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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are proud to support Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 (11-17 May). The legal profession can be demanding, and this week serves as an important reminder that mental wellbeing matters - in chambers, in court, and beyond; and we encourage open conversations, support for colleagues, and taking time to prioritise mental health and wellbeing. 3PB are a part of the NHS Mindful Employer Charter as part of our ongoing commitment to wellbeing...
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3PB’s specialist property and chancery disputes barrister, Ashley Blood-Halvorsen, will be speaking at the Junior Litigators’ Forum in Bristol on Thursday 4 June 2026. She will join a panel discussion alongside Mark Dubbery (Barrister, Pump Court Chambers) and Rebecca-Jayne Raynor (Associate, Maurice Turnor Gardner) on “The 1975 Act: unusual/less common claims and applications”, covering: A rare claim in which the deceased died after divorce but before a financial remedy order: Kars v Brown and ors [2026] EWHC 31 (Fam)...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education, equality and public law barrister Alice de Coverley and personal injury and education pupil barrister Barry McTaggart have written for LexisNexis on the government’s recent SEND White Paper. The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper was published in February this year, alongside the consultation document ‘SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First’. In their analysis, Alice and Barry explore the key proposals within the documents, including...
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Oliver Nunn has successfully represented the Respondent in an appeal concerning the Court’s jurisdiction to enter default judgment where a Defence has been filed out of time but an extension of time has been refused. The appeal arose out of proceedings brought by a finance provider to the private medical and dentistry sector. At first instance, the Defendant’s application for an extension of time to serve a Defence was dismissed and judgment was entered for...
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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Sunyana Sharma, Head of the Inquests Team, will be speaking at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple event, ‘Inquests and Inquiries: Inquisitorial or Adversarial?’ on 16th May 2026. This full-day conference will explore the structure and operation of Inquests and Inquiries, with a particular focus on advocacy, while also examining the experiences of those who have appeared as witnesses. Sunyana will be speaking alongside: Lord Hughes, HHJ Mark Lucraft...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to welcome construction law specialist Dean O’Leary to Chambers as an associate member. A dual-qualified construction professional and barrister, Dean has over 35 years’ experience in the construction industry. Dean has a busy practice acting in a wide variety of construction, building and engineering disputes, as well as dealing with those relating to upstream and midstream oil and gas and other energy matters. As well as acting as...
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3PB are delighted to announce that Paul Joseph (pictured here) has been appointed as a full‑time Judge of the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO). Paul is one of the UK’s foremost costs specialists. Consistently ranked by Chambers UK and Legal 500, Paul was appointed a Deputy Costs Judge of the Senior Courts Costs Office in 2021. He enjoyed an outstanding practice in chambers with his busy caseload spanning the full breadth of costs work, and...
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Three experienced civil barristers - Fintan Molloy, Febienne Green and Michael Vora (pictured here, left to right) - have joined national chambers 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) in its new Manchester office this month and are now based at their York Street offices in the City centre. Fintan Molloy is a specialist employment and discrimination barrister who represents both claimants and respondents. Fintan's busy practice covers a wide variety of employment claims, including unfair dismissal, contractual...
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Welcome to our April employment law newsletter edited by Alex Leonhardt. In this edition, our employment law group welcomes new tenant Fintan Molloy to our new Manchester and congratulates Eaindra Cho and Lim O'Shaughnessy who successfully completed their pupillages.
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Our newsletter includes analyses from Alex Leonhardt, Stephen Wyeth and Emma McIlveen on the following cases/topics:
- Khakimov v Amova Asset Management UK Ltd (formerly Nikko Asset Management Europe Ltd) [2026] EAT 47
- McKenzie v First Greater Western Limited [2026] EWHC 868 (KB)
- Emotional support animals and the expanding boundaries of reasonable adjustment. -
3PB Barristers’ property and commercial barristers Jack Webb and Matthew Cannings have written an article titled 'Cache in the attic: applications to admit fresh evidence on appeal'. They offer useful best-practice guidance in relation to making applications to admit fresh evidence in appeal cases. To read their full article, please click here. If you wish to contact or instruct Jack or Matthew, please email Chambers Director Mark Heath on [email protected] and Senior Practice Manager Matthew...
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3PB criminal barrister Nate Lara (pictured here) has successfully represented a client who was charged with multiple offences including rape and serious violence. After substantive advice, Nate's client entered pleas of guilty to serious allegations of violence, which mitigated his exposure to questions on his credibility and meant the cross-examination of the complainant would be both succinct and effective. Through cross-examination, Nate effectively challenged the reliability of the complainant’s evidence, exposing inconsistencies with the earlier...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) leading Property & Housing law barrister, Oliver Nunn, has been elevated to Honorary Professor with the University of Leicester. Oliver used to teach at Leicester between 2011 and 2022, rising to a Teaching Fellow, delivering tutorials and lectures in Public Law, Land Law and Contract Law. His extensive experience in training and lecturing has strongly informed his work as both an advocacy trainer for the Midland Circuit and a pupil...
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