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3PB’s specialist criminal law barrister Berenice Mulvanny successfully prosecuted Stephan Gomes and Gary Black for their involvement in a sophisticated and significant county lines class A drugs network from Croydon dealing in the Portsmouth area. Both defendants faced multiple counts of being concerned in the supply of Heroin and Crack Cocaine and Gomes also faced possession with intent to supply Heroin and Crack Cocaine and possession of criminal property. Gomes ran the county lines “Justin”...
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Mark Sullivan represented the parents of Arietta-Grace Barnett (d.o.b. 6th June 2017) at the Inquest into her death on 9th July 2019. In the course of the two day hearing in Winchester Coroner’s Court on 4/5th November 2020, the Coroner, Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, heard evidence into the tragic circumstances of Arietta’s death. She had been taken to hospital on 28th June 2019 following the suspected accidental ingestion of a toilet cleaning product. She was detained in...
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Lachlan Wilson presents 3PB's November Employment and Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Joseph England, Colin McDevitt, Stephen Wyeth, Craig Ludlow and Sarah Clarke. The newsletter brings you 3PB news, recordings as well as case updates and legal analysis. You are also invited to register to attend our webinar on whistleblowing on 12 November. Click here to view the newsletter. News items include: Furlough (CJRS) Scheme extended until March 2021 Changes announced to clear employment tribunal...
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Education law specialist Charlotte Hadfield, who heads the Education Team, and her barrister colleague Alice de Coverley have co-authored the first book on the law on school exclusion since 2002 - 'The Law in Relation to School Exclusions' published by Law Brief Publishing. The book will be launched officially on November 25 at 5pm in a Q&A interview of both authors via Zoom. Exclusion from school is a sanction of last resort that can hugely...
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3PB’s criminal defence specialist Nick Robinson successfully defended Mr Jack Torpey who was charged with an offence of wounding with intent, contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. On day three of the Crown Court trial, which had been listed for up to two weeks, the Crown accepted a plea to an Affray. This was following Nick’s carefully crafted cross-examination of the four principal prosecution witnesses, whose evidence in their...
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According to the Law Society Gazette, Ministry of Justice data shows that as of August 2020, there was a backlog of 45,000 cases waiting to be heard before the employment tribunal. This represents a 26% increase from the start of March 2020. Doubtless with the aim of addressing this, the Government has proposed various changes to the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules coming into effect on 8 October for updates to Tribunal process, and on the...
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3PB’s public law barrister Matthew Wyard, who specialises in the education sector, has evaluated the snappily-titled ‘The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (Commencement No.1) Order 2020 which came into force this Monday 2 November. Also considered was the Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator (Wales) Regulations. The Order gives powers to the Welsh Ministers to make regulations to give detail to the 2018 Act, including the ALN Co-ordinator Regulations. The Regulations, only now...
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3PB are pleased to sponsor Support Through Court’s 4th “In Conversation” event due to take place via Zoom on Wednesday 18 November 7-8.30pm. The event will be joined by Sarah Langford and William Clegg QC, who will discuss their experiences at the bar and help raise funds and awareness for the charity. Sarah Langford is a barrister from 3PB and Sunday Times Best Seller for ‘In your defense’, a book commended for powerfully communicating the...
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3PB specialist criminal law barristers Jo Martin QC and Jane Rowley (pictured) successfully defended former Dorset Police Officer charged with murder. The jury took less than 3 hours to acquit Timothy Brehmer of murder after a trial at Salisbury Crown Court lasting 12 days. The Defendant had entered a guilty plea to manslaughter at a plea and trial preparation hearing in July of this year. The Prosecution had rejected his plea and sought a trial...
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Chambers & Partners 2021 UK Bar directory attributed a record 17 barrister rankings to our Family Silks and Junior barristers, across the Midlands, Western, London and South Eastern circuits in its latest edition, covering both finance and children work. The Directory ranked the team in Band 2 in the Midlands and in the Western Circuits. Meanwhile, the Legal 500 elected to rank 24 of our members across the same four circuits. The Directory gave the...
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3PB’s criminal defence specialist Nick Robinson successfully defended Mr Ian Catley who was charged with an offence of causing death by careless driving. Following a Crown Court trial lasting six days the jury took just 90 minutes to find Mr Catley not guilty of causing the death of a pedestrian whilst allegedly driving his car without due care and attention. This complex and sensitive trial included the expert evidence of two pathologists and two road...
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3PB Barristers’ large Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence teams, led by Mark Lomas and Michelle Marnham, have long supported the Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT). This week is GloWeek, usually the charity’s biggest fundraising week of the year, but the main events in person are obviously cancelled. So 3PB’s counsel will instead be dressing up on Wednesday 28th October in bright and neon clothing and raising money for CBIT. Become the face of 3PB and...
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