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On 6 April 2016 3PB Barristers Paul Newman and Christopher Edwards took part in a Mediation Update and Mock Mediation at Cardiff University. The Wales Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Association of Wales & Border Counties Mediators and 3PB Barristers jointly organised the event. Paul Newman delivered the keynote address, speaking to an audience of around 75 lawyers and mediation professionals. The mock mediation followed, which allowed the cast members to display...
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Paul Newman, 3PB Barrister and Mediator, was one of the two judges at the University of the West of England's final mediation moot competition, held at their campus in Bristol on Wednesday 17 February 2016. Paul complimented the second year undergraduate students on the high standard they reached and their confidence in tackling the challenging scenario set by the moot organisers. Paul is an experienced construction barrister and mediator and further detail on his expertise...
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Paul Newman is a Barrister and Mediator specialising in construction law at 3PB Barristers. He considers the issue of when claims consultants become lawyers, a question which arose at a case management stage in Kenneth Alex Wattret / Laurie Grace Wattret v Thomas Sands Consulting Ltd [2015] EWHC 3455 (TCC). In this case the Court considered the Defendant’s application for permission to rely on expert evidence. However, the case is ongoing and the Court has...
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