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    Hannah Bush appointed District Judge to sit in Birmingham

    3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that family barrister Hannah Bush will officially be appointed as a District Judge from next Monday 18th November 2024. District Judge Bush will sit on the Midlands Circuit and be based at the Birmingham Combined Court Centre. Hannah was called to the Bar in 2007 and was appointed as a Deputy District Judge and a fee-paid First Tier Tribunal Judge in May 2020. Teaching advocacy part-time...

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    Alice Horn, Jack Felvus and Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley become members of chambers

    3PB are pleased to announce that barristers Alice Horn, Jack Felvus and Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley (pictured here, left to right) have successfully completed their twelve-month pupillages and become members of the 250-barrister, national chambers. Former Prince of Wales and David Karmel Scholar Alice Horn (call:2022) joins following a ten-year career in industry internationally. Alice is a much-in-demand barrister with significant experience in both County Court and High Court matters and specialises in commercial litigation, adjudication and...

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  • 3PB’s Family Law Team goes from strength to strength in Chambers & Partners latest edition

    3PB Barristers’ Family Law team has achieved 27 individual rankings (+5 compared with 2024) in this year’s Chambers and Partners edition published today. 23 of our family law barristers are ranked across 5 Circuits: in London, the Midlands, North Eastern, South Eastern and Western. While our team is once again rewarded with Band 1 rankings for both Family Children and Family Finance in the Midlands and retains its Band 2 ranking in Western, our family...

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    3PB achieves 96 rankings in Chambers and Partners 2025 edition

    3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) breaks another record in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 96 rankings (81 last year) achieved by 80 of its barristers. The national set is rewarded with accolades in 21 areas of law, in the London Bar as well as in the North Eastern, South Eastern, Western and Midlands Circuits and exceptional comments for its expertise and service delivery. Click here to view the full...

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    3PB welcomes three new 12-month pupil barristers to its 270-strong barrister ranks

    The three pupils starting their twelve-month pupillages, pictured left to right from the top, are: former Fleet Air Arm Officer James Hume who is focused on commercial litigation and arbitration as well as property and construction law; former paralegal in Slaughter and May’s Disputes and Investigation team Emily Hayward is focusing on civil law disputes, particularly commercial, property and personal injury and Victoria Holland, a former human rights paralegal with law firm Hickman & Rose,...

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  • Oliver Nunn

    Oliver Nunn delivers advocacy skills workshop at Universities

    3PB specialist property law barrister Oliver Nunn delivered a workshop at the University of Leicester and the University of Nottingham on advocacy skills.  Oliver delivers this workshop once a year and they are known as ‘Oliver’s College of Knowledge: Mooting 101’. The talk is designed to give undergraduates and new advocates all the skills and practical knowledge they need as they embark on mooting at university. Oliver is an Honorary Associate Professor at Leicester who...

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    Family barrister Frida Dahlqvist moves to 3PB

    Frida Dahlqvist (2014 call) has moved to 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) from KCH Garden Square Chambers in Nottingham/Leicester where she is a much-requested family barrister with a strong practice in care proceedings and private law children disputes. Frida is also renowned as a highly effective cross-examiner and attended FLBA’s “Advocacy and the Vulnerable” training course. In care proceedings, Frida Dahlqvist is frequently instructed by local authorities but also has extensive experience of representing parents and...

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    3PB celebrates 75 years of women silks

    Four women silks - Liz McGrath KC, June Venters KC, Vanessa Meachin KC and Lucy Hendry KC - from 3PB's 80-strong family law team  yesterday attended the 75th anniversary celebration (see attached photo) of the appointment of the first women silks. The commemorative event was held at the Royal Courts of Justice and was hosted by three High Court judges, McGowan, Theis and Morgan JJ. The Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill paid tribute...

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    Kellie Salter speaking at Community Care Live 2024

    3PB family barrister Kellie Salter will be speaking at the Community Care Live 2024 conference on "Competence, capacity and parental responsibility – a guide to all three for those working with young people." Kellie is speaking as part of a new legal learning stream, providing the latest legal guidance and advice from some of the country’s leading experts. Community Care Live 2024 is the UK's largest free-to-attend social work event and is held this year...

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    3PB achieves record rankings in the Legal 500’s 2025 edition

    3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), one of the UK's largest chambers, is celebrating this year again its rankings - totalling 167 - in the Legal 500 2025’s edition published today, a 15% increase on last year’s 145. The set is ranked in 23 areas of law, across 4 UK Circuits: London, South Eastern, Western and the Midlands. 3PB’s barristers are also ranked in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. The Legal 500 acknowledges 3PB...

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    3PB welcomes top family silk June Venters KC

    3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to welcome leading family silk, June Venters KC, to its 80-strong team of family barristers as a full tenant. June Venters KC is a dual-qualified barrister and solicitor who brings with her over 40 years of experience in family law and children disputes. June was called to the bar in 2017, having been made the first woman solicitor QC in 2006. June is a qualified family mediator, civil...

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    3PB becomes a 2024 Bronze Patron of Advocate

    3PB Barristers has become a Bronze Patron of Advocate as a result of successfully raising over £2,500 for the charity at its recent Private Law and Financial Remedies Family Law Conference. The family group made the donation, along with a separate donation for the same amount to Bfriends (the official charity of Birmingham Children’s Trust), drawing on the conference proceeds generated from ticket sales and sponsorship. Advocate matches people in need of legal advice with...

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