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Leading criminal defence barrister Nick Robinson of 3PB Barristers successfully defended Jurjingo Berisha in a two-week attempted murder trial at Winchester Crown Court before HHJ Morris The Recorder of Winchester. Mr Berisha was charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Weymouth in June 2025. Nick’s client stabbed two males in an unprovoked assault. He was charged with attempting to kill one of the males. The prosecution alleged a premeditated attack, relying heavily on...
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3PB crime regulatory law barrister Nicholas Cotter has acted in the first prosecution of a case under the Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023, which was introduced in 2024 to enable the prosecution of users of powered vessels and personal watercrafts for their unsafe operation. Instructed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), the case concerned a man who crashed into a 15-year-old kayaker near Milford Haven, causing injury and fear and wrecking the boy’s kayak....
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) specialist Property, Chancery and Matrimonial Finance Barrister Rachel Bale appears as guest on ‘Get Legally Speaking’ podcast discussing Cohabitation and TOLATA issues. Hosted by Hatti Suvari, in this episode Rachel gives some no-nonsense, jargon-free advice about what one can expect when involved in a cohabitation dispute, as well as tips to avoid common mistakes. Rachel and Hatti explore how courts decide property ownership, what evidence matters and how you can...
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3PB Barristers’ Intellectual Property team is set to host a series of lectures across the country with The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA). 3PB’s specialist IP barristers Victoria Jones, Nicole Bollard, Faizul Azman and Mark Wilden will join together to discuss topics of importance to trade mark practitioners, including analysing the implications of recent decisions in trademark law, explore the updated UK IPO procedures, and the tactical deployment of infringement remedies. The first session in this roadshow will take...
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Events & Seminars
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Online
3PB Family Law Brunch - Thursday 29 January - 11am on Zoom
Date: Thursday 29th Jan 2026 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: On Zoom The 3PB Family Law Team would like to invite you to the first Family Law Brunch of 2026 on Thursday 29 January at 11am for one hour. Our webinar will be hosted by 3PB family law barristers Hamish Dunlop and Peter Wilkinson. Hamish Dunlop will consider ‘Challenging the SJE: Daniels v Walker applications in Financial Remedy cases.’ Peter Wilkinson will present 'The limits on the Court’s powers to strike out in Family Law.' The webinar will include time for…
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In-Person
Construction Law Q&A: EOT assessments - are CAs/EAs getting it right?
Dates: 9th Sep (5:30 pm - 8:00 pm) 4th Feb (5:30 pm - 8:00 pm) Venue: 3PB Bristol / 3PB Birmingham 3PB's Construction and Engineering team invites you to join us for a Q&A session discussing EOT assessments and whether CAs and EAs are "getting it right". The session will offer the opportunity to hear from 3PB’s expert construction law barristers on the form, content and extent of an EA's/CA's EOT award recommendation, as well as ask questions on this important topic. Speakers include barristers James Davison, Patrick Heneghan, Jon Shaw and William Charlesworth. The seminar will…
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In-Person
Education Law Conference 2026
Date: Thursday 5th Feb 2026 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Venue: IET London: Savoy Place 3PB's Education Law Team is delighted to announce that its third annual conference will be held on Thursday 5 February 2026! This full-day event will include presentations on a variety of topics of interest to education practitioners. We will hear from a number of 3PB's specialist education law barristers, including: 3PB's Head of Education Charlotte Hadfield, John Friel, Lachlan Wilson, Katherine Anderson, Emma Calvert (née Waldron), Ben Amunwa, Alice de Coverley, Jim Hirschmann, Alex Leonhardt, Liz Adams and Olivia McGonigle. A…
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In-Person
Acquiring the woods and the trees: a practical workshop on adverse possession and proprietary estoppel
Date: Thursday 5th Mar 2026 Time: 12:00 pm - 4:15 pm Venue: 3PB Birmingham, Colmore Building, 20 Colmore Circus, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6AT 3PB are pleased to offer a practical seminar and workshop. Our speakers and panel will be drawn from specialist members of our Property and Estates Group which includes The Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson KC, Andrew Nicklin, Charles Irvine, Matthew Cannings and Jamie Johnston. Using a fictional problem, the team will offer expert talks followed by group workshops on best preparation of an adverse possession application and objection and the formulation of and tactics in pursuing and defending a proprietary estoppel claim. Join us for lunch served promptly…
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