Nationally-recognised experts in regulatory issues from public law and inquests to education law
3PB's public and regulatory team are nationally recognised experts, prosecuting and defending matters brought by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Health and Safety Executive, Care Quality Commission, local authorities and other regulatory bodies including medical regulators.
Our education team is ranked in all legal directories and has a range of counsel that can assist with discrimination claims, Judicial review, safeguarding, all special educational needs requirements and admission and exclusions issues. This team is extremely active and on hand to assist with all manner of enquiries in an efficient manner. Our work includes tribunal, county court, high court and disciplinary/independent review proceedings, often working with some the country most prestigious universities and independent schools.
Members of the team advise on a broad spectrum of education, professional discipline, inquest, health and safety, marine law and public law enquiries.
As the importance of public and administrative law has increased and the scope of regulatory legislation expanded, so 3PB's expertise has continued to expand to meet the new challenges presented. We advise individuals challenging government or regulators as well as representing government departments (including the Official Solicitor), local authorities, the NHS and Police Authorities.
Members of our sub-teams are specialists in their areas and have recently handled ground breaking cases such as:
- representing the Firearms Licensing Officer in the Keyham/Plymouth shootings inquest
- four 3PB barristers acting for Ofsted in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
- acting for Her Majesty’s Coastguards in the Gaia-Pope inquest
- representing the Church of England against retired vicar Dr Stephen Sizer following his antisemitic posts
- acting for Anthony Donadio against the GMC in a High Court appeal
- acting in a very high profile licensing appeal for a nightclub in the Midlands
Our barristers bring a recognised depth of expert knowledge and formidable advocacy skills, drawn from long experience in courts, committees and tribunals of every level and description as well as sterling client service and exceptional work rates.
The team are available via any of our six UK centres: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester. We are also well equipped with the technology to facilitate virtual meetings, conferences and proceedings where required/possible.
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Victoria Hamblen, specialist environmental/public law and commercial law barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), has reviewed the growth in strategic climate litigation and how it affects business defendants for Sustainable Growth (SG) Voice. In her commentary, Victoria discusses the growth in climate law and disputes and the significant impact that strategic climate litigation can have on corporations, citing real life examples of cases which were successfully brought and those refused permission to proceed. Victoria...
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Welcome to 3PB's Professional Discipline and Regulatory newsletter celebrating new rankings for our barristers in the latest Legal 500 publication. Edited by Daniel Brown, our newsletter has analysis from Sam Shurey on how to avoid erasure from the GDC register for non-compliance. Sunyana Sharma brings you news of the HCPC's updated standards of conduct, performance and ethics. Sunyana also considers the High Court's decision in Sudheer Shabir v. General Medical Council [2023] EWNH 1772 (Admin). Daniel Brown analyses Dr Sun v General Medical Council [2023] EWHC 1515 (Admin) concerned with mental health considerations in the context of findings of dishonesty.
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Two of 3PB’s public law barristers, William Hansen and Matthew Wyard, pictured left to right, both appeared in the important appeal of THTN v Secretary of State for the Home Department (“THTN”) which was handed down on 20th October 2023. The appeal has clarified what an appellant must demonstrate in Article 3 medical claims following the Supreme Court’s decision in AM(Zimbabwe) [2020] UKSC 17 (“AM (Zimbabwe)”). The key point of principle arising in THTN concerned...
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Criminal law specialist, Holly Fagan, pictured here, has become a member of chambers and will work from 3PB's Winchester office. She will be supported by 3PB's new criminal law and regulatory pupils Kate Davies and Jack Felvus. With a strong following and active client base for a barrister of her level of call, Holly has a busy practice both prosecuting and defending in the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court across the Western Circuit. Holly has...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) breaks another record in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 81 accolades. The national set is rewarded with rankings in 18 areas of law, in the London Bar as well as in the South Eastern, Western and Midlands Circuits and exceptional comments on its service delivery, including praise for its “sublime service” and its "ability to manage matters in a professional and comprehensive manner second...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), the UK's third largest chambers, is delighted to report this year again an outstanding number of rankings - totalling 145 - in the Legal 500 2024’s edition published today, a 12% increase on last year’s 130. The set has achieved its rankings across 5 large UK regions - or Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western, Midlands and Chester and Wales) - in 21 areas of law. 3PB is also ranked in...
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The four pupils starting their twelve-month pupillages, pictured left to right from the top, are: former global brand strategy director and behavioural science researcher Alice Horn who be focusing on commercial litigation and arbitration; former legal assistant Jack Felvus who will be focusing on public law and regulatory matters and criminal law; fellow legal assistant Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley will be focusing on family law and civil disputes; and former City financial analyst Suffian Hussain who will...
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We are delighted to announce that the King has appointed 3PB’s criminal and regulatory barrister David Richards (pictured here) to be a Circuit Judge with effect from Monday 9 October 2023. David has been deployed to the South Eastern Circuit and will be based at the Inner London Crown Court. Called to the Bar in 1989, David Richards has been a Recorder for the last four years and was head of 3PB's successful Public and...
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Sunyana Sharma (pictured here) successfully represented a practitioner psychologist before the Health and Care Professions Conduct (‘HCPC’) and Competence Panel in a professional disciplinary case. The registrant faced allegations of plagiarism and dishonesty relating to a section of a doctorate thesis in a highly specialised niche area of psychology, allegations for which had been made 5 years ago. Following a 6-day trial with 5 HCPC witnesses from a prestigious university, no allegations were found proved...
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3PB crime and regulatory barrister David Richards prosecuted the first ever case of charges against the owner of an ocean rowing boat. SC, the owner of the Toby Wallace, recruited 6 novices to row the Atlantic in January/February 2016. With barely any training they set off. Tragically, on day 16 of the voyage one of the crew members MJ was washed overboard and lost at sea. When the case was referred to David Richards, pictured...
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Chambers is delighted to announce employment and national security law barrister Mark Green's promotion to the Attorney-General’s London A Panel for a period of five years, commencing on Friday 1st September 2023. He had been on the London B Panel since September 2019. Mark Green, pictured here, frequently appears for both claimants and respondents, dealing with claims in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal, High Court and County Court. Mark has a...
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3PB's regulatory law and crime barrister Tom Horder, pictured here, acted for the Health and Safety Executive in the recently-concluded inquest into the death of Marine Benjamin McQueen. Marine McQueen tragically drowned during a military diving exercise in Portland Harbour. He experienced complications during the dive and was later recovered from the sea bed from a depth of about 18 metres. The Inquest, held over 3 weeks in the Royal Courts of Justice before Judge...
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Recommendations
Legal 500 2020
Regulatory, health and safety, and licensing: Members of 3PB are particularly experienced in health and safety cases, receiving both prosecution and defence instructions. Notable areas of specialism include maritime prosecutions and care home deaths, where David Richards and Nicholas Cotter are the key names to note respectively. Notable recent cases include Richards' prosecution of a yacht operator for the gross negligence manslaughter of four sailors lost at sea, and Cotter's defence of a care home after three patients died; the home was accused of negligent care following injuries sustained by the deceased upon falling out of a window.
"The combined clerks’ room across the set’s six offices is a ‘well-oiled machine’."
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