News for: Andrew Neaves

Stephen Wyeth has edited 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Clarke, Katherine Anderson, Naomi Webber, Grace Nicholls. Cases reviewed are: Q v Secretary of State for Justice UKEAT/0120/19/JOJ - When are Article 8 rights engaged in the context of an unfair dismissal claim and how should the engagement of such rights be approached by the tribunal? Duncan Lewis Solicitors v Puar UKEAT/0175/19/RN - Strike Out: seriousness of default and possibility of...

3PB’s Family Group has announced the recruitment of former solicitor Samantha Moore to the national chambers. Samantha brings a wealth of experience to the Bar having practised as a solicitor in family law for 19 years, including within a specialist family law firm in London, before returning to the South Coast of England in January 2011. Samantha specialises in all areas of family law including divorce proceedings, dissolution of civil partnerships, resolving disputes over children;...

Reasonable adjustments: is it relevant that the employee did not mention them? Katherine Anderson analyses Shah v TIAA Ltd UKEAT/0180/19/BA, following her successful representation of the respondent employer in this appeal before the EAT. Click here to read Katherine's analysis for the case. Click here to view the full judgment. Katherine is an experienced employment law specialist who has acted for and advised claimant and respondent employers in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. She...

Has the test for whether or not an appeal should be allowed in respect of a case management decision, as laid down in O’Cathail v Transport for London, been impliedly overruled by R (Osborn) v Parole Board? No, says the EAT in Chowdhury v Marsh Farm Futures UKEAT/0473/18/DA, siding with specialist employment barrister Sarah Clarke. Click here to read Sarah's analysis of the case. Sarah Clarke is an experienced advocate, specialising in Employment law.  Typical...

After the successful launch of Today’s Family Lawyer in 2019 and extremely positive response received from legal professionals across the family law industry, we are excited to announce the first family law Round table will take place at 3PB Birmingham on Wednesday 12th February. This event is offered on a complimentary basis, however, places are limited so please do confirm your attendance to events manager, Grace Beech ([email protected] or contact her on 01829 307 798),...

Vanessa Meachin QC, head of 3PB’s family team, attended a New Year's party on Saturday 25th January 2020 for The Birmingham Roaring Lions! The Birmingham Roaring Lions is Birmingham Children's Trust’s forum for children and young people with disabilities. It was formed to give children and young people with physical and learning disabilities a voice and a platform to champion their rights. They celebrated the completion of a highly successful year with a New Year's...

Max Schofield analyses Premier Family Martial Arts LLP (“PFMA”) v HMRC [2020] UKFTT 1 (TC), in which the First Tier Tribunal was tasked with assessing kickboxing classes and the education exemption for private tuition. Click here to read the full analysis. A shorter version was also published in the Tax Journal and is available here. Max Schofield is a commercial chancery barrister with an interest in VAT liability and rates as well as contractual disputes...

3PB Barrister Sunyana Sharma secures a conviction and sentence for the Maritime Coastguard Agency against the Master, Daniel Wakefield and the Company, London Party Boats Ltd following a collision of the vessel ‘Jewel of London’, a passenger class V vessel on the River Thames. On 13 December 2018 the ‘Jewel of London’ collided with the Marine Policing Unit pontoon in Wapping when the Master of the vessel fell asleep at the wheel after passengers had...

National chambers 3 Paper Buildings (3PB Barristers) announces record turnover of £ 24.4 million, a rise of 12.6 % on last year’s £21.7 million; alongside fees per barrister (FPB) also growing on the back of 13.3 % growth on the previous year. After this record year 3PB has now set its sights on further expansion in Bristol, Birmingham and London. The six-office, multi-disciplinary, chambers, now with more than 200 barristers,  is described variously by the independent legal directories as “one...

3PB Barristers are delighted to announce that Poonam Bhari has been nominated for the ''Women in Law awards 2020''. The Women in Law Awards honours the inspiring achievements of women across all segments of the industry. The finalists and winners will be revealed on 2 June 2020 at The Hilton Bankside. To see the full list of nominations please click here.

3PB Barristers’ Jonathan Underhill was instructed to represent the first defendant in a case brought by Isle Of Wight Council Trading Standards. The case involved thousands of counterfeit items from well-known brands  including Chanel; Hugo Boss; Ted Baker; Adidas; Calvin Klein; Moncler; Jack Wills; Ugg; Michael Kors and Nike. Following submissions on the lack of an evidential basis upon which to establish significant profit, and reference to the guidance cases of R v Khan (2013)...

3PB Barristers’ Hamish Dunlop, a senior clinical negligence barrister, was instructed by law firm Coles Miller and both represented a then-17 year-old student,  after her ovarian cyst operation at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in August 2013 went tragically wrong, throughout her case and the mediation on a no win/no fee basis. The Waterlooville student reached an out-of-court settlement of £815,000 with Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust following a mediation in December 2019, ahead of a...