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Read the latest employment law news and cases analyses from the 3PB Barristers team. packed full of insights and news for employment and discrimination practitioners.
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Rob Dawson, specialist construction and commercial barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) analyses the case of MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd. In the case, which was recently heard by the Court of Appeal, MUR Shipping invoked a force majeure clause against RTI Ltd for failing to comply with the contractual requirement to pay for freight in US Dollars, instead offering payment in Euros. In his analysis, Rob examines the effect that MUR v...
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3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce that their former family barrister Eleanor Mallett SC (nee Davies), pictured here, has just been appointed a Silk in Australia. She gets sworn in next week. The barrister, who retains strong links with 3PB, emigrated to Australia in 2013 and is now a member of Svenson Barristers in Melbourne. 3PB counts another UK-Australian qualified barrister Philip Bambagiotti, an international arbitration and construction expert, among its members. Having completed...
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3PB's Head of Construction & Engineering Group, Peter Collie - pictured here - will be speaking at the FIDIC Official International Contract Users' Conference in London from 29 – 30 November 2022. Peter Collie is a dual-qualified construction professional and barrister. He has 38 years’ experience in the construction industry and has worked as legal adviser on major projects around the world. According to Legal 500, Peter has acted in several international multimillion-pound disputes and...
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3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce that intellectual property and commercial litigation barrister Nicole Bollard (pictured here) has been appointed by the Lord Chief Justice as a part-time Deputy District Judge (DDJ) on the Western Circuit to preside on civil cases. Nicole is a specialist intellectual property (IP) expert who is regularly instructed in cases in the High Court, IPEC and the UKIPO. Nicole’s practice covers all areas of IP and she has...
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3PB's specialist family law barrister Nicola Frost (pictured here), is the author of A Practical Guide to Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements. She has recently written for the Family Law Journal on whether the court should automatically disregard agreements that fail to adhere to the '28-Day Rule'. The article explores the parameters of the colloquially known '28-Day Rule', alongside relevant case law and considers the effect of not abiding by this 'rule'. The article was first published...
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3PB intellectual property barrister Mark Wilden analyses Genius Sports Technologies Ltd v Soft Construct (Malta) Ltd [2022] EWHC 2637 (Ch). In the case, which took place earlier this month, the judge – Mr Justice Marcus Smith – departed from the Business & Property Courts disclosure regime, instead ordering the adoption of “massive overdisclosure”. Mark examines the judgment and how rather than burdening litigants and causing “eyeball review”, technology means that “this judgment gives something of...
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3PB’s specialist family and education law barrister Aimee Fox (pictured here) has written for Target Jobs on what students may expect from working at the Family Bar. The piece is aimed at prospective pupillage applicants ahead of the upcoming pupillage application period and details the main aspects of the role of family barristers. Offering advice on the skills needed to succeed in the area, Aimee gives guidance on the role of a family barrister as...
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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 Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has announced that criminal pupil barrister Rebecca McKnight (pictured here) has become a tenant and member of the national chambers, following the successful completion of her third six pupillage at the set. Rebecca joins our strong Crime Group and will be based at 3PB’s Winchester office. She brings an expertise in general crime (both prosecuting and defending), regulatory disputes and court martial work, having already seen successes in court in...
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We are delighted to announce that the King has appointed 3PB personal injury and clinical negligence barrister Luke Ashby (pictured here) to be a District Judge with effect from Monday 31 October 2022. District Judge Ashby will sit on the Western Circuit and be based at Bournemouth County Court. Luke Ashby was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 2007 and appointed as a Fee-paid First-tier Tribunal Judge, assigned to the Social Entitlement Chamber in...
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3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce that family barrister, Emma Harman (pictured here) has been appointed by the Lord Chief Justice as a part-time Deputy District Judge on the Western Circuit to sit within the Civil and Family Jurisdiction. Emma was called to the bar in 2003 and is a member of 3PB’s 80-strong team of family barristers at the national chambers. She joins an array of part-time judges and Recorders who also...
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