News for: Andrew Neaves

Louis Weston, Head of the 3PB Sports Group, represented the British Horseracing Authority in the re-hearing of the Jim Best case.  Best was found in breach of the Rules by a Disciplinary Panel in April 2016 but that decision was set aside following allegations of apparent bias. Following a fresh hearing the BHA Disciplinary Panel found all allegations against him proved and suspended his licence for a period of 6 months. Further details of this...

Cheryl Jones of 3PB represented the successful appellant in an appeal relating to the calculation of payment by a trustee in breach of her trust when for part of the time she occupied a trust property unlawfully, but part of the time occupied it lawfully. The case was also covered in the press: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/judge-calls-for-lip-powers-after-court-bombarded-with-emails/5059119.article  

3PB is pleased to welcome Mark Calway (Call 1989), formerly of St Philips chambers, joins 3PB’s Family Law team based in its London chambers. Mark has extensive experience in representing parties in care proceedings, including complex non-accidental injury, sexual abuse and traumatic brain injury, and advises and represents clients in financial remedy cases. He is a Family Recorder sitting on the Western Circuit and also acts as an Independent Funding Adjudicator for the Legal Aid...

On 24th November 3PB education team members Lachlan Wilson and John Friel hosted the third of a series of education law update seminars. The content of the seminar focussed on Equality Act 2010 claims involving schools, in particular disability discrimination claims, and a review and analysis of the government's proposals to permit the opening of new grammar schools. A case law update was also provided.  

If a developer agrees to pay an estate agent a finder's fee, what happens if the parties do not discuss what triggers the payment? If a contract is incomplete, can the court fill that gap by implying terms? Oliver Isaacs (Call 2000) analyses the most recent contribution of the Court of Appeal to that question in Wells v. Devani (2016) [2016] EWCA Civ 1106. Oliver is a Commercial Law barrister who specialises in company law,...

3PB is pleased to announce Vanessa Meachin, formerly of St Philips chambers, will be joining the 3PB Family Law team in its Birmingham chambers from 1 December 2016.   Vanessa is a family law specialist who advises and represents clients on a broad range of legal areas including private law Children Act applications, care, Court of Protection, adoption and family finance matters.  She is a Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit. Nigel Lickley QC, Head of...

3PB Personal Injury Law team's latest Newsletter updates you on some important decisions that took place while our screens were dominated with American politics. We are also very pleased to welcome a new member of staff, Charlie Samuel-hill who joins the PI Clerking team in London. Andrew Perfect brings you up to speed on the implications of Gentry v Miller in which the Court of Appeal confirmed that the Denton criteria is to be used...

3PB is pleased to announce that William Webster and Robert Weatherley, barristers with chambers, published a book titled "Restrictions on the Use of Land” by Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing Ltd on 14 November. The informative book (approximately 700 pages in length) comprises sections on easements, village greens, public rights of way, restrictive covenants, assets of community value and elements of planning law. The book also contains a Foreword by Lord Neuberger PSC: “A book which...

Louis Weston, Head of the Sports Group, acted for Nick Bunyard in FA disciplinary proceedings.  Mr Bunyard, a football manager, had admitted breaches of the FA’s betting rules and successfully contested a charge of breaching his suspension order. He is the first football manager to be sanctioned for betting against his own team to win. The reasons for the Sanctions imposed are awaited but click here for further details of the case:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37929939

Topics: Interpreting exclusion clauses between commercial parties [Transocean Drilling UK Ltd v Providence Resources plc [2016] EWCA Civ 372] The duty to mitigate debt claims: White & Carter v. McGregor reconsidered by the Court of Appeal [MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v. Cottonex Anstalt [2016] EWCA Civ 789] The 2016 changes to Insurance Law: A litigator's perspective Can a false contractual warranty also give rise to a claim in misrepresentation? [Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd v. Sumitomo Corp [2016] EWHC 1909] Recent issues...

3PB is delighted to announce that Lawrence Messling (Call 1983), formerly St Philips chambers' Deputy Head of chambers and Head of the Family Law Group, has joined 3PB's Birmingham chambers. Lawrence is an experienced family law barrister advising in serious public law children cases, often appearing in High and County Courts. He has more than twenty five years experience as an advocate in public law children’s cases. He has also undertaken cases involving vulnerable adults and children for...

Arthur Blake (Call 1988) and Sarah Dines (Call 1988), both formerly of 1 Gray's Inn Square, have joined 3PB's London chambers and further add strength and depth to its client offerings. Arthur Blake offers comprehensive legal experience in the full spectrum of civil law. He also has expertise in criminal appeals, judicial reviews, immigration and prison law.  Sarah Dines is a family law specialist who advises and represents clients in all aspects of family law. She has been reported in the...