• Steven Howard launches series of video guides to creating ebundles

    As the trend for the courts to prefer electronic bundles to hard copy bundles continues - exacerbated and accelerated by lawyers and judges being forced to work remotely through the coronavirus lockdown period - 3PB family law barrister Steven Howard has put together a series of videos designed to help solicitors to easily create ebundles that will be effective and easy to use in and by the family courts.   Our ever-expanding series includes (so...

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  • Insolvency in times of coronavirus: a short, practical guide for businesses and insolvency practitioners

    Mariya Peykova, a pupil barrister at 3PB, authors this practical guide for businesses and insolvency practitioners and looks at the proposed and existing measures introduced by the government to help businesses during the coronavirus crisis. The guide also looks at the key provisions of the Temporary Insolvency Practice Direction (“TIPD”), introduced in April 2020. It outlines the impact of the new provisions and measures on the listing of hearings, including remote hearings, and offers businesses...

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  • 3PB's Jonathan Underhill reviews new police and local authorities enforcement and prosecution powers under lockdown

    Last month the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) received Royal Assent and the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions (England) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/350 (the ‘Regulations’) came into force. These give wide new enforcement and prosecution powers to the police and local authorities, on health protection grounds. 3PB's crime and regulatory barrister Jonathan Underhill reviews these powers and the restricting the movement of people. These actually replace earlier regulations designed to limit the use of, and then...

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  • UK Competition Law Enforcement during Covid 19 - Collaborating with Competitors in a Global Pandemic

    UK competition law enforcement is expected to undergo drastic changes due to the implications of Brexit. The transition period started running when the UK exited the EU on 31 January 2020 and is currently scheduled to end on 31 December 2020. EU treaties, free movement rights and EU law principles, including competition rules, continue to apply in the UK until the end of the transition period.

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  • 3PB's Luke Nelson produces a practical guide for remote hearings during the Coronavirus lockdown

    3PB Family and Property Law Barrister Luke Nelson has produced an updated practical guide to case management for remote hearings. Due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the legal sector (known for it’s old fashioned ways of working) is having to adapt quickly to working remotely. The checklist and practical guide to case management provides you with all the knowledge you need to move forward during these unprecedented times. To read the guide please click here.

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  • 3PB's Emma Waldron successfully appeals OFSTED decision on child-minder

    3PB’s education law specialist barrister Emma Waldron has successfully supported a child-minder at the First-tier Tribunal in the decision of Mrs LR (A) v Ofsted (R). The case concerned an appeal of Ofsted’s decision to cancel the registration of a child-minder on the early years register under Section 68 of the Childcare Act 2006. Judgement followed a five day hearing and it was concluded that the Notice of Cancellation made by Ofsted was neither necessary...

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  • Injunctions in the time of the Coronavirus

    3PB Property barrister Antonietta Grasso reviews the alternative solutions available to those whose possession claims have been delayed due to the coronavirus lockdown. Click here to read Antonietta's briefing. Antonietta specialises in all property related matters, ranging from housing, boundary disputes, adverse possession, easements and restrictive covenants, landlord and tenant (both commercial and residential) and more. Antonietta has successfully seen her cases through to judicial review hearings in the Administrative Court and in the Court...

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  • 3PB issues briefing on leaving the house in lockdown: criminal law, domestic violence and “reasonable excuses"

    In the context of the lockdown set down in The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020, 3PB criminal barrister Graham Gilbert reviews the concept of “reasonable excuses” and when it is acceptable to leave your house, including what might be deemed sensible beyond those circumstances provided by regulation 6(2) of the Coronavirus Regulations. Click here to read Graham's analysis. Graham Gilbert is a barrister in 3PB’s criminal and public regulatory teams. Click here to...

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  • 3PB produces new property law guide on Covid-19 and changing the locks in the lockdown

    3PB Barristers' Property & Estates team has issued a new guide, authored by 3PB property barristers Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell, on the rights of commercial landlords and their tenants, both prior to the 2020 Act and now and offer practical solutions in these very challenging times for retailers and the commercial property sector. In particular, the guide deals with the existing position for commercial landlords and their tenants, such as the rights of re-entry...

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  • Sarah Bowen edits 3PB's April 2020 Employment and Discrimination Newsletter

    Sarah Bowen has edited 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Clarke, Katherine Anderson, Lachlan Wilson, Daniel Brown and Naomi Webber. The newsletter provides key resources to help businesses manage the employment consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. Click here to read our latest News, and Case Law Updates and book to attend one of our events. Cases and topics reviewed include: Equality and discrimination in employment during the COVID-19 Pandemic Coronavirus Job...

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  • 3PB’s cutting-edge video and telephone technology ready for remote hearings in the Employment Tribunals

    3PB have long used some of the best remote video and telephone support technology – principally Microsoft Teams and Lifesize and now also Zoom for certain tasks – in any barristers chambers in the UK. Given the demand to schedule telephone or video case  management hearings, our employment clerks led by Russell Porter have been extremely busy helping clients schedule these. The news that many of the Employment Tribunals (including London Central ET from 14...

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  • 3PB’s Commercial and Real Estate teams brief on issuing and defending insolvency proceedings

    3PB has issued an urgent briefing to its insolvency clients and contacts about a new Temporary Insolvency Practice Direction (TIPD) which has been introduced to provide sensible solutions for court users during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This means continued absence of court appearances in person.

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