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3PB’s employment and discrimination law team welcomes another strong set of results in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with 20 individual rankings for 16 of its barristers in London, Western, South Eastern and the Midlands Circuits. The team celebrates its 3rd Team ranking, in the Midlands this time, and remains in Band 1 in Western and South Eastern. Our barristers are congratulated for achieving 3 individual rankings in London (+2 year on year)....

October Employment Law Newsletter - Out Now!

7th October 2025

Welcome to our October employment law newsletter edited by Mark Green. We celebrate Legal 500 team and individual success and look forward to our conference on 16 October in Birmingham.
Analysis is provided by Andrew MacPhail, Ben Amunwa, Emma Greening and Joseph England on the following cases:
- Ms E Cohen v Mr K Mahmood MP [2025] EAT 134
- AB v Grafters Group Ltd [2025] EAT 126
- Ahmed v Capital Arches Group Limited [2025] EAT 133
- Andras Szucs v GreenSquareAccord Ltd [2025] EAT 110
Enjoy this month’s edition.

Faizul Azman and Emma Waldron attending the Legal Cheek Pupillage Fair

7th October 2025

3PB will participate in this year's Legal Cheek Pupillage Fair on Thursday, 9th October, from 2-5 pm. Intellectual property barrister Faizul Azman and education barrister Emma Waldron will be attending the event. This is an opportunity to ask questions directly to barristers, explore different practice areas, and gather application tips. Several workshops will be held, these have previously included sessions titled ‘Make Your Pupillage Application Stand Out,’ ‘Interview Tips and Tricks,’ and ‘Life at the...

Amy Lush returns from maternity leave

7th October 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to welcome family law barrister Amy Lush back to chambers from maternity leave from 6 October 2025. Amy specialises in all aspects of private children and financial remedies law including financial disputes under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, private law children proceedings including applications for enforcement and variation of child arrangements orders, and non-molestation and occupation orders. Ranked by Chambers and Partners for Family: Children on the Western...

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...