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The start of the summer break and the end of Theresa May’s tenure has marked a bumper launch of consultations by the government. Such consultations can be very insightful as to future developments and trends that will subsequently appear in legislation. Joseph England explains about five consultations launched in the field of employment and discrimination law: Health is everyone's business consultation seeks views on different ways in which government and employers can take action to...

Last month fee paid Employment Judge and employment law specialist, Stephen Wyeth gave a talk for the Cardiff ELA to an audience of employment law solicitors.   The talk entitled “Employment Tribunal Hearings: preparation and procedure – a practical guide” was, by its namesake, a very practical course focusing on tactics and tips for bringing and defending claims.  Topics covered included how to best present the evidence; how to ensure witnesses are impressive; drafting compelling ET1s...

Dr Gosalakkal v University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust  UKEAT/0114/18/DA In a judgment handed down on 4 July, Karen Moss represented the successful appellant who challenged a detailed assessment of costs of over £80k in the employment tribunal. HHJ Richardson gave the judgment of the EAT which found that the employment judge had misunderstood the degree of overlap between (1) the whistleblowing complaints in respect of which an order for costs was made, and (2)...

On 25 July Mark Green appeared in the Court of Appeal on two separate appeals, led by Timothy Brennan QC. The first appeal looked at when the 6 year limitation deadline imposed by the Limitation Act 1980 would apply in the context of an unlawful deduction of wages claim for sums owing under the national minimum wage legislation over a period of 15 years. The second case involved a question of the time limit to appeal...

3PB has today announced that the barristers chambers is moving back into its Bournemouth offices on Christchurch Road. This follows extensive damage to its offices which forced the national chambers  to spend nearly four months in temporary offices at Bourne Space on Hinton Road in Bournemouth.  The four-floor chambers building was declared unsafe and electricity was turned off after thousands of litres of water flooded its offices through the night of Tuesday 9th April with...

3PB barristers Henrietta Hughes and Gabriel Adedeji publish our latest Personal Injury Law update covering: New key publications The new discount rate Cases analysis: FD: Daniel O’Brien v Royal Mail Group LTD (May 2019) QBD (Manchester) Hire & Contractual Liability: Andrew Phillips v Aviva Insurance UK LTD (Jan 2019) CC (Bournemouth & Poole) Split Liability: Luxton V Raja [2019] EWHC 644 (QB) Exceptional Circumstances, Fixed Costs: Ferri V Gill [2019] EWHC 952 (QB) Click here...

Chambers is delighted to announce Mark Green's promotion to the Attorney-General’s London B Panel for a period of five years commencing on 2nd September 2019. Chambers currently has five other members on the Attorney-General’s civil panels. They are: London A Panel: Mathew Gullick, William Hansen London B Panel: Richard Wheeler, Caroline Stone Regional Panel B: Simon Tibbitts

Head of Chambers David Berkley KC is delighted to announce that David Parratt KC, Barrister and Advocate, has joined 3PB Barristers from Crown Office Chambers. He is one of the leading Silks in Scotland for international and UK arbitrations and has experience both as counsel and arbitrator. He is renowned for his work in commercial, construction, engineering and energy disputes. He has acted in many of the biggest arbitration cases for leading blue-chip clients, including...

Simon Tibbitts has just finished a 10 day hearing in London Central Employment Tribunal that has received widespread media attention. The trial has been reported in the Telegraph, Guardian, BBC News and the Independent amongst others. Simon appeared on behalf of the Ministry of Defence defending claims of racial harassment and discrimination brought by two former paratroopers. Judgment is reserved but a link to an article from the Independent can be found here. Click here...

Our barristers and clerks have been busy this month giving back to our communities by raising money for charities. On 16 June, 3PB’s Head of the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Mark Lomas and Chambers Director Stuart Pringle skydived on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, raising £1,990 for Alabaré’s Homes for Veterans. A team of 7 barristers and staff – Deputy Head of Chambers Gavin Hamilton, Michelle Marnham, Lachlan Wilson, Henrietta Hughes, Eloise ...

Pupil barrister Ashley Blood-Halvorsen has been working for the last 18 months on a review of global reforms of cannabis law, that has just been published by a working party of the Society of Conservative Lawyers (SCL). The new report “Cannabis: A look at sweeping global change” was authored by Ashley and Simon Randall CBE of Winkworth Sherwood LLP and looks at the history of the drug and the legal position in England and Wales, Canada,...

3PB Barristers William Webster’s new seminal guide for planning practitioners - “Planning Law: A Practitioner's Handbook” – published by leading UK law publishers Wildy, Simmonds and Hill, has attracted critical praise from planning barrister Dr Ashley Bowes, Editor of the Journal of Planning & Environment Law,  in Thomson Reuters’ Book Reviews. The book undoubtedly provides the busy planning professional with answers to day-to-day commonly encountered issues. Covering a broad range of topics, it also provides...