• Chambers and Partners 2023

      3PB’s Employment Team achieve record 15 individual rankings in Chambers & Partners 2023 and promoted to Tier 1 in two Circuits

      3PB Barristers congratulates its Employment and discrimination law team for achieving a Tier 1 ranking in two Circuits (Western and South Eastern) in Chambers and Partners’ 2023 edition published today. The team now records a total of 15 individual rankings, up from 12 last year, in London, Western and South Eastern. Our individual barristers attracted significant praise in the directory, as well as our clerks described as 'standouts for their promptness of service, friendliness and...

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    • Simon Astill

      3PB excels with 73 rankings in Chambers and Partners 2023

      3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has been awarded a record number of rankings in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 73 accolades for its barristers. The national heavyweight chambers achieves its rankings in London, South Eastern, Western and the Midlands - in 18 categories of law. Earlier this year, 3PB also celebrated its first ranking in Chambers and Partners High Net Worth guide. Click here to view the full results...

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    • October employment law newsletter out now!

      Welcome to October's employment law newsletter In our October newsletter, we report the publication by the government of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, likely, if passed, to effect important change to UK employment law. We consider ACAS' update of their advice on employee suspensions; the TUC's challenge of government anti-strike legislation and more positive news around the 4-day week trial. We also congratulate our employment team for another set of impressive results in the Legal 500's latest...

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    • Legal 500 2023

      Another outstanding Legal 500 result for 3PB’s employment law barristers

      3PB Barristers congratulates its Employment and Discrimination team for another strong performance in the Legal 500 2023 edition published last night. 13 of the team’s 21 juniors are now ranked in the publication, attracting a total of 21 individual rankings across the South Eastern, Western, London and Midlands Circuits. The team consolidates its top tier position in South Eastern with 2 new rising star rankings, bringing the total of 3PB employment rankings to 5 in...

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    • Simon Astill

      3PB triumphs in latest Legal 500 ratings of the UK's best barristers  

      3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), the UK's third largest chambers, is delighted to report its best rankings yet - totalling 130 - in the Legal 500 2023’s edition published last night, up 12% on last year’s 116. The set has achieved its rankings across 5 large UK regions - or Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western, Midlands and Chester and Wales) - in 21 categories of law. Earlier this year, 3PB also celebrated its first rankings...

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    • Our May 2022 employment law newsletter is out now!

      Welcome to May's Employment Law newsletter Spring is here: whilst April saw unseasonably dry conditions in a meteorological sense, there has been a metaphorical flood of interest and debate taking place as to what the future may, and should, hold in terms of remote and flexible working as we appear to embark upon what may be regarded as a post-pandemic era. News items in this edition cover:  - The CIPD Survey on attitudes to home working...

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    • December education law newsletter - out now!

        Welcome to our December's education law newsletter Welcome to 3PB's Education Law Team December 2021 Newsletter. It features contributions from specialist Education Law Barristers Aimee Fox, Emma Waldron, Matthew Wyard, Naomi Webber and Jim Hirschmann and has been co-edited by Jim Hirschmann and Katherine Anderson. You will find legal analyis on: (1) Discrimination in Foster Placeents as analysed in the recent Court of Appeal Judgment R (Cornerstone) v Ofsted [2021] EWCA Civ 1390 (2)...

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    • November 2021 employment law newsletter out now

        Welcome to November's employment law newsletter Our team has much to celebrate this month yet again, with Mathew Gullick's formal appointment at the Queen’s Counsel Appointment Ceremony in Westminster Hall on Monday. This comes hot on the heels of Chambers and Partners announcing a record 11 of our employment juniors ranked in 3 circuits, following equally outstanding results in the Legal 500 back in October. Case law analysis is provided by - Grace Nicholls on the importance of case...

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    • Chambers and partners 2022

      3PB Employment law team awarded a record 12 individual rankings by Chambers and Partners 2022

      3PB Barristers are delighted to announce yet another record performance for its employment and discrimination law team in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners UK Bar directory published today. The directory lists 12 individual rankings for our team, up from 9 last year. Eleven of our 23 employment juniors are now acknowledged for their expertise in the directory. The team retains its band 2 ranking in Western, has consolidated its offering in South Eastern...

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    • October 2021 employment law newsletter out now

        Welcome to October's Employment law newsletter October rewards 3PB with four new fee-paid, part-time Employment Tribunal Judges as well as a record number of rankings for our team in the Legal 500 2022. Case law analysis is provided by - Andrew MacPhail on redundancy process best practices in Gwynedd Council v S Barratt & I Hughes [2021] EWCA Civ 1322; - Katherine Anderson on proportionality assessment with The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of Oxford v Professor Paul...

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    • Legal 500 2022

      Legal 500 2022: another record number of rankings for 3PB’s employment law team

      3PB Barristers are delighted to announce another strong performance of its employment and discrimination law team in the Legal 500 2022 edition published on wednesday. With 11 of its 23 juniors now ranked in the directory, the team has attracted a total of 18 individual rankings. The team, who remains top tier in the South Eastern Circuit and tier two in Western, has further strengthened its recognition in London with another 2 rankings and is...

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    • sexual harassment in schools webinar

      Reaction to Ofsted review; and the Everyone's Invited website

      Ofsted's publication of its review on safeguarding policies in state and independent schools and colleges in relation to sexual abuse on 10 June has further emphasised how prevalent sexual abuse is in our education institutions and that steps must be taken to tackle this issue. Head of 3PB's Education law group Charlotte Hadfield, Sarah Bowen and Alice de Coverley from 3PB’s Education and Employment & Discrimination teams presented a webinar at 5pm on 21st June...

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