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3PB had a record number of barristers recognised for their expertise in this year's Legal 500 Bar Directory and the set is ranked as a "Leading Set" on both the Western and South Eastern circuits. Barristers have been recommended as leaders in their field in a range of specialist legal areas, from business and commercial, insolvency, employment, property and construction to family, crime, fraud, education, sports law and personal injury, clinical negligence and professional discipline/negligence. Clients have...

UK chambers 3PB has today announced five new tenants, all formerly of 1 Gray’s Inn Square, London, will be joining their London office, reflecting its continued growth and strength in depth. With expertise in a range of legal practice areas, Stephen Harvey QC, David Berkley QC, Geraint Jones QC, Robin Howard and Charles Irvine join 3PB’s Business and Commercial, Crime, Regulatory and Property Groups to further enhance chamber’s reputation as a leading multi practice set....

Gemma White, 3PB sports barrister, summarises the recent case of Best - v- BHA on the appearance of bias and sufficiency of reasons. Her article titled "The Best of intentions: what Best v. BHA has taught us about appearance of bias and sufficiency of reasons" can be read by clicking on this link: https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/the-best-of-intentions-what-best-v-bha-has-taught-us-about-appearance-of-bias-sufficiency-of-reasons Gemma White (Call 2009) has particular experience in disciplinary matters and has advised governing bodies, including a local FA, on diverse Equality...

Shruti Sharma successfully represented James Paget University Hospital in a five-week jury inquest following the death of a prisoner at HMP Blundeston, who died as a result of serious self-harm and refusal of live-saving treatment. This factually complex Article 2 inquest involved a number of parties and raised difficult issues about mental capacity and the provision of mental health services for detainees. Shruti Sharma is regularly instructed to represent the NHS and families of the...

McTigue v University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation NHS Trust (UKEAT/0354/15) In a judgment handed down last week, the President of the EAT, Simler J, provided important guidance about the scope of protection for ‘whistleblowers’ at s.43K ERA 1996, holding that the Tribunal had erred in denying this protection to Mr England’s client. The Claimant was engaged in a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (“SARC”) and although she was also employed by a third party agency, she...

In her latest article, 3PB’s Katie Lee looks at how to deal with applications for relief from sanctions in the context of late disclosure of documents following the Court of Appeal case of McTear and Another v. Engelhard and Others [2016] EWCA CIV 487. To read Katie’s article, please click here.

On 26th July 2016 Alex Line and Emma Waldron of 3PB's education law team provided training to solicitors from two local authority areas about SEND litigation. The session covered the applicable statutory schemes under the Education Act 1996 and Children & Families Act 2014; specific issues such as mental capacity and personal budgets; the powers of the First-tier Tribunal and the practicalities of hearings before it concerning SEN and disability; and an update about relevant case...

Louis Weston, Head of 3PB's Sports Law Group, acted for the Turf Club in resisting the appeal by Tony Martin to the Turf Club’s Appeal Body in respect of the suspension of PYROMANIAC following its run at Killarney  The hearing took place on the 21st July at the Leopardstown racecourse and resulted in a fine being imposed on the trainer and the suspension of the horse. The full story is reported in the Racing Post:...

Gemma White, a member of 3PB’s growing Sports Law team, successfully represented two clients in disciplinary proceedings before a national Football Association panel on Tuesday 19th July 2016. Both of Gemma’s clients - a football club and one of it’s individual players - were cleared of all charges brought against them by the FA; failure to control players and discriminatory improper conduct respectively.

Sharan Sanghera examines the Court’s decision finding that two claimants were precluded by the ex turpi causa principle from recovering damages in Joseph Thomas Beaumont & Lewis O’Neill v David Ferrer [2016] EWHC Civ 768. Please find Sharan’s update below.

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 the National Liberal Club in London. Thomas addressed the topic of recent developments in the law on reasonable adjustments.

Commercial contracts often contain clauses that prevent a variation of the contract taking effect unless reduced to writing (an “anti-oral variation clause”). Edward Ross analyses a recent decision of the Court of Appeal in MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v. Rock Advertising Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 553 that considers (1) does an anti-oral variation clause prevent an oral variation from having effect? (2) if not, what is to be considered good consideration for the variation?...