3 Paper Buildings (3PB) is one of the UK's oldest chambers and is the third largest set of barristers in the UK.

3PB provides a comprehensive legal advocacy and advisory service to individuals and businesses alike both in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Our 270 plus barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from seven locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Manchester, Oxford and Winchester.

Latest News

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    Rob Dawson successfully challenges the Court’s jurisdiction to hear an application under s.68 of the Arbitration Act 1996

    3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) commercial and construction barrister Rob Dawson appeared for the Defendants in a recent case in the High Court (Technology and Construction Court). The Defendants successfully obtained an arbitration award in their favour and were represented in that arbitration by 3PB’s Dr Zhen Ye. The Claimant sought to challenge the arbitration award under s.68 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The central issue before the Court was whether the Claimant was entitled...

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    Mark Wilden acts for successful claimant ValueLicensing in trial against Microsoft before CAT

    3PB’s specialist intellectual property barrister Mark Wilden acted for the successful claimant, JJH Enterprises (trading as ValueLicensing), in a claim before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in a case involving the legality of selling pre-owned Microsoft Office and Windows software. In a judgement handed down yesterday as [2025] CAT 75 the tribunal found for the claimant on all substantive issues. The hearing resolved the key question of whether Microsoft's Windows and Office fall outside the...

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    November Employment Law Newsletter - Out Now

    Welcome to our November employment law newsletter edited by Stephen Wyeth. We announce great results in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners.
    Analysis is provided by Stephen Wyeth, Robin Pickard, Alex Leonhardt and Grace Nicholls on the following cases:
    - Davidson v National Express Ltd [2025] EAT 151
    - Huntley v Siemens Healthcare Limited [2025] EAT 152
    - Sogbodjor v WKCIC t/a Capital City College Group 2219358/2024
    - Abel Estate Agent Ltd & Ors v Elizabeth Reynolds [2025] EWCA Civ 1357
    We hope you enjoy our newsletter.

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    November Family Law Newsletter - Out Now !

    Welcome to the latest and final newsletter for 2025. It comes hot off the press of some fantastic results for Chambers in the legal directories with record results for the family team. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who gave up their valuable time to provide the feedback, it is very much appreciated.
    I hope you have enjoyed our newsletter this year. We thank you for following us in 2025 and we will be back with more updates, articles and innovative ideas in the new year! Please do get in touch if you would like to get involved.

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Events & Seminars

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    3PB Family's 2025 Care Conference

    Date: Friday 21st Nov 2025
    Time: 8:45 am - 4:30 pm
    Venue: The Harbour Hotel, 5 Maritime Walk, Southampton SO14 3QT

    The 3PB Family team are pleased to share the agenda for our full-day Care Conference chaired by Lucy Hendry KC. We are delighted to announce and are extremely grateful that our keynote speaker on Friday 21 November will be Lord Justice Jackson. Other presentations will be made during the day by members of the 3PB family team. We are also pleased to be joined by independent social worker Amy Bartram as well as Dr Freda Gardner…

  • Online 3PB Family law brunch 11am Thursday 27 November 2025

    3PB Family Law Brunch - Thursday 27 November - 11am on Zoom

    Date: Thursday 27th Nov 2025
    Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Venue: On Zoom

    The 3PB Family Law Team would like to invite you to our next family law brunch on Thursday 27 November at 11am for one hour. Our webinar will be hosted by 3PB family law barristers Rachel Bale and Laura Buchan. Laura Buchan will consider 'Crypto Assets and Financial Remedy, when Courts and Crypto-world Collide' Rachel Bale will present 'Trusts in Financial Remedy Proceedings: is it a sham?' The webinar will include time for questions and answers.…

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    Education Law Conference 2026

    Date: Thursday 5th Feb 2026
    Time: 9:00 am - 5:30 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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    3PB's Family Law Group Private Law Children and Financial Remedies Conference

    Date: Thursday 23rd Apr 2026
    Time: 9:45 am - 5:00 pm
    Venue: Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG

    3PB's Family Law Group is pleased to announce that it's fourth annual Private Law Children and Financial Remedies Conference will be taking place on 23 April 2026 at Millennium Point, Birmingham. Event details to come.

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