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Employment specialist Matthew Curtis provides an employment case law update covering: Tribunal fees – the latest position Suspension – the risks ACAS Early conciliation – the latest skirmishes in an ongoing war (De Mota v ADR Network & anor UKEAT/0305/16) Presidential guidance – pensions and Vento Burden of proof in discrimination claims Please click here to read Matthew's case law update.

Jodie Mittell prosecuted a well organised commercial smuggling operation. The group conveyed mobile phones and steroids into Winchester prison and were involved in laundering money from inmates and their relatives. The leaders of the group were given consecutive terms of imprisonment despite already serving long sentences. For more information about the case please click here.

Criminal Barrister Jodie Mittell prosecuted six men responsible for the supply of 2 kilos crack cocaine and heroin to Southampton users, over a six month period. The gang took their orders through a phone line called ‘The Scouse network’ and then obtained their supplies from Liverpool. Jodie Mittell said that the drugs hotline, which sometimes offered £10 worth of heroin or crack cocaine for the price of £5, had been contacted by more than 1,500...

3PB members and staff are pleased to take part in the Bristol Legal Walk on 18 September. This 10km walk is organised by the South West Legal Support Trust who provide crucial funding so free legal services can be made available to those in need. In the past, the organisations the Trust has supported have, for example, helped to prevent families from being made homeless and enabled older people to gain the support to which they are entitled. Sponsor...

Criminal barrister Berenice Mulvanny represented the defendant in Hampshire’s first case involving possession of a synthetic cannabinoid spice (legal high) with intend to supply after the new legislation came into force. For more information please click here.

3PB congratulates its former member Tribunal Judge Mark Sutherland Williams on his appointment as the Resident Judge for the Immigration and Asylum Chamber at Hatton Cross Hearing Centre in West London.  Judge Sutherland Williams’ new appointment takes effect from 18 September 2017. Please click here for more details.

Many congratulations to Graham Gilbert whose sports expertise has been acknowledged through his recent appointment to Sport Resolutions Pro Bono Panel. Sport Resolutions is the independent, not-for-profit, dispute resolution service for sport in the United Kingdom. Established by the main stakeholder groups in sport, their aim is to provide an expert, speedy and cost effective alternative to internal appeals processes and court-based litigation. They provide sport specific arbitration and mediation services and operate the National Anti-Doping Panel...

Jane Rowley has been instructed as Leading Counsel for a Defendant facing Serious Sexual Assault charges in Newcastle Crown Court. The trial commenced on 21st August and is expected to conclude early October. The case arises from a series of complex investigations conducted by Northumbria Police, into alleged sex rings operating in the North East by a network of males sexually abusing young women and girls. Operation Sanctuary/Operation Wren.

Sports Barrister Graham Gilbert has represented the BHA in a disciplinary panel involving Rebecca Bastiman, following her horse Big Red being administered a Prohibited Substance. For more information on the hearing, please click here.

Sports Barrister Graham Gilbert has represented the BHA twice in disciplinary panels involving trainer Dean Ivory. The disciplinary panel in Dean Ivory - Links Drive Lady concerned the cross-contamination of the horse with hayfever medicine, as a result of contacts between the horse and her keepers, who were using hayfever medicine to alleviate their symptoms at the time. The disciplinary panel in Dean Ivory - Wotadoll involved the cross-contamination of Wotadoll with O-desmethyltramadol, a metabolite of tramadol which...

In his latest article for LawInSport, sports barrister Graham Gilbert reflects back on the British & Irish Lions' recent Tour of New Zealand and  the sending of All Black Centre Sonny Bill Williams in the second test: should cross code conduct be considered in mitigation in rugby disciplinary cases? Please click here to read Graham's analysis.  

3PB head of sports Louis Weston and sports barrister Gemma White have written an article for LawInSport calling for a unified approach to sanctions for corruption offences across sports disciplines. While the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has well known codified sanctions for doping violations, there is no consistency of punishment between sports for players or participants who breach anti-corruption or betting rules. Louis and Gemma's article examines the extent of the disparities, the reasons...