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Esther Lieu is appointed as guest lecturer on the University of Birmingham’s MSc in Advanced Child Protection

11th August 2021

3PB’s specialist family law barrister Esther Lieu (pictured here) has recently been appointed a guest lecturer to teach students taking a Master of Science (MSc) in Advanced Child Protection at the University of Birmingham. Esther is described by colleagues, clients and students as ‘outstanding’, ‘supportive’ and ‘knowledgeable’. Formerly counsel on public law children issues, Esther Lieu now exclusively practises within financial remedies and private law children, advising on cases involving financial provision following divorce or...

August's employment law newsletter features news about the impact of the menopause, how home working is affecting employment claim numbers and highlights a case in which the claimant was made redundant in place of furlough. We look at reactions to a proposed new duty for employers to prevent sexual harassment as well as organisations warning against "no jab, no job" policies and a raft of case analyses.

Dr Zhen Ye prepares case review of Court of Appeal decision in Valbonne v Cityvalue

10th August 2021

3PB commercial and property barrister Dr Zhen Ye (pictured here) has analysed the impact of this property dispute between two property developers, owned by members of the same ultra-orthodox Jewish community, over a failed purchase of the Beckton Arms in East London. The case had initially gone to arbitration before the Beth Din of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, during which Valbonne Estates learnt that Cityvalue Estates entered into an option agreement with a...

Business Interruption Insurance update: six months on - where do policyholders stand now?

9th August 2021

Watch this webinar from Fletcher Day featuring guest speakers Neil Fawcett, Barrister at 3PB and Gavin Pearson, Forensic Accountant at Quantuma for an update on Business Interruption Claims. Six months on from the Supreme Court decision this round table discussion covers developments in business interruption insurance claims in the following areas: Recap on background, update on claims paid and overview of procedure Policy wordings, coverage issues and potential areas to test Assessment and calculation of...

Two magazine features for Lola-Rose Avery - in Counsel magazine and the FLBA’s Family Affairs

4th August 2021

Family barrister Lola-Rose Avery (pictured here) has featured in the latest issue of Counsel, offering her personal account in “a day in the life of a baby barrister” for the Bar Council’s magazine and separately, has written an article on “mental well-being in family law and how occupational health could help” for the Family Law Bar Association’s magazine Family Affairs. To read about Lola’s personal account in Counsel, click here. To access her FLBA article,...

Alexander Whatley shares guidance on instructing counsel to members of Bournemouth and District JLD

4th August 2021

3PB’s specialist civil law barrister, Alexander Whatley (pictured here) recently teamed up with Conor Maher, Treasurer for Bournemouth and District Junior Lawyers Division and Litigation Solicitor at Ellis Jones Solicitors LLP, to present a webinar to junior lawyers on ‘’tips for instructing counsel’’. Alex Whatley answered a series of questions about the instructions to counsel which included the correct steps for sending a brief to counsel; the content of the brief; and some common mistakes...

Charles Irvine urges caution over non-party costs orders

3rd August 2021

3PB’s specialist commercial and property law barrister, Charles Irvine (pictured here) has reviewed the recent Court of Appeal case Goknur Gida Maddeleri Enerji Imalet Ithalat Ihracat Ticaret Ve Sanayi AS v Aytacli [2021] EWCA Civ 1037 in which one party applied for a non-party costs order. By way of background, the power to award costs against a non-party is derived from section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 which grants the court the power to “determine by...

Jim Hirschmann joins family and public teams at 3PB

2nd August 2021

3 Paper Buildings (3PB Barristers) – the second largest barristers’ chambers in the UK - are delighted to announce today that specialist family, public and regulatory barrister Jim Hirschmann has joined from 5 Pump Court and will practice from 3PB’s office in the Inner Temple in London. Jim Hirschmann (call: 2018) covers a broad range of family, education and public law disputes. His family law caseload takes in care proceedings, private children disputes and applications...

Nicole Bollard on the clarification of the test for the tort of causing loss by unlawful means

30th July 2021

Intellectual Property and Commercial law barrister Nicole Bollard reviews Secretary of State for Health and another v Servier Laboratories Ltd and others [2021] UKSC 24 and the Supreme Court’s recent decision concerning the economic tort of causing loss by unlawful means. The court examined in particular whether a necessary element of the tort of causing loss by unlawful means is that the unlawful means affected the third party’s freedom to deal with the claimant, which...

David Parratt KC and Rebecca Farrell review the prospects of compulsory ADR

26th July 2021

3PB’s specialist commercial law barristers David Parratt KC (pictured right) and Rebecca Farrell (pictured left) have reviewed  a recent report published by the Civil Justice Council entitled ‘Compulsory ADR (“the Report”). The Report has generated much interest since the authors of the Report consider ‘any form of ADR which is not disproportionately onerous and does not foreclose the parties’ effective access to the court will be compatible with the parties’ Article 6 rights’. This is...

David Kemeny puts the brakes on electric scooters’ law and regulations

22nd July 2021

3PB pupil barrister David Kemeny (pictured here), whose pupillage has a particular focus on personal injury, has published a review of the current regulations and law concerning electric scooters (e-scooters). Cities and towns across the UK are seeing a huge increase in the number of electric scooters since the introduction of trial schemes in July 2020. In this review, David Kemeny takes a closer look at the current legislative framework and compliance issues as privately-owned e-scooters are illegal on public roads. Read his full article on regulations for electric...

3PB tops The Lawyer’s Top 30 Chambers survey for growth and gender diversity

21st July 2021

Posting tenant headcount growth of 33.7% from 163 to 218 barristers over the last five years saw 3 Paper Buildings (3PB Barristers) featured as the fastest growing chambers in the latest report from The Lawyer on the Top 30 sets in the UK. The six-office, full-service chambers also headlined with 50% growth in their silk numbers over the last five years. 3PB also tops the tables for the largest increase in female tenants over the...