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Mariya Peykova completes Advocates pro-bono 25 for 25 Challenge

14th December 2021

3PB's specialist commercial and public law barrister, Mariya Peykova, pictured here, has recently completed Advocates pro-bono 25 for 25 challenge. The 25 for 25 challenge encourages barristers to provide 25 hours of free legal advice to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of the pro-bono charity Advocate. Advocate said ‘‘I would like to extend a massive thank you from all of us at Advocate, and on behalf of all those who seek access to justice services,...

Nicole Bollard issues update on new Trade Mark Regulations 2021

10th December 2021

3PB’s specialist intellectual property barrister, Nicole Bollard (pictured here) has issued an update on the newly published Trade Marks and International Trade Marks (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021, a must-read for all UK-based intellectual property specialists. On 26 November 2021, these new regulations came into force, amending the transition provisions in the earlier EU transitional legislation. The new regulations are intended to prevent the potential unfairness which currently exists, following the UK’s departure from the EU, whereby EU...

3PB select Western Circuit's Running Challenge (WCRC) as its Charity of the Year

9th December 2021

3PB Barristers have picked the Western Circuit Running Challenge (WCRC) as its Charity of the Year for 2022. The WCRC sees the legal industry come together and participate in marathons and shorter running challenges and will see 3PB raise money for three very worthwhile charities: The British Heart Foundation, The Panathlon Challenge and Little Hearts Matter. From September of this year to October of next year, WCRC are aiming to complete a running event in the 13 cities and towns on...

  Welcome to December's employment law newsletter Our last newsletter of 2021 reports 3PB's appearance in the Supreme Court on a holiday pay appeal. We consider the latest developments at Yorkshire County Cricket Club following the allegations of racial harassment and bullying made by Azeem Rafiq and look at Mark Green’s recent training session on discrimination for the ELA. Case law analysis is provided by - Naomi Webber on discrimination in pregnancy with R (the Motherhood Plan & Anor) v Her Majesty's Treasury...

Antonia Jameson returns to Chambers after 12-year absence

8th December 2021

3PB barrister Antonia Jameson (1999 call), who now specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and inquests, has returned to 3PB, having spent 12 years away from the Bar as a full-time mother. She will again practice from 3PB’s Bournemouth office, but her caseload is covering the whole of the UK. Antonia, pictured here, has a practice encompassing advocacy and advisory work for both claimants and defendants. She has always represented a wide variety of clients,...

Personal Injury barrister Ellena James (nee Pearson) joins 3PB

6th December 2021

Barrister Ellena James (2015 call), pictured here, joins 3PB Barristers today and will specialise in personal injury, inquests, clinical negligence claims and credit hire litigation, acting for both claimants and defendants. Ellena is regularly instructed in both fast-track and multi-track RTA claims, credit hire litigation case and employers' liability and public liability disputes. She also has experience of claims concerning the Animals Act 1971, the Highways Act 1980 and appeals to the 1st Tier Tribunal...

Peter Collie to speak at FIDIC’s International Contract Users’ Conference 7-9 December 2021

30th November 2021

3PB Head of Construction and Neutrals Peter Collie (pictured here) will be speaking at FIDIC’s International Contract Users’ virtual conference on 7 and 9 December 2021. A member of FIDIC’s Contracts Committee, Peter will take part in the Committee’s update session on 7 December 11:20-12:00, looking into the Committee’s recent (2021 Green Book, Covid-19 Guidance Memorandum for Consultant’s Services) and imminent publications (Guide to the 2017 Suite of Contracts, etc.), as well as their on-going...

Tom Horder successful in Court of Appeal

29th November 2021

3PB's crime and regulatory barrister Tom Horder, pictured here, recently represented the Appellant in R v Badawi in an appeal against a 13-year sentence for rape (an 8-year term of imprisonment and 5-year extended licence period). The sentencing judge had found the Appellant ‘dangerous’ on the basis of a previous acquittal for rape. In reducing the original term to a determinate sentence of 6 ½ years the Court of Appeal accepted Tom’s submission that a...

'I Am a 3PB Pupil' our pupils - and former pupils - share their stories

26th November 2021

Meet a selection of our current and recent pupils as they share their experience of securing pupillage and, in particular, recount their many and varied routes to the Bar. Watch the video here:

Top Scottish criminal Silk Kevin McCallum QC heads to 3PB  

26th November 2021

3PB Barristers has welcomed top Silk Kevin McCallum QC (Scot), pictured here, a former criminal defence solicitor and a Procurator Fiscal Depute in Scotland - who specialises in criminal defence work, fatal accident inquiries and inquests - to the national chambers.  He will work from its Inner Temple offices in London. Appointed as a Senior Advocate Depute in November 2006; Kevin was responsible for the preparation and conduct of a significant number of intensive, large...

3PB advises on Bear Grylls Survival Race case and injuries in organised leisure and sporting activities

26th November 2021

3PB’s Makhsudul Islam (pictured here), a former solicitor-turned-barrister who specialises in personal injury and clinical negligence, has analysed the case of Harrison v Intuitive Business Consultants Limited (T/a Bear Grylls Survival Race) & Others [2021] EWHC 2396 (QB). The case concerned liability in respect of injuries arising from participation in the ‘‘Bear Grylls Survival Race’’. By way of background, in 2016, the woman claimant - who was 54 years old at the time - was...

Graham Gilbert successfully prosecutes Holiday Inn Express for health and safety breach

25th November 2021

3PB’s specialist crime and regulatory law barrister, Graham Gilbert (pictured here) was recently successful in prosecuting the Holiday Inn Express, Dunstable for a health and safety breach. In November 2018, a Holiday Inn Express employee was instructed by a manager to empty and clean a commercial oil fryer in the kitchen. The member of staff picked up the filled container and was immediately burned from hot oil melting through the thin plastic container that had...