Articles

Emma Griffiths provides a whistle-stop tour of key principles, authorities and Guidance to signpost practitioners when faced with an issue about the appropriate legal framework for accommodating children who are subject to care proceedings.

3PB barrister Imogen Robins and Amphlett Lissimore head of family law Estella Newbold-Brown explore the legal intricacies of "pet arrangements" or custody and offer family practitioners the benefits of their insights and guidance into an often emotionally charged subject.

3PB ‘s specialist commercial, public and information law barrister Mariya Peykova has written an article titled ‘Online dating platforms and the law: can you afford to swipe right for love?’

3PB's Matiss Krumins represented the local authority before the Supreme Court in respect of the father’s appeal in The Father (Appellant) v Worcestershire County Council (Respondent)
[2025] UKSC 1.

Grace Nicholls reviews Abel Estate Agent Limited and ors v Reynolds [2025] EAT 6, a case which provides an important reminder on how parties and the Tribunals must deal with proceedings in light of the Clark decision and how Tribunals may tackle failures to enter ACAS EC going forward.

It is worthwhile bearing in mind the potential for this appeal to be taken to the Court of Appeal to resolve the tension between Abel and Pryce.

Katherine Anderson offers a practical reminder and tips to respondent representatives regarding mitigation evidence.

Jo Laxton considers the EAT's decision in the case of Kaler v Insights ESC Ltd [2024] EAT 195, where is upheld the findings of an employment tribunal regarding discrimination arising from disability, and requests made by the Claimant during the final hearing for a postponement.

Emma Greening considers the case of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council v Christine Oliver [2024] EAT 193 in which it was held an Employment Tribunal was wrong to determine a complaint that had not been part of the Claimant's original claim.

Daniel Brown analyses the case of HSBC Bank PLC v Chevalier-Firescu [2024] EWCA Civ 1550, in which the Court of Appeal reviewed if the ET had provided sufficient basis for refusing to extend time.

3PB crime and regulatory barrister Rebecca Mcknight has written on the new guidelines for strangulation or suffocation/ racially or religiously aggravated strangulation or suffocation.

The new sentencing guidelines will come into force on 1st January 2025.The data in this area is relatively limited given the offences only came into force on 7 June 2022 but practitioners will know that it is becoming increasingly common to see a charge of strangulation or suffocation. There was a clear need for a guideline for these offences.

Alex Leonhardt reviews the case of L v The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2024] UKFTT 001044 (TC), in which the FTT considers the question of taxation of a settlement of financial losses from discrimination, and in particular when it is said that the losses flow from being prevented from taking on work.