• 3PB's Employment and Discrimination Newsletter - April 2019

    Simon Tibbitts edits 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter. Click here to read our News, Case Law Updates and book to attend one of our events.

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  • Coroner in Mark Lomas’ inquest into the death of Professor John Alliston calls for tougher electrical safety laws

    3PB’s Head of PI and Clinical Negligence Mark Lomas represented the family of Professor John Alliston, formerly of the Royal Agricultural University, at the inquest into his death in 2017. Shortly after Professor Alliston and his wife took a private rental of a rural property, he was working in the garden when he touched a copper pipe on the exterior of the house and received a fatal electric shock. After a 2 day inquest, the...

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  • 3PB’s Cotter wins critical appeal for Bristol bus business against traffic commissioner

    Independent bus operator Abus - which runs bus services in Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and further afield - turned to 3PB’s public and regulatory barrister Nick Cotter when the business faced possible suspension of its licence and closure of the business. Abus’ boss Alan Peters appealed the ruling from the Traffic Commissioner who controls and polices bus and haulage firm licences. The Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney had earlier held a public inquiry into the management...

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  • “Fixing” the problems in cricket – How to do it: an analysis by Stephen Harvey QC

    Stephen Harvey QC examines how the corruption exposed in the sport in recent years could potentially be brought to an end. Click here to read Stephen Harvey's analysis. View his profile here.

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  • 3PB recruits top arbitrators Planterose and Ribbands

    3PB Barristers, one of the UK's largest and oldest chambers, continue their construction & engineering team’s expansion with the recruitment of two more senior construction arbitrators with national and international reputations, Rowan Planterose and Nigel Ribbands. “I am hugely delighted to have Rowan and Nigel joining 3PB,” said Peter Collie, Head of 3PB’s high-profile construction & engineering team which include its internationally-recognised specialist team of counsel who act as arbitrators, adjudicators or neutrals in construction...

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  • 3PB Barrister Jane Rowley successfully prosecutes 4 men who were part of an Organised Crime Group

    3PB Barrister Jane Rowley successfully prosecutes 4 men who were part of an Organised Crime Group involved in a drugs conspiracy, offensive weapons and firearms offences (Operation Socket) in Southampton Crown Court. On 12th April four men were jailed for their part in supplying and selling cannabis to students in Southampton as part of an organised crime group investigated by the Hampshire Police. Police seized drugs worth £10,000 being transported to the city on 11th...

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  • The Tenant Fees Act 2019 to be discussed at 3PB seminar on 15 May

    On 11th April 2019, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (Commencement No.3) Regulations 2019 were issued. Louise Worton will be discussing this Act, together with the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, at a seminar on 15th May 2019 in Birmingham. Joshua Dubin will be addressing Adverse Possession in the FTT.

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  • Three 3PB Barristers appointed to the list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law

    National chambers 3PB Barristers is delighted to announce the appointment of three of its barristers to the list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law. David Richards (call 1989), who recently acted in the Cheeki Rafiki case has been appointed to the panel’s A list. Elisabeth Bussey-Jones (call 1997), who has conducted over 200 inquests in her role as a coroner and Tom Horder (call 2004), who has represented parties in...

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  • Laura Deuxberry becomes a tenant in 3PB's criminal team

    We are delighted to announce that criminal barrister Laura Deuxberry has accepted an invitation to join chambers after a very successful period completing a third six pupillage at 3PB in Winchester.

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  • 3PB team taking part in Tough Mudder event for the Child Brain Injury Trust

    3PB Barristers are proudly supporting the Child Brain Injury Trust by participating in the Tough Mudder 2019 race, taking place on 12th April 2019 at Finsbury Park, London. The Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT) is the leading charity providing practical and emotional support to over 8,000 children each year who have suffered a brain injury - along with their parents, brothers and sisters - anybody who has been affected.  What really sets CBIT apart is...

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  • The effects of EU Withdrawal for Commercial Lawyers

    The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union is brought into effect at a domestic level by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“the Act”). As has been extensively reported, the Act and the subordinate legislation that it will give rise to, constitute the single largest legislative reform programme that this country has witnessed. 3PB's Head of Chambers David Berkley KC, and Seb Oram explain the effect of the Act, and provide a practical guide to those changes...

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  • 3PB Crime Group Jonathan Underhill and Graham Gilbert to provide a criminal update for the Hampshire Law Society

    3PB Crime Group Jonathan Underhill and Graham Gilbert are delighted to present a criminal update on behalf of the Hampshire Incorporated Law Society on Thursday 11th April 2019. Topics: Domestic Violence: Is further legislation the answer? The landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill has been published (Monday 21 January), aimed at supporting victims and their families and pursuing offenders. Are the proposed changes and additions simply provisions which are long overdue, or will more legislation make a complex a delicate...

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