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      Education law newsletter - March 2025

      Naomi Webber edits the 12th edition of our education law newsletter featuring analysis from our barristers Alice de Coverley, Ben Amunwa, Olivia McGonigle, Naomi Webber and Alex Leonhardt. We look back at our team's 2nd education law conference in February and highlight recent involvement of our barristers in important cases and upcoming events.

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      Matthew Wyard provides talk on statutory funding, deprivation of liberty and safeguarding to the Professional Deputies Forum Spring Conference

      Today, 5th March 2025, 3PB’s Matthew Wyard will give a joint talk with James Pantling-Skeet of Boyes Turner at the Professional Deputies Forum Spring Conference. Entitled ‘Statutory funding and safeguarding’ the talk will include an outline of the various statutory frameworks for health and social care funding, what a deputy’s authority to manage direct payments and personal health budgets is, deprivations of liberty and how professional deputies should address safeguarding issues as they arise. If...

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    • 3PB’s Education Law Team celebrates 7 rankings in Chambers & Partners’ latest edition

      3PB Barristers are pleased to confirm that 7 of its specialist education law barristers are now ranked in Chambers and Partners 2025. The group has retained its London Band 3 ranking in the publication, its barristers drawing much appreciated praise from its clients and peers, as well as recognition for its 'second to none', 'very responsive' clerking team. Group Head Charlotte Hadfield said: 'We are delighted with our latest results in Chambers and Partners’ 2025...

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    • 3PB’s Public and Regulatory Law team rewarded with 5 rankings in Chambers and Partners

      3PB congratulates its Public and Regulatory Law team for earning 3 new rankings in this year’s Chambers and Partners edition. To its existing 2 accolades for Administrative and Public Law, the team has added 2 rankings for Professional Discipline and one ranking for Inquests and Public Inquiries. Head of Group Mathew Gullick KC commented: “This significant gain in Chambers and Partners’ latest publication reflects both new and existing members of our national set of chambers,...

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    • 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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    • 3PB’s Education Law Team a Leading team in this year’s London Legal 500 results

      3PB is delighted to report that its Education law team has retained its Tier 3 ranking in London. The team has attracted a total of eight rankings in the Legal 500’s 2025 edition published today: seven of our barristers are ranked in London, one of them is also recommended for their work in the Midlands. The directory acknowledges the team “cover[s] the complete range of education disputes, including acting in tribunal claims and judicial reviews...

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      Matthew Wyard writes for Special Needs Jungle on Mental Capacity and the Send Tribunal

      Matthew Wyard, public law barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) specialising in education, health and social care, has written for Special Needs Jungle on Mental Capacity and the Send Tribunal. In the article Matthew discusses his case of MM v Royal Borough of Greenwich and the First Tier Tribunal’s role in giving health and social care recommendations, as well as how it should address the issue of a young person’s mental capacity. Please click...

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      Naomi Webber appointed to Attorney General's C Panel

      Chambers is delighted to announce that Naomi Webber has been appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel (London) for a period of five years, commencing on Sunday 1st September 2024. She joins seven other 3PB barristers on the Attorney General’s (AG’s) panel of counsel including A Panel members of William Hansen, Richard Wheeler and Mark Green. Naomi is now one of 19 3PB barristers on the Attorney General's London and Regional Panels and undertaking "Junior...

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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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      Matthew Wyard appointed chair of the Court of Protection Practitioners Association (CoPPA) West Midlands

      3PB's public law barrister Matthew Wyard has been appointed as the new chair of the West Midlands' Court of Protection Practitioners Association (CoPPA). The West Midlands CoPPA committee was established in 2018 with the aim of bringing together the thriving network of Court of Protection practitioners in the region. Their AGM and a case law update was held last Tuesday 16 July at the Birmingham offices of law firm Irwin Mitchell. The network offers a...

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      Updating guidance given by the Upper Tribunal on mental capacity and the First tier Tribunal’s jurisdiction to make health and social care recommendations

      Matthew Wyard (pictured here), specialist education law barrister at 3PB Barristers, instructed by Geldards LLP, represented the successful appellant in MM (as alternative person for C) v Royal Borough of Greenwich [2024] UKUT 179 (AAC). Matthew writes about the Upper Tribunal's decision in this case, and the important points the judgment raises in relation to the conduct of proceedings before the SEND Tribunal when impaired litigation capacity is being considered. UTJ Stout grappled with two...

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      Court of Protection Property and Affairs Update: Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v (1) PW (2) the Public Guardian [2024] EWCOP 16

      3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist Court of Protection barrister Matthew Wyard (pictured here) explores the recent Court of Protection property and affairs case of Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v (1) PW (2) the Public Guardian [2024] EWCOP 16. The case revolved around whether the appointment by a professional deputy of a linked asset management firm was a breach of the rule against conflict of interest. Spoiler: the court found that it did amount to...

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