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    High Court upholds article 3 ‘systems’ challenge to public funds delays

    On 21 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in R (SAG & others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2984 (Admin), an expedited judicial review challenge to the government’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) system, following a hearing on 13 and 14 November 2024. The default position of the Home Office is to grant UK visas subject to a NRPF condition that prohibits most migrants from accessing welfare...

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    Matthew Cannings appointed as a Recorder on the Western Circuit

    The 270-barrister national chambers, 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is delighted to announce that Matthew Cannings - who heads 3PB's Property and Estates Group - has been appointed by His Majesty the King as a Recorder on the Western Circuit. His part-time judicial appointment takes effect from next Monday 18 November 2024. Matthew was called to the bar in 2006 and was appointed as a part-time Deputy District Judge in 2019. Matthew has nearly twenty...

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    Top sports and regulatory lawyer Louise Hartley joins 3PB

    Louise Hartley, who moves from her role as Head of Legal at Sport England, joins the national chambers 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) having also worked extensively across a range of other regulatory sectors including the healthcare and telecommunications industries. Louise led the legal function at Sport England for more than five years, having earlier spent four years working as in-house counsel at both the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the PSA (Phone-paid Services Authority)....

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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 Public and Regulatory Law team rewarded with 5 rankings in Chambers and Partners

    3PB congratulates its Public and Regulatory Law team for earning 3 new rankings in this year’s Chambers and Partners edition. To its existing 2 accolades for Administrative and Public Law, the team has added 2 rankings for Professional Discipline and one ranking for Inquests and Public Inquiries. Head of Group Mathew Gullick KC commented: “This significant gain in Chambers and Partners’ latest publication reflects both new and existing members of our national set of chambers,...

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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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    Sunyana Sharma represents Coastguard in beach drowning inquest

    3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Sunyana Sharma, represents His Majesty’s Coastguard (‘HMCG’) in a 2-week inquest following the tragic deaths of Joseph Abbess and Sunnah Khan who drowned whilst swimming between the red and yellow flags at Bournemouth beach on 31 May 2023 following a flash rip current.  The coroner considered the risk assessments carried out by the Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Borough Council (‘BCP’) and the RNLI prior to the accident, the cause and...

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    Rachel Best KC joins three highly rated practice teams at 3PB

    3 Paper Buildings (3PB) is delighted to announce that leading barrister and silk Rachel Best KC (2006 call) has joined chambers as an associate member. Rachel specialises in employment and discrimination disputes, judicial reviews, inquests and personal injury cases. She was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2006, the Bar of Ireland in 2021 and was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2022. She was promoted to Silk in 2024....

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  • Public and Regulatory Law team achieves 10 rankings in this year’s Legal 500

    3PB is delighted to announce 10 individual rankings for its Public and Regulatory law group across 4 Circuits (London, Midlands, Western and South Eastern). While the group sees 4 rankings confirmed for its Professional Discipline specialists in London and Western, its Inquests experts have retained 2 rankings. The Group’s Court of Protection barristers celebrate 2 new rankings in London, retaining 2 previous accolades in Midlands and South Eastern. This result, and the team’s commitment to...

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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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    Former Solicitor General Michael Tomlinson KC returns to 3PB

    Former Solicitor General in England and Wales, the Rt.Hon. Michael Tomlinson KC (call:2002) is returning to 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) to practice as a barrister after more than 9 years as an MP and becoming one of UK’s top law enforcement officers. Michael was the first newly appointed King’s Counsel in 2022 and was sworn in as a member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council in February 2024. Michael will be based in the...

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    Alice de Coverley speaks to The Work Couch on neurodiversity at work

    3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education, equality and public law barrister Alice de Coverley has spoken to RPC Legal’s The Work Couch podcast as part of their neurodiversity mini-series ahead of ADHD awareness month in October. In the first episode of the series, which looks at the lived experience on neurodiversity, Alice joins host Ellie Gelder, alongside Auticon’s Ashlea Cromby and Tracey West and Victoria Othen of RPC Legal. The conversation covers a range...

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