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3PB Barristers' (3 Paper Buildings) Jonathan Gaydon has successfully represented the Claimant in Kenton v Slee Blackwell PLC [2023] EWHC 2613 (SCCO) - a case concerning the impact of solicitor-client estimates. Jonathan succeeded in obtaining a costs refund of over £200,000 for the Claimant. The Claimant instructed the Defendant to act for her in a professional negligence claim against another firm. The claim went on to settle before issue at mediation. The Claimant was subsequently...
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3PB criminal and PI barrister Oliver Hirsch recently appeared in the Court of Appeal, in a challenge to his client's sentence for breach of a restraining order. The appeal succeeded, with the sentence being reduced by nearly one third, from 58 months to 40. The Court commended Oliver for his 'very helpful' submissions, which contended that the sentence passed had insufficient regard to totality and was manifestly excessive. The Court ruled that the sentences for...
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Poppy Watson (picture here), specialist commercial barrister at 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings), and former in-house energy lawyer, analyses the recent case of The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process & Industrial Developments Limited [2023] EWHC 2638 (Comm). The case in question involved a challenge to an $11bn arbitration award obtained by Process & Industrial Developments Limited against The Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the basis that the initial proceedings had been affected by fraud....
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In Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited, in which 3PB construction barrister Nick Kaplan acted as junior counsel for the successful defendant Housing Association, Hexagon, the Technology and Construction Court (the “TCC”), has made a recent decision about the Termination for Employer Default provisions at clause 8.9 of the JCT Design and Build Contract 2016, which is one of the most widely used forms of contract in the construction industry. The TCC...
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Welcome to 3PB's Professional Discipline and Regulatory newsletter celebrating new rankings for our barristers in the latest Legal 500 publication. Edited by Daniel Brown, our newsletter has analysis from Sam Shurey on how to avoid erasure from the GDC register for non-compliance. Sunyana Sharma brings you news of the HCPC's updated standards of conduct, performance and ethics. Sunyana also considers the High Court's decision in Sudheer Shabir v. General Medical Council [2023] EWNH 1772 (Admin). Daniel Brown analyses Dr Sun v General Medical Council [2023] EWHC 1515 (Admin) concerned with mental health considerations in the context of findings of dishonesty.
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Welcome to 3PB's crime law newsletter, bringing you news and analysis from our team. Oliver Hirsch analyses the case of R v AFU [2023] EWCA Crim 23; Holly Fagan reviews the latest sentencing guidelines; Rebecca McKnight considers the origins, injuries, and challenges of non-fatal strangulation; and Jonathan Underhill sets out a sentencing guide for intentional non-fatal strangulation cases.
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Twelve 3PB barristers and staff from our international construction and commercial litigation teams -pictured here - are delighted to be attending the upcoming Dubai Arbitration Week 2023 (from 13 to 17 November) and the TL4 FIRE Middle East 2023 (from 12th to 14th November). These are 3PB's head of construction Peter Collie, head of commercial Seb Oram, David Parratt KC (Scot), Philip Bambagiotti, Nick Kaplan, John Jessup, Dr Zhen Ye, William Charlesworth, Faizul Azman, Simon...
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Charlotte Hadfield, head of 3PB’s nationally ranked specialist education law team, led fellow member of chambers Alice de Coverley in successfully representing the Respondent parent in this recent appeal brought by London Borough of Camden regarding the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) put in place for a teenager with a range of additional needs. The appeal concerned the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) authorised by the First-tier Tribunal for the claimant's son, P, a child...
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3PB criminal and public law barrister Olivia McGonigle, pictured here, successfully secured an acquittal for her client in a jury trial in Portsmouth, where the defendant was charged with burglary, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage. The prosecution had accused the defendant of attending the complainant’s home twice late in the evening. On the second occasion, the Crown alleged he arrived with a crowbar, using it to cause injury to the complainant, then...
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Two of 3PB’s public law barristers, William Hansen and Matthew Wyard, pictured left to right, both appeared in the important appeal of THTN v Secretary of State for the Home Department (“THTN”) which was handed down on 20th October 2023. The appeal has clarified what an appellant must demonstrate in Article 3 medical claims following the Supreme Court’s decision in AM(Zimbabwe) [2020] UKSC 17 (“AM (Zimbabwe)”). The key point of principle arising in THTN concerned...
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Criminal law specialist, Holly Fagan, pictured here, has become a member of chambers and will work from 3PB's Winchester office. She will be supported by 3PB's new criminal law and regulatory pupils Kate Davies and Jack Felvus. With a strong following and active client base for a barrister of her level of call, Holly has a busy practice both prosecuting and defending in the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court across the Western Circuit. Holly has...
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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...
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