• Jonathan Underhill

    Jonathan Underhill successful in opposing £1 million personal confiscation order in counterfeit goods case

    3PB specialist business and regulatory crime barrister Jonathan Underhill was instructed to defend a company and its director in a Crown Court case involving the large scale import of counterfeit and “grey goods” which are contrary to the Trade Marks Act 1994. The items imported included clothing from a number of high profile and well-known brands including Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Levi's and Diesel. As a result of Jonathan’s careful case preparation and submissions, the...

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  • 3PB’s Intellectual Property Law barristers ranked in Chambers & Partners 2025

    3PB Barristers are delighted to announce that their specialist Intellectual Property team has been recognised in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners. While head of team Victoria Jones has moved up the rankings, Nicole Bollard has retained her ranking and Mark Wilden earns his first ranking as an Up and Coming Junior. Many congratulations to our barristers for the many great comments that our clients have credited to them during the research process: these are testament...

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  • 3PB’s Commercial and Intellectual Property barristers shine in latest Chambers and Partners results

    3PB’s Commercial and Intellectual Property barristers have been rewarded with 9 rankings in this year's Chambers UK edition. While the commercial group gained one more individual ranking in Commercial litigation, our Intellectual Property specialists obtained one more accolade in the regions. Our professional negligence experts have retained their rankings in Western and London. Head of group Patrick Heneghan commented 'I am delighted to read that our barristers’ continued accomplishments and excellence is attracting such praise...

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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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  • Property and Estates team welcomes 11 rankings in Chambers & Partners’ 2025 edition

    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...

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  • 3PB’s Criminal and Regulatory Law Team confirmed as Top Tier in Chambers and Partners

    3PB Barristers congratulates its first-class Criminal and Regulatory Law team for another strong result in Chambers and Partners’ 2025 edition. Not only has the team retained its Band 1 ranking for Crime in the Western Circuit, with 10 of its practitioners ranked in this area of law, it has also added 2 new rankings for Health and Safety in Western, now totalling 3 ranked barristers. While our barristers are praised for their forensic analyses, strategic...

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  • 3PB’s Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Law Team rewarded with 5 rankings in Chambers and Partners

    3PB Barristers are delighted to announce 5 rankings for 4 of its Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence barristers in London and in the Western Circuit. As well as gaining one Personal Injury ranking in London, the group has retained its Band 2 ranking for Clinical Negligence in Western, and attracted much praise from clients and peers alike, including for the “excellent and accommodating” service of its clerking team, led by David Snook. Head of Group...

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  • 3PB’s Employment Law Team ranked Band 1 in South Eastern and Western by Chambers and Partners

    3PB’s employment law team is celebrating another strong set of results in Chambers and Partners’ 2025 edition published today, with a total of 18 individual rankings for 16 of our employment barristers in London, Western, South Eastern and the Midlands Circuits While clients’ comments on our individual barristers once again testify to their dedication and excellence, our clerking team, led by Russell Porter, also attracts much praise and is seen as 'absolutely brilliant and going...

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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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  • 3PB’s Family Law Team goes from strength to strength in Chambers & Partners latest edition

    3PB Barristers’ Family Law team has achieved 27 individual rankings (+5 compared with 2024) in this year’s Chambers and Partners edition published today. 23 of our family law barristers are ranked across 5 Circuits: in London, the Midlands, North Eastern, South Eastern and Western. While our team is once again rewarded with Band 1 rankings for both Family Children and Family Finance in the Midlands and retains its Band 2 ranking in Western, our family...

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  • Simon Astill

    3PB achieves 96 rankings in Chambers and Partners 2025 edition

    3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) breaks another record in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 96 rankings (81 last year) achieved by 80 of its barristers. The national set is rewarded with accolades in 21 areas of law, in the London Bar as well as in the North Eastern, South Eastern, Western and Midlands Circuits and exceptional comments for its expertise and service delivery. Click here to view the full...

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    3PB welcomes three new 12-month pupil barristers to its 270-strong barrister ranks

    The three pupils starting their twelve-month pupillages, pictured left to right from the top, are: former Fleet Air Arm Officer James Hume who is focused on commercial litigation and arbitration as well as property and construction law; former paralegal in Slaughter and May’s Disputes and Investigation team Emily Hayward is focusing on civil law disputes, particularly commercial, property and personal injury and Victoria Holland, a former human rights paralegal with law firm Hickman & Rose,...

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