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 HumeJames HumeCall: 2023, Emily HaywardEmily HaywardCall: 2022 and Toria HollandToria HollandCall: 2023 (pictured here, left to right) have successfully completed their twelve-month pupillages and become members of chambers.

Former Fleet Air Arm Officer James Hume (James HumeCall: 2023call: 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 in High Court and County Court matters and specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration, property and construction law disputes. He has represented clients in court for both complex and more routine cases involving interim injunctions, breach of contract claims, insolvency petitions, Defective Premises Act cases, construction contract disputes, possession claims, easement disputes, adverse possession and adjudication enforcement. James is also in demand for advising clients across his three areas of practice, with some of his more notable pieces of work involving piercing the corporate veil, fraudulent misrepresentation, the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010, NHBC Guarantee disputes, private nuisance, property auction sales and general breach of contract claims.

Emily HaywardEmily HaywardCall: 2022 (Call: 2022) joined 3PB as a pupil from Slaughter and May's Disputes and Investigations Team and will continue to grow her busy commercial and insolvency practice within 3PB's Commercial and Chancery Teams. Throughout pupillage, Emily has been instructed on matters before courts and tribunals at all levels as well as an ICC arbitration. With experience of representing and advising clients across myriad commercial disputes, including advising on a multi-million-pound claim involving breach of fiduciary duties, acting for publicly listed companies in insolvency proceedings and contract disputes with multi-jurisdictional elements. Further building on her experience whilst at S&M where Emily worked on several high-profile cases across competition and commercial law, including the Vodafone CPO, CMA/Motorola indexation dispute, FDIC Libor and the £5 billion BHP civil lawsuit. Emily also has been involved with a complex counterterrorism matter before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a Judicial Review of the Agriculture Act 2020 and advised on an ECtHR matter regarding breaches of Article 3 of the ECHR.

Former human rights paralegal with law firm Hickman & Rose, Toria HollandToria HollandCall: 2023 (call: 2023) is joining 3PB's Winchester office and has already established a busy family practice, taking instructions in all areas of family law. In her first six, she spent 5 weeks assisting a team of three barristers who were led by a silk on a fact-finding hearing in the High Court representing a father which resulted in findings of parental alienation by the mother. In her second six, Toria has represented clients at all stages of proceedings in private children, including multiday final hearings. She has a wealth of experience in family law injunctions and high success rates. Toria is regularly instructed in care proceedings, having represented family members and local authorities in a range of hearings, from initial urgent hearings through to final hearings. Toria is also building a busy practice in matrimonial finance, having been instructed on FDRs and final hearings.

3PB's Head of Chambers, Liz McGrath KC, said: “Congratulations to James, Emily and Victoria. I am delighted to welcome them to 3PB. The offer of a tenancy is only made to pupils who have shown exceptional ability.  I have no doubt that all 3 of our newest recruits will thrive at the bar and I shall follow their careers with interest.”

This follows the announcement in April this year that two other pupil barristers - Zahra TierneyZahra TierneyCall: 2022 and Jeremy WarnerJeremy WarnerCall: 2022 - had become members after completing their 12-month pupillages with the 7-office, 270-barrister chambers.

If you wish to instruct James or see about his availability, please email his clerk Oliver Bradley on [email protected] or call him on 020 7583 8055.

If you wish to instruct Emily or see about her availability, please email her clerk Charlotte Dewhurst on [email protected] or call her on 01117 928 1520.

If you wish to instruct Toria or see about her availability, please email her clerk Lee Giles on [email protected] or call him on 01962 868884.