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      Sunyana Sharma writes for The Barrister on parenthood at the Bar

      3PB’s specialist regulatory and inquest barrister Sunyana Sharma has written for The Barrister on returning to the Bar following parental leave and how she has come to balance her work and family responsibilities. In her feature “Kids, Court and Caffeine … How to survive having a baby at the Bar”, Sunyana has combined her own personal experiences as a mother of young children with that of colleagues, to put together 14 top tips for juggling...

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      Success in a professional disciplinary case for psychologist before the HCPC Panel

      Sunyana Sharma (pictured here) successfully represented a practitioner psychologist before the Health and Care Professions Conduct (‘HCPC’) and Competence Panel in a professional disciplinary case. The registrant faced allegations of plagiarism and dishonesty relating to a section of a doctorate thesis in a highly specialised niche area of psychology, allegations for which had been made 5 years ago.  Following a 6-day trial with 5 HCPC witnesses from a prestigious university, no allegations were found proved...

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    • Sunyana Sharma and Susan Jones lead 3PB's inquests team

      Sunyana Sharma and Susan Jones appointed to lead 3PB’s specialist inquests team

      3PB Barristers are delighted to announce the appointments of Sunyana Sharma and Susan Jones (pictured left to right) to co-head our 19-strong inquests team. Drawing on its expertise and experience acting for clients in many different areas of law, such as personal injury, health and safety, clinical negligence, public law, prisons, police, military cases and road traffic accidents, our dedicated inquests team represents bereaved families, individuals, statutory bodies and corporate entities at coroners inquests with or...

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      3PB’s Sunyana Sharma appointed as part-time Deputy District Judge

      3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce that regulatory and inquest barrister Sunyana Sharma (pictured here) has been appointed by the Lord Chief Justice as a part-time Deputy District Judge on the South-Eastern Circuit to preside on civil and family cases. Sunyana practises in inquest law, professional disciplinary work, maritime law, health and safety law and all areas of regulatory compliance and consumer protection. She has been appointed to the C list of specialist...

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

      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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      Celebrating role models on International Women’s Day

      Today, International Women’s Day (8 March), gives us an opportunity to celebrate the amazing collection of 3PB women working at the Bar across all areas of practice, not just today, but every day. During the last 12 months there have been far too many career milestones reached by women who call 3PB their professional home than we could possibly do justice to here. Some of these include three female barristers being appointed as Recorders including...

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    • Personal injury law newsletter out now - February 2022

        Welcome to our first Personal Injury law newsletter of 2022 It certainly has been a busy few months, and I am not talking about all the alleged partying at Downing Street but, I am referring to the numerous cases recently reported and relevant to the law of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence. This newsletter analyses some of those cases and also includes guidance on the New Highway Code Provisions. Luke Ashby writes about the...

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      Regulatory law barrister Sunyana Sharma volunteers for Advocate

      3PB’s specialist regulatory law and inquests barrister, Sunyana Sharma (pictured here) recently assisted on a criminal law matter for the pro bono charity of the Bar, Advocate. Sunyana’s client was extremely thankful to Sunyana and sent the following feedback to Advocate - “Ms Sharma was extremely professional, supportive and helpful. We had a positive outcome at court and she worked on my case throughout her annual leave which I have nothing but respect and deepest...

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    • Sunyana Sharma appointed an Assistant Coroner for Hampshire

      3PB Barristers offers warmest congratulations to our colleague Sunyana Sharma who has been appointed an Assistant Coroner for Hampshire. Sunyana’s appointment is further recognition of her expertise in inquests and coronial law. Sunyana Sharma is a regulatory and inquest barrister who specialises in clinical deaths, deaths at sea, fatal accidents at work and deaths in care home settings. She provides added value to cases as a result of her previous practice area of personal injury in which...

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    • Sunyana Sharma publishes a review of the impact of prevention of future deaths reports in the Coroners Court

      One of 3PB’s senior public and regulatory barristers’ Sunyana Sharma has published a review for legal publishers LexisNexis on Prevention of Future Deaths reports and considers whether Coroners should be given more powers to compel improvements. The review discusses Prevention of Future Deaths reports, what they are, when they can be made and their impact in a Coroners Court inquest. To read a free excerpt of the review, please click here. If you wish to...

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    • Professional discipline and regulatory newsletter - July 2021

        Welcome to 3PB's professional discipline and regulatory newsletter Welcome to the second edition of our newsletter, packed-full with sector news, hints and tips and case law analysis. In this edition, Lachlan Wilson, David Swinstead and Peter Jennings - part of 3PB's team of legal assessors - focus their top hints and tips for successful advocacy on the importance of language. Our team also provides analysis on topical issues that have troubled the courts in the past...

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    • Personal injury law newsletter out now - June 2021

      No images? Click here Welcome to June's newsletter In this edition of the newsletter we announce some changes at the helm of the 3PB Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team. You will find this edition packed full with news, including the review of the Laura Booth inquest and Mark Lomas' representation of her parents; Sunyana Sharma's recent inquests training for Middle Temple and our recent involvement raising funds for Headway Salisbury and South Wiltshire. We...

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