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Matthew Cannings appointed as a Recorder on the Western Circuit

11th November 2024

The 270-barrister national chambers, 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is delighted to announce that Matthew Cannings - who heads 3PB's Property and Estates Group - has been appointed by His Majesty the King as a Recorder on the Western Circuit. His part-time judicial appointment takes effect from next Monday 18 November 2024. Matthew was called to the bar in 2006 and was appointed as a part-time Deputy District Judge in 2019. Matthew has nearly twenty...

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...

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...

3PB Property and Estates team celebrates 22 accolades in the latest Legal Directories publications

20th October 2023

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...

3PB excels with 73 rankings in Chambers and Partners 2023

20th October 2022

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has been awarded a record number of rankings in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 73 accolades for its barristers. The national heavyweight chambers achieves its rankings in London, South Eastern, Western and the Midlands - in 18 categories of law. Earlier this year, 3PB also celebrated its first ranking in Chambers and Partners High Net Worth guide. Click here to view the full results...

3PB triumphs in latest Legal 500 ratings of the UK's best barristers  

29th September 2022

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...

Recent developments in Commercial Landlord & Tenant Law

26th May 2021

3PB's specialist property law barristers Gavin Hamilton and Robert Weatherley bring you a recording of their webinar on recent developments in Commercial Landlord & Tenant Law. The webinar took place on 20th May 2021 and was chaired by specialist property and commercial law barrister Matthew Cannings. [Matthew Cannings is] "A strong trial advocate with a concise and approachable style". Legal 500 2021/Leading Junior Gavin Hamilton reviews reported cases over the last year and focuses on...

Matthew Cannings explains the significance of the Court of Appeal's decision in Trecarrell House v Rouncefield for landlords and gas safety certificates - all in under three minutes!    

Yesterday. Thursday 18th June 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down their judgment in the case of Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield [2020] EWCA Civ 760 to state that a failure to serve a gas safety certificate before a tenant enters in to occupation of the property does not create an absolute bar on residential landlords subsequently relying upon the section 21 eviction procedure. 3PB Barristers’ Matthew Cannings, who heads the Property & Estates team...

3PB’s Head of Property and Estates Group Matthew Cannings and Alex Leonhardt, pupil barrister, have produced an update for residential landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus pandemic.  The article considers the implications of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and Practice Direction 51Z of the Civil Procedure Rules and what the new provisions mean for residential landlords and tenants, including the imposition of a 90-day stay on most possession proceedings and the new three-month notice requirement. Click...

National chambers 3PB Barristers – formerly 3 Paper Buildings – has seen four of its barristers appointed as Deputy District Judges in a single round of appointments. The Lord Chief Justice has appointed Rachael Goodall, Matthew Cannings and Luke Ashby to sit as Deputy District Judges on the Western Circuit while Darren Walsh takes up his position on the Midlands Circuit. Darren Walsh (call 1997) specialises in civil fraud and contentious commercial insurance disputes. 3PB...

Chambers is pleased to announce that William Hansen has been promoted from the B panel to the A panel of the Attorney General’s Panels of Junior Counsel to the Crown, with effect from 1 September 2017. The appointment will last for a period of five years. The Attorney-General’s panels of counsel consists of just over 400 junior counsel who undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. There are three London panels (an A...