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Oliver Isaacs, employment law barrister at 3PB,  represented a Claimant in a rare case involving the reinstatement of an employee.  In Re L, the Manchester Employment Tribunal has indicated that it will order the reinstatement of a Claimant who was deemed unfairly dismissed.  In a two day remedy hearing, Oliver successfully represented L, advising and representing the client on issues of reinstatement and re-engagement. Oliver is an employment law expert and advises and represents both employers and...

Tim Bradbury, criminal law barrister, appeared for the Respondent in R v Pacurar (2016)(19)SJ.37, CLW/16/19/3, [2016] EWCA Crim 569 where the Court of Appeal, in dismissing an appeal against conviction, definitively settled the issue as whether an offence under Section 63 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Trespass with Intent to Commit a Sexual Offence) required the prosecution to prove a specific sexual offence. For a case synopsis please see Archbold 2016 20-201 and an...

In what circumstances will a contract result when a written offer document states it is not binding until signed, and the recipient does not sign but performs in the manner contemplated by its terms? Joseph Giret QC analyses Reveille Independent LLC v. Anotech International (UK) Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 443 (CA), in which the issue was recently considered. Joseph is a silk practising in Commercial Law. View his profile here.

Thomas Talbot-Ponsonby, Property Law expert at 3PB Barristers, explores the primary concerns of the Law Commission’s review, suggesting there should be a greater focus on electronic conveyancing and increasing the jurisdiction of the Land Registration Division of the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal. To read the full article, please see the pdf below. Thomas Talbot-Ponsonby was called as a barrister in 2011 and advises and represents clients on a range of property and commercial...

Some of 3PB's Personal Injury team pitted their wits against a strong line up of contenders at a charity fund raising quiz held in aid of the Headway. The charity raises awareness of head injuries and provides much needed support to people with them. The quiz was organised in aid of Brain Injury Week (which runs from 9 - 15 May) and although not the winning team, the 3PB barristers helped to raise much needed...

Susan Jones, 3PB commercial law barrister appeared in the Chancery Division of High Court, Bristol Registry, in a case concerning contractual interpretation, following dismissal of an application to set aside a statutory demand for over £80,000. Susan appeared on behalf of the Creditor/Respondent at first instance and in the High Court. At first instance the Judge found that anything other than what the Creditor suggested might be something by Lewis Carroll. The case involved the...

Thomas O’Donohoe appeared as one of a team of speakers from Chambers’ Employment Law Group at a seminar on current employment law topics presented by the group to professional clients at Southampton Solent University. Thomas addressed the topic of recent developments in the law on reasonable adjustments.

Paul Newman, construction barrister and RIBA and TecBar accredited adjudicator,  participated in a CIOB / Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ‘mock adjudication’ at The University of South Wales, Cardiff on 28 April. Paul played the central role of the adjudicator at the event, attracting delegates  from the construction industry and related professions. Paul advises across a broad range of construction disputes, appearing in Court and arbitration hearings and also representing clients in adjudication (including enforcement proceedings)...

Oliver Isaacs, employment law barrister at 3PB represented Carly McWilliams in the high profile McWilliams v Citibank NA case. Judgment was recently announced with a remedy hearing listed for later in the year. Carly McWilliams is the latest of a number of forex traders dismissed in the wake of investigatory probes by the US Department of Justice and the Financial Conduct Authority.  Miss McWilliams was dismissed for breaching client confidentiality.   She alleged she was unfairly...

Professional Discipline barrister Jane Rowley successfully defended a Registrant before the Fitness to Practice Committee of the General Pharmaceutical Council, instructed by Stephensons Solicitors. Jane invoked a ground breaking procedure before the Council who accepted undertakings from the Registrant, thereby permitting him to continue to practice without the making of an order.  

This case presents an interesting review by Leggatt J of the applicability of automatic enrolment provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 and the role of the Pensions Regulator in enforcing them against peripatetic employees, most notably seafarers living in the UK but working on vessels that spend little time in UK territorial waters. It has relevance to employment law but also regulatory and criminal practice.  

If a contract for work and materials is performed badly, can there be a total failure of consideration? By what ‘performance’ is that question to be addressed? And can there also be a claim for damages? Christopher Edwards (Call 2008) analyses the most recent contribution of the Court of Appeal to the question of total failure of consideration and damages, in Gartell & Son (a firm) v. Yeovil Town Football & Athletic Club Limited [2016]...