The members and staff at 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) wish to extend to our colleagues at Harcourt Chambers our deepest sympathies on learning of the death of our dear friend Simon Miller. A former member of chambers, Simon was a key part in the development and the success of 3PB's Oxford office. His funeral is being held this afternoon Friday 25 April 2025. A gifted family barrister, Simon will be remembered for his dedication to...
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3PB family barristers Andrew Duncan and Gemma Chapman, led by 4PB's Alison Grief KC and Sam King KC respectively, represented the mother and father in the complex, non-accidental head injury case of Re X & Y (Children) [2024] EWFC 443 (B), where the challenge of expert views under cross-examination led to the mother being exonerated from causing injury and the father deemed to have done so using lesser force and without intention. In a climate...
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3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are pleased to announce that our second six pupils - James, Emily and Victoria (pictured left to right) - are now on their feet and accepting instructions in their own cases. All started their pupillages last October. James Hume, a former Fleet Air Arm Officer, will now accept instructions in commercial litigation, property and construction disputes. Emily Hayward, who was a paralegal in Slaughter and May’s Disputes and Investigation team, will...
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Last week judgment was handed down in the landmark case of Redcar Cleveland v MA Albon and Anor. The case saw 3PB's family barrister and silk June Venters KC's client, a vulnerable mother in public law children proceedings, succeed against the notorious, unregulated sperm donor Robert Albon, better known by his pseudonym "Joe Donor". Albon, an American national, claims to have fathered over 180 children worldwide through his unregulated sperm donation activities — often carried...
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