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It is with regret and sadness that we announce the passing of Graham Kean. From the day he qualified as a Solicitor in 1976, Graham appeared in court almost every day. Graham initially worked at solicitors firms, in both Oxford and Bristol, practising in criminal and family cases. It was not long before Graham established his own practice as an independent Solicitor Advocate specialising in Criminal work (both prosecuting and defending) and Children Act Family...

Neil Fawcett (2006 call) has joined 3PB‘s leading Commercial and Property teams. Neil  has a broad commercial and chancery practice and will be based in 3PB’s Birmingham Office in the landmark Colmore Building. In the property arena Neil acts for individuals, private companies and public bodies in relation to commercial property disputes, including multi-day High Court and County Court trials and has experience of trials in the property tribunal. In banking and financial services litigation Neil...

Supreme Court: A Judge, even though not a worker, can rely on whistleblowing protection in a boost for the application of EU rights to domestic law Joseph England of 3PB Barristers analyses the Supreme Court's decision - Read the full article here. Gilham v Ministry of Justice [2019] UKSC 44 The Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Gilham on 16 October 2019. The SC considered whether a Judge could rely on whistleblowing protection, holding...

Fraudulent Personal Injury Claims: Tips for Litigating Fundamental Dishonesty - An update by Ikeni Mbako-Allison. Click here to read Ikeni's analysis.  

Seb Oram analyses the Commercial Court’s recent decision in Natixis SA v Marex Financial [2019] EWHC 2549 (Comm), as part of LexisPSL’s Case Analysis Expert Panels. What is the scope for common mistake in commercial contracts? Can a party’s standard terms limit or exclude liability, even where there is no contractual relationship? Seb is a Commercial Law barrister specialising in professional negligence and the construction sector. Click here to view his profile. Click here to...

The 2020 Chambers and Partners legal directory - which ranks and rates barristers and solicitors based on independent research by the publisher and direct feedback from clients - has given 3PB 36 individual rankings in this year's guide, across 14 different practice areas. This includes two new group rankings for our education team in London and our family team in Birmingham. Chambers and Partners’ review of 3PB includes: "The clerks are very efficient, helpful and quick...

Lachlan Wilson and Mathew Gullick edit 3PB's latest Employment & Discrimination newsletter, including contributions from Sarah Clarke. Case summaries cover: L v Q Ltd, [2019] EWCA Civ 1417 - The Court of Appeal affirms the importance of the principle of open justice in the context of Employment Tribunals, doubts whether there would ever be grounds (in a case not involving national security) for withholding publication of an ET judgment altogether, and refuses a disabled litigant’s...

3PB is delighted to be shortlisted as Chambers of the Year at the British  Legal Week Awards 2019. Best of luck to all other sets shortlisted.

3PB construction expert Paul Newman has been appointed to two new UK panels: An accredited construction industry adjudicator (RIBA), Paul has accepted an invitation to join RIBA’s Professional Conduct Panel. The Panel is tasked with hearing and ruling on regulatory complaints against practising architects. Paul has also been appointed a panel member of UK Adjudicators which offers adjudicator services to UK construction industry clients. Paul specialises in construction law, including professional negligence claims against construction professionals, disputes concerning party walls...

National chambers 3 Paper Buildings (3PB) has 70 barristers ranked - including 18 new rankings - across London, South East, Western and Midlands Circuits and in 13 categories of law in the latest Legal 500 rankings of UK lawyers. Simon Astill, Chief Executive at 3PB, said: “To see our barristers boost our ratings as a top tier leading set in the annual Legal 500 rankings of the UK Bar is tremendous. We are proud of...

Max Schofield analyses, for LexisPSL, the practical implications of the Admin Court’s decision in  R (on the application of Actegy Ltd) v Advertising Standards Authority Ltd [2019] EWHC 2374 (Admin). This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 12/09/2019. Click here to read Max's analysis.  

Two former paratroopers brought claims of victimisation, direct race discrimination and harassment against the MOD. 3PB’s employment barrister Simon Tibbitts represented the MOD throughout. The victimisation claims were all struck out at a preliminary hearing in April 2019 with the direct race discrimination and racial harassment claims proceeding to be heard over 10 days in Central London ET in July 2019. The trial (final hearing) attracted widespread media attention and the Judgment, which has recently...