care podcast CoP Comm is now available to download. In this episode, co-presenters Matthew Wyard and Jim Hirschmann are joined by fellow 3PB Court of Protection barrister Jennifer Kotilaine to discuss Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v JS and Manchester City Council [2023] EWCOP33. All episodes of Cop Comm are available to stream via major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...

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      Cop Comm Episode 6 now available

      Episode 6 of Cop Comm, 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Court of Protection and community care podcast is now available to download. In this episode, co-presenters Matthew Wyard and Jim Hirschmann discuss two cases from June 2023, Re: Public Guardians Severance Application [2023] EWCOP 24 and appeal case Wiltshire County Council v RB & Ors [2023] EWCOP 26. All episodes of Cop Comm are available to stream via major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music...

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    • CoPComm Episode 4 April 23

      Episode 4 of 3PB’s CoP Comm podcast now live

      The fourth episode of CoP Comm, 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) court of protection and community care podcast is now available to download. This episode, host Matthew Wyard is joined again by fellow 3PB public law barrister Jim Hirschmann, this time to discuss the recent cases of DvS [2023] EWCOP8; and A Local Authority v PG & Ors [2023] EWCOP9. All episodes of CoP Comm are available to stream on major podcast platforms including Apple...

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    • April 2023 Education law newsletter

      All the latest news and case analyses from our specialist education barristers ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌...

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    • CoPComm Episode March 2023

      CoP Comm Episode 3 live now

      The third episode of CoP Comm, 3PB Barristers' (3 Paper Buildings) court of protection and community care podcast is now available. Hosted by Matthew Wyard, each episode covers two or three topics of current awareness, latest jurisprudence, and pointers for practice. The latest episode provides a round-up of recent court of protection and community care news, as well as introducing two guest speakers to discuss the interplay between court of protection, community care and education...

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      Pre-funded places attracting element 1 and 2 funding from ESFA

      3PB's family, education and public law barrister Jim Hirschmann (pictured here) analyses an Upper Tribunal ruling on the approach to be taken to pre-funded places attracting element 1 and 2 funding from ESFA. Writing for Local Government Lawyer, Jim comments, "The case of PM v Worcestershire County Council [2022] UKUT 53 (AAC) clarifies (1) the approach to be taken to pre-funded places attracting element 1 and 2 funding from ESFA [44]-[51] (2) suggests that new...

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    • Family law newsletter out now

      Our December family law group newsletter brings you a wealth of judiciary announcements and involvement in high profile finance and probate cases, as well as a new book on nuptial agreements.

      We welcome Charles Hogan, Rachel Bloxwich and Jim Hirschmann to our team and bring you a round up of our September and November family law brunch talks with links to our presentations from Nicola Frost, Esther Lieu, Aimee Fox and Ségolène Lapeyre.

      Lucy Hendry QC provides insights in Re H-D-H (Children) & C (a child) [2021] EWCA CIV 1192 and Luke Nelson a guide to the principles of equitable accounting.

      You are invited to register for our next family law brunch webinar to be hosted by Nathalie Bull and Ségolène Lapeyre on 27 January, as well as for Nicola Frost's book launch on 12 January.

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    • December education law newsletter - out now!

        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)...

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