3PB is delighted to announce that its Commercial group has achieved 11 rankings in this year's Legal 500 edition. 6 of our barristers across the areas of Commercial Litigation, Company and Insolvency, Data Protection and Professional Negligence in the London, Midlands, South Eastern and Western. Our Professional Negligence team in particular is ‘well regarded on the Western Circuit’[…] ‘with members regularly instructed in both contentious and advisory mattersp, including claims against professionals for breach of...
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3PB’s specialist commercial, public and information law barrister, Mariya Peykova, has written an article on the law around explicit deepfakes, which is published in July’s issue of Counsel magazine. She discusses how advances in artificial intelligence have created new legal challenges surrounding the creation and distribution of explicit deepfake content, examining the gaps in existing legislation and the difficulties faced by victims seeking protection and redress. To contact or instruct Mariya, please email David Fielder...
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3PB’s specialist commercial, public and information law barrister, Mariya Peykova, has written a case summary of the judgment in 'DSG Retail Limited v Information Commissioner [2026] EWCA Civ 140' handed down in February this year. She discusses the scope of the duty imposed on data controllers to protect personal data in their possession and control by taking appropriate technical and organisational measures ('ATOMs') and how the security duty is particularly relevant when data controllers fall...
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3PB’s specialist commercial, public and information law barrister, Mariya Peykova, has written an article titled ‘Grok around and find out. Or not. What does the law say about sexually explicit deepfakes, and do we need better rules?’. She discusses how Grok has sparked controversy in recent weeks after being used to generate non-consensual sexualised images, with victims predominantly being women and girls. These images are an example of sexually explicit deepfakes created without consent. Mariya...
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