General News

Gareth Graham appointed as one of the new chairs of the BHA Judicial Panel

21st July 2023

3PB sports, employment and professional discipline barrister Gareth Graham (pictured here) has been appointed as one of the new chairs for the British Horseracing Authority's (BHA) independent Judicial Panel, which encompasses the Disciplinary Panel, Appeal Board and Licensing Committee. The Judicial Panel is established by the BHA as the pool of lawyers to hear all cases or appeals referred to it in connection with the Rules of Racing. Following a review of the Judicial Panel’s processes,...

Luke Nelson writes a brief guide to "Intervener actions in financial remedies proceedings: interests in land" for Family Law

20th July 2023

3PB family barrister Luke Nelson (pictured here) has written a brief guide to "Intervener actions in financial remedies proceedings: interests in land" for the Family Law Journal. Published on 9 July, Luke's guide considers the practical, procedural and legal issues that arise when third-party interests in land arise in financial remedy proceedings. In particular, Luke seeks to answer the following questions: How to identify that a case is suitable for joinder. What is the correct...

Cop Comm Episode 6 now available

14th July 2023

Episode 6 of Cop Comm, 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Court of Protection and community care podcast is now available to download. In this episode, co-presenters Matthew Wyard and Jim Hirschmann discuss two cases from June 2023, Re: Public Guardians Severance Application [2023] EWCOP 24 and appeal case Wiltshire County Council v RB & Ors [2023] EWCOP 26. All episodes of Cop Comm are available to stream via major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music...

Alice de Coverley named as Lawyer of the Week by The Times

13th July 2023

3PB (3 Paper Buildings) Alice de Coverley (pictured here), a specialist education, equality, and public law barrister with the national chambers, has been named as Lawyer of the Week by The Times today. This follows her involvement in the widely-reported case of Mermaids v (1) the Charity Commission and (2) LGB Alliance [2023] UKFTT 563 (GRC). Alice acted successfully for the LGB Alliance and was instructed by Peter Daly of Doyle Clayton. The charity’s legal...

Michelle Marnham and Jeremy Warner review important clinical negligence case of Malik v St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

12th July 2023

3PB's Head of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Groups, Michelle Marnham (pictured here), together with future 3PB pupil barrister Jeremy Warner (who joins in April 2024) have reviewed the case of Sidra Bilal, Hassaan Aziz Malik (Administrators on behalf of the estate of Mukhtar Malik, deceased) v St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, [2023] EWCA Civ 605. This Court of Appeal decision offers an interesting insight into the post-Montgomery landscape. It provides further clarification on...

3PB Barristers’ family team raises £7,000 for Advocate

10th July 2023

3PB’s group of family barristers have made a donation of £7,000 to Advocate in support of the charity’s work in matching people in need of legal advice with barristers willing to take on cases on a pro bono basis. The sum is the proceeds of the group’s inaugural Family Law Conference which took place in May in the impressive setting of Birmingham’s Council House. The sell-out event raised a surplus thanks to ticket sales and...

3PB continues partnership with Bridging the Bar for 2023

6th July 2023

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has announced its continued partnership with Bridging the Bar for another year. 3PB has been a partner of Bridging the Bar since July 2022. Bridging the Bar aims to support aspiring barristers from a range of statistically underrepresented groups at the Bar. Founded in 2020, Bridging the Bar believes that the “bridge” between the Bar we see today and the Bar that is best reflective of our society can be...

Mathew Gullick KC appears in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights

5th July 2023

On Wednesday 5th July, 3PB's public and employment law silk Mathew Gullick KC, pictured here, appeared (with James Strachan KC of 39 Essex Chambers) as counsel for the UK Government at a hearing before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The case of Nealon & Hallam v United Kingdom concerns claims that refusals of compensation under the statutory compensation scheme for miscarriages of justice in England and Wales involved...

Alex Leonhardt in protected belief case brought on the basis of English nationalism

4th July 2023

Specialist 3PB employment and discrimination law barrister Alex Leonhardt represented the successful respondent, the Open University, in a case brought by a former employee on the basis of alleged discrimination against him because of his English nationalist beliefs in Cave v The Open University. On a determination of the preliminary issue of whether Mr Cave’s beliefs were protected under the Equality Act 2010, the judge determined that those beliefs were an ethno-centric form of nationalism...

Stephen Wyeth successful in the EAT in employment status case

3rd July 2023

Employment law barrister Stephen Wyeth has successfully represented United Taxis in United Taxis Ltd v (1) Mr R Comolly (2) Mr R Tidman - and - Mr R Tidman v (1) United Taxis Ltd v (2) Mr R Comolly [2023] EAT 93, a case in which the EAT overturned the ET's decision that a taxi driver, Mr Comolly was both a worker of the taxi operator, United Taxis Ltd (Stephen’s client) and an employee of...

Ashley Blood-Halvorsen writes for Lexis Nexis on recent case involving judicial guidance

29th June 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist commercial barrister Ashley Blood-Halvorsen (pictured here) has written for Lexis Nexis on the recent case of Quantum Advisory Ltd v Quantum Actuarial LLP [2023] EWHC 1338 (Ch) in which a result was reached through judicial guidance rather than a declaration by the court. The case in question involved the court interpreting an existing agreement between the parties, with the claimant seeking to establish an “implied obligation of good faith”. The...

Poonam Bhari writes for The Barrister on the impact of case backlogs in the family court

27th June 2023

Poonam Bhari (pictured here), specialist family barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has written for The Barrister on the possible effects that backlogs in family dispute resolution cases can have on both the families involved and the overall structure of family law proceedings. In her article, published in the June/July issue, Poonam highlights the significant backlog of cases within the family courts and explores how early resolution and out of court settlements could help...