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3PB breaks through the 200 rankings ceiling in the Legal 500’s 2027 edition 

2nd October 2026

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), one of the UK's largest chambers, has this year again surpassed all expectations in the latest Legal 500 UK Bar rankings achieving a record number of 203 rankings, including 20 new rankings. 128 of 3PB’s barristers are now ranked in the Legal 500. The set is ranked in 28 areas of law across London, Midlands, South Eastern, Western and in the Middle East. This year, the national chambers gains a...

3PB’s formidable family law team once again tops the Legal 500 rankings with a total of 78 individual rankings – including 9 new individual rankings - across the London, Midlands, South Eastern and Western Circuits. 49 of our barristers are ranked for their Children and Domestic Abuse cases expertise; 28 are acknowledged for their Financial Remedies expertise and one of them is ranked for Private FDR judges and arbitrators expertise. 3PB’s family law team remains...

3PB’s employment and discrimination law team is delighted to be rewarded with 30 individual rankings in the Legal 500’s latest edition published today. 16 of the team’s 30 juniors are now ranked in the publication, across the London, South Eastern, Western and Midlands Circuits. The team remains top tier in Western with 12 individual rankings and top tier in South Eastern with 5 rankings. 3PB retains its tier 2 ranking in the Midlands with 4 juniors...

3PB’s education law team is delighted to have retained its London Tier 3 ranking in the Legal 500 2027 published today. The team achieves 8 rankings in London and one in the Midlands with 8 of the team’s 18 barristers now ranked in the directory. The Legal 500 comments that ‘3PB demonstrates a strong and well-established depth of knowledge in SEND matters. Counsel consistently shows a clear understanding of the legal framework alongside the practical...

3PB’s Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence welcomes 16 rankings across 4 Circuits (London, the Midlands, South Eastern and Western), in the latest Legal 500 edition published today. The team retains its Top Tier ranking for Personal Injury in South Eastern, a Tier 2 ranking in Western and gains a new individual ranking in London bringing its total of Personal Injury London rankings to 4. The team is also ranked for Clinical Negligence in Western. The...

3PB is delighted to announce a total of 23 rankings for its property, estates and chancery specialists in the latest edition of the Legal 500. The team has retained its Tier 2 and in Tier 3 rankings for its Property and Construction work in South Eastern and Western respectively, gaining one individual ranking in each circuit. Practitioners are also ranked for Agriculture (Midlands and Western), Planning and Environment (Western), Private wealth, Probate and Tax (London,...

3PB is delighted to announce that its Commercial group has achieved 11 rankings in this year's Legal 500 edition. 6 of our barristers across the areas of Commercial Litigation, Company and Insolvency, Data Protection and Professional Negligence in the London, Midlands, South Eastern and Western. Our Professional Negligence team in particular is ‘well regarded on the Western Circuit’[…] ‘with members regularly instructed in both contentious and advisory mattersp, including claims against professionals for breach of...

3PB Barristers are delighted to announce that their Public and Administrative law team has welcomed 12 rankings in this year’s Legal 500 publication, with client referees praising our team members for their outstanding technical ability, attention to detail and excellent advocacy. 11 of our barristers are ranked as follows: Head of Public and Administrative Law team Ben Amunwa remains ranked for Immigration (including business immigration); Louise Worton and Jim Hirschmann are acknowledged for Court of...

3PB’s Intellectual Property team has welcomed one new ranking in London in the latest edition the Legal 500 published today. While head of team Victoria Jones, Nicole Bollard and Faizul Azman remain ranked for Intellectual Property, Mark Wilden – who earned his first ranking last year for his Media and Entertainment expertise in London - is now also recognised for his Intellectual Property work. Victoria Jones is lauded as 'highly knowledgeable, commercially pragmatic, and fantastic at distilling...

Gemma Chapman appears as a guest on Messy Social Work's podcast

1st October 2026

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) Gemma Chapman appears as a guest on Messy Social Work's podcast in the episode 'What social workers get wrong in court: Insights from family barrister Gemma Chapman'. Hosted by Richard Devine, they explore the intersection between social work, family justice and advocacy. Gemma shares her journey into family law, what she enjoys most about being a barrister and some of the challenges that come with working in a complex and...

Barry McTaggart becomes member of chambers

1st October 2026

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is pleased to announce that Barry McTaggart has successfully completed his 12-month pupillage and become a member of the 270-barrister national chambers. Barry’s practice will encompass personal injury, clinical negligence, and inquests. Throughout his pupillage, Barry gained experience across a broad range of Personal Injury matters involving Road Traffic Collisions and Casualty (EL/PL) claims. He has regularly appeared in the County Court for both Claimants and Defendants, including in fast-track...

Emma Mcllveen successful in high-profile Drumcree Parade Appeal

30th September 2026

Emma Mcllveen, 3PB's public law and employment barrister, successfully represented Alan Hynes, a member of the Orange Order, in a significant legal challenge of the long-running Drumcree parade dispute in Northern Ireland. Emma acted as sole junior counsel for Mr Hynes in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal, where the appeal was successful. The case was subsequently sent back to the High Court in Belfast for a further hearing before Mr Justice Humphreys, where Emma...