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October Employment Law Newsletter Out Now

11th October 2024

Colin McDevitt edits our October 2024 employment law newsletter, announcing the arrival of Rachel Best KC as an associated member and celebrating our team’s outstanding performance in the 2025 edition of the Legal 500.

Our newsletter includes analysis from Colin McDevitt, Mark Green, Robin Pickard and Alex Leonhardt of the following cases:
- Tesco Stores Ltd v USDAW [2024] UKSC 28
- South Gloucestershire Council v Ms Hundal [2024] EAT 140
- Treadwell v Barton Turns Development Limited [2024] EAT 137
- AB v University of East London and others [2024] EAT 157

Sunyana Sharma represents Coastguard in beach drowning inquest

10th October 2024

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Sunyana Sharma, represents His Majesty’s Coastguard (‘HMCG’) in a 2-week inquest following the tragic deaths of Joseph Abbess and Sunnah Khan who drowned whilst swimming between the red and yellow flags at Bournemouth beach on 31 May 2023 following a flash rip current.  The coroner considered the risk assessments carried out by the Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Borough Council (‘BCP’) and the RNLI prior to the accident, the cause and...

June Venters KC honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by Surrey Law Society

8th October 2024

Family barrister and silk June Venters KC won the SLS (Surrey Law Society) Lifetime Achievement Award last week at SLS' annual awards evening at G Live in Guildford. June is one of the foremost lawyers in the UK in public law child care, family law, international child abduction and crime and has acted in many of the most serious cases within these fields of law. Headline sponsored by wealth management business Evelyn Partners, the SLS...

Poppy Watson speaks to The Bar Council about the Anglo - Dutch Exchange 2024

8th October 2024

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) commercial and chancery barrister Poppy Watson has spoken to The Bar Council on the Anglo- Dutch Exchange 2024. In the article Poppy discusses why she applied for the Anglo – Dutch Exchange. Poppy also mentioned what interesting differences she noticed between the Dutch and the English and Welsh legal systems. Poppy concludes by sharing her highlights of the trip including how the Exchange has inspired her in her own practice....

Rachel Best KC joins three highly rated practice teams at 3PB

7th October 2024

3 Paper Buildings (3PB) is delighted to announce that leading barrister and silk Rachel Best KC (2006 call) has joined chambers as an associate member. Rachel specialises in employment and discrimination disputes, judicial reviews, inquests and personal injury cases. She was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2006, the Bar of Ireland in 2021 and was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2022. She was promoted to Silk in 2024....

3PB longlisted for Legal Cheek Awards 2025 following Junior Barrister Survey

4th October 2024

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has been longlisted for the Legal Cheek Awards 2025. The nomination comes following the annual Legal Cheek Junior Barrister Survey. The survey allows junior barristers to voice their opinions on their set and covers topics including Training, Quality of work, Colleagues, Facilities, Work/life balance, Social life and Legal Tech. The survey results (found here) show that tenants value 3PB’s commitment to ensuring both quality of work and work/life balance. Special...

3PB celebrates 75 years of women silks

4th October 2024

Four women silks - Liz McGrath KC, June Venters KC, Vanessa Meachin KC and Lucy Hendry KC - from 3PB's 80-strong family law team  yesterday attended the 75th anniversary celebration (see attached photo) of the appointment of the first women silks. The commemorative event was held at the Royal Courts of Justice and was hosted by three High Court judges, McGowan, Theis and Morgan JJ. The Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill paid tribute...

Cheryl Jones nominated for Inspirational Women in Law Awards

3rd October 2024

3PB (3 Paper Buildings) senior member of the commercial, costs and property & trusts team Cheryl Jones has been nominated for the Inspirational Women in Law Awards. Started in 2016 as a celebration with 5 finalists from across the legal profession leading the way in improving and equality and diversity, has grown into an annual celebration of countless men and women across several categories who are both excelling in their areas of practice and are...

3PB is delighted to announce 10 individual rankings for its Public and Regulatory law group across 4 Circuits (London, Midlands, Western and South Eastern). While the group sees 4 rankings confirmed for its Professional Discipline specialists in London and Western, its Inquests experts have retained 2 rankings. The Group’s Court of Protection barristers celebrate 2 new rankings in London, retaining 2 previous accolades in Midlands and South Eastern. This result, and the team’s commitment to...

3PB is delighted to report that its Education law team has retained its Tier 3 ranking in London. The team has attracted a total of eight rankings in the Legal 500’s 2025 edition published today: seven of our barristers are ranked in London, one of them is also recommended for their work in the Midlands. The directory acknowledges the team “cover[s] the complete range of education disputes, including acting in tribunal claims and judicial reviews...

3PB is delighted to announce a total of 15 rankings for its property, estates and chancery specialists in the Legal 500 2025 edition. The team retains its Tier 2 ranking for Property and Construction in South Eastern; and its Tier 3 ranking for Property and Construction in Western. New rankings have been gained for social housing; agricultural property work; and property and construction work. The team is acknowledged as "‘an excellent set’ with ‘a number of excellent...

3PB’s Criminal Law team has retained its top tier ranking in the Legal 500 for Crime (General and Fraud) in the Western Circuit and welcomes three new rankings: 14 of its 28 practitioners are now ranked by the Legal 500. In our clients’ words, “3PB is ‘a strong set with barristers of every level and specialism’ and continues to handle cases across a wide spectrum of serious criminal cases, spanning murders, large-scale drug conspiracies, sexual...