Pupillage

3PB welcomes Barry McTaggart as its latest twelve-month pupil

30th September 2025

Pupil barrister Barry McTaggart (pictured here) starts his twelve-month civil law pupillage today 1st October 2025 and will be focused on personal injury and clinical negligence disputes and advisory work. He will be based from 3PB's London office. Barry McTaggart worked in the financial services industry both for the Financial Ombudsman Service as an investigator and as an assistant fund manager, responsible for equity valuation for a €1bn multi-asset investment portfolio. Simon Astill, 3PB’s Chief...

James Hume, Emily Hayward and Toria Holland become members of chambers

30th September 2025

3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are pleased to announce that barristers James Hume, Emily Hayward and Toria Holland (pictured here, left to right) have successfully completed their twelve-month pupillages and become members of chambers. Former Fleet Air Arm Officer James Hume (call: 2023) joins 3PB's London office following 11 years in the Royal Navy where he will continue to grow his practice within the Commercial, Property and Construction Teams. Throughout his pupillage, James gained significant experience...

Emily Hayward in amicus intervention submissions to Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on constitutionality of the death penalty in St Kitts and Nevis

29th September 2025

Emily Hayward, pupil barrister at 3PB, has contributed to Amicus Curiae submissions on the constitutionality of the death penalty in St Kitts and Nevis, working in a team led by Philip Rule KC of No. 5 Chambers. The High Court of St Kitts & Nevis is determining the constitutionality of the death penalty and has granted permission for the intervention to be filed by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and the International Bar Association’s Human...

3PB promotes senior staff to be Chambers Directors and its COO

2nd June 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce that three of our senior clerking team - Rob Leonard, Ian Charlton and David Fielder - will take on enhanced roles as Chambers Directors. James Thornton is also promoted and becomes our Chief Operating Officer (COO) with overall responsibility for procurement, HR, IT, facilities and finance. Warmest congratulations to all four of them (pictured here, clockwise from top left). Commenting on the announcement, 3PB's CEO Simon...

Empowering Women Barristers: Her Bar Conference May 2025

29th May 2025

3PB civil law and matrimonial finance barrister Rachel Bale (pictured here), who co-founded the support network Her Bar with Nasreen Shah from Great James Street Chambers, hosted a landmark Her Bar conference last Saturday 17 May 2025 at The View in The Royal College of Surgeons of England in London which was organised specifically to assist women barristers, both practising and aspiring counsel. The day welcomed over 100 attendees and featured a distinguished line-up of...

Oliver Nunn wins top award for volunteering with the Law School at University of Leicester

20th May 2025

3PB property, housing and agricultural estates barrister Oliver Nunn was awarded the Mary Attenborough Award for Volunteering at the University of Leicester at their prestigious annual Alumni Awards. Dr Glynis Wright MBE, a former president of Leicestershire Law Society and current member of the University's Council, is seen here presenting the award to Oliver (credit: RedPix Photography). The award highlighted Oliver's many contributions to the University's Law School and his promotion of social mobility and...

3PB celebrates success of its first six-month student placement

2nd May 2025

As part of her degree, Sophie Rogers (pictured here) - a third-year LLB Law student at the University of Winchester - has just finished a six-month placement with 3PB's Crime and Regulatory Crime team in their Winchester office. This is the first such placement run by 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) and may well be one of the very first such initiatives run by a barristers chambers in the UK. Jodie Mittell KC, who co-heads 3PB's...

Zahra Tierney and Jeremy Warner become members of chambers

16th April 2025

3PB are pleased to announce that barristers Zahra Tierney and Jeremy Warner (pictured here, left to right) have successfully completed their twelve-month pupillages and become members of the 270-barrister, national chambers. Former first-class law graduate Zahra Tierney (call: 2022) will continue her busy practice with a particular focus on property law (particularly residential landlord and tenant issues), commercial law and general civil litigation from 3PB's Oxford office. A former paralegal, Zahra worked for two London-based...

Emily Hayward to speak at International Future Barrister Mentorship event

25th March 2025

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) civil law pupil barrister Emily Hayward is speaking today (25 March) at a panel event on "The Bar for International Students", hosted by International Future Barrister Mentorship. The event, which will take place at the Inner Temple and on Zoom, will offer prospective pupils the opportunity to hear from barristers with international backgrounds about their journeys to the Bar in the UK and what advice they would offer having taken the leap....

Jodie Mittell to be appointed as King's Counsel

24th January 2025

3PB Barristers is very proud to announce that Jodie Mittell will be appointed King’s Counsel. She will be sworn in during a ceremony on 24 March 2025. Called to the Bar in 2004, Jodie is a highly regarded criminal specialist practising on the Western Circuit. She is instructed in the most complex of criminal cases. She has considerable experience particularly in cases involving drugs, extremism and serious violence/murder. Jodie is often instructed in challenging multi-handed...

3PB increases its annual pupillage award to £60,000

12th December 2024

National chambers 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) has increased its annual pupillage award for its current recruitment for 2026 to £60,000 from £40,000, joining other prominent barristers’ chambers in announcing increases this year. This comprises a £30,000 grant and £30,000 in guaranteed earnings, paid monthly in advance. Additional benefits are valued at approximately £17,000 and include Private Health Insurance, IT support with discounts on technology, and access to online legal resources (LexisNexis PSL+, Lexis+ Ai, Westlaw...

3PB welcomes three new 12-month pupil barristers to its 270-strong barrister ranks

16th October 2024

The three pupils starting their twelve-month pupillages, pictured left to right from the top, are: former Fleet Air Arm Officer James Hume who is focused on commercial litigation and arbitration as well as property and construction law; former paralegal in Slaughter and May’s Disputes and Investigation team Emily Hayward is focusing on civil law disputes, particularly commercial, property and personal injury and Victoria Holland, a former human rights paralegal with law firm Hickman & Rose,...