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The Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson KC acts as expert advisor for States of Jersey Scrutiny Panel

6th October 2025

The Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson KC, expert property, commercial and public law barrister at 3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), and former Solicitor General, has acted as Expert Advisor for the Environment Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel for the States of Jersey in the review of the Draft Residential Tenancy (Jersey) Amendment Law. Due to the complexity and politicised nature of the Amendment Law, Michael was chosen to be an impartial and independent expert, bringing his...

3PB’s Jamie Johnston chairs disciplinary panel banning Olympic coach

3rd October 2025

3PB’s sports and property law barrister, Jamie Johnston, was the independent chair of the UK Athletics disciplinary panel that banned coach Andrew Young after a four-day hearing. Mr. Young was coach of Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir, who waived her right to anonymity to comment on the matter. The decision and her comments have been covered by many UK and international media including the BBC. Jamie Johnston (pictured here) chaired the first instance panel in...

Nate Lara joins 3PB's Crime and Regulatory Crime Group

3rd October 2025

3PB (3 Paper Buildings) is pleased to announce that crime and regulatory barrister Nate Lara, based in Bournemouth, has become a full member of the 270-barrister national chambers after successfully completing his probationary tenancy. Working across Western and South East Circuits as well as nationally, Nate is the latest criminal barrister to become a member of its Tier 1 Crime and Regulatory Crime Team. Nate Lara has five years’ experience as a specialised criminal law...

3PB achieves record rankings in the Legal 500’s 2026 edition

1st October 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), one of the UK's largest chambers, is delighted to announce a record number of rankings - totalling 193 - in the Legal 500 2026’s edition which is published today, compared with 167 last year. A total of 123 3PB barristers are now ranked in the Legal 500, up from 108 last year. The set is ranked in 26 areas of law across 4 large UK Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western...

3PB’s family law team has been confirmed for its excellence in the Legal 500 2026 edition published today, remaining in top tier in the Midlands for Family: children and domestic abuse and for Family: divorce and financial remedy as well as top tier in the Western circuit for Family: children and domestic abuse. The Western team’s family finance barristers are awarded tier 2. 3PB’s family law team has been awarded a total of 70 rankings...

3PB’s ‘best in their field’ employment and discrimination law team is delighted to have joined a select few chambers to be ranked in the Midlands in this area of law. The leading team retains its top tier team rankings in the Western and South Eastern Circuits. Clients comment on 'an exceptional chambers, from the first point of contact with the clerks through to the end of the matter’ with ‘their growth a testament to their...

We are delighted to announce a total of 21 rankings (from 15 last year) for our property, estates and chancery specialists in the Legal 500 2026 edition. Retaining our member rankings in Property and Construction and Private Wealth, Probate and Tax on the South Eastern and Western Circuits, we are delighted to have also been recognised for Agricultural Property, Social Housing and Property and Construction on the Midlands Circuit. Our team has been quoted as...

The 2026 Legal 500 edition marks another outstanding set of results for 3PB’s Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team. Clients laud 3PB as ‘fantastic chambers‘, with ‘barristers in the field of clinical negligence […] excellent and extremely knowledgeable in their field‘, identifying the team as ‘first choice chambers for clinical negligence’. The team ‘offers a wide range of expert counsel in the personal injury department who are always ready to assist‘. Clients conclude that '3PB...

3PB is delighted to announce that its Commercial group has welcomed 4 new rankings in this year's Legal 500 edition, achieving a total of 14 rankings for 8 of our barristers across the areas of Commercial Litigation, Company and Insolvency and Professional Negligence in the Midlands, South Eastern and Western. Our Professional Negligence team in particular is praised as a ‘solid set of chambers’ for its work. Clients appreciate '3PB’s strong multi-disciplinary chambers with excellent...

3PB’s education law team is delighted to have retained its Tier 3 ranking in the Legal 500 2026, boasting 7 rankings in London and one in the Midlands. The team is lauded for the ‘fantastic array of Education based experts and specialist Counsel'. Seen by many as their ‘go-to set’, the team remains ‘one of the strongest sets in Education Law with a breadth of expertise at all levels'. Clients describe the set as ‘an...

3PB is delighted to confirm that its Crime and Regulatory Crime team remains top tier ranked in the latest Legal 500 edition for Crime (General and Fraud) in the Western Circuit with a total of 13 rankings. The crime group retains its tier 2 ranking for Business and Regulatory Crime (incl. Health and Safety) in Western. Crime clients regard 3PB as ‘a massive set with a solid stable of highly competent, persuasive and talented advocates...

3PB welcomes Barry McTaggart as its latest twelve-month pupil

30th September 2025

Pupil barrister Barry McTaggart (pictured here) starts his twelve-month civil law pupillage today 1st October 2025 and will be focused on personal injury and clinical negligence disputes and advisory work. He will be based from 3PB's London office. Barry McTaggart worked in the financial services industry both for the Financial Ombudsman Service as an investigator and as an assistant fund manager, responsible for equity valuation for a €1bn multi-asset investment portfolio. Simon Astill, 3PB’s Chief...