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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...

Kellie Salter speaking at Community Care Live 2025

30th September 2025

3PB’s family barrister Kellie Salter will be speaking at the Community Care Live 2025 on ‘Is it good enough? Working with parents with learning disabilities and learning difficulties’. Community Care Live 2025 is the UK's largest free-to-attend social work event and is held this year on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th October at the Business Design Centre in London. The event is sponsored by Essex County Council. Attendees can access essential learning and training for social work professionals...

James Hume, Emily Hayward and Toria Holland become members of chambers

30th September 2025

3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are pleased to announce that barristers James Hume, Emily Hayward and Toria Holland (pictured here, left to right) have successfully completed their twelve-month pupillages and become members of chambers. Former Fleet Air Arm Officer James Hume (call: 2023) joins 3PB's London office following 11 years in the Royal Navy where he will continue to grow his practice within the Commercial, Property and Construction Teams. Throughout his pupillage, James gained significant experience...

Aimee Fox comes back from maternity leave

30th September 2025

3PB is delighted to have welcomed Family and Education Law Barrister Aimee Fox, pictured here, back to chambers from maternity leave on Monday, 29 September 2025. Aimee, who is joint head of our financial remedy team, has an established practice in financial remedies and private law proceedings. Aimee also has extensive experience in education law, often appearing in tribunals relating to EHC Plans. She has also been successful in judicial reviews and appeals to the Upper...

Victoria Hamblen has successfully secured a 6 - month secondment position at the Office for Environmental Protection

30th September 2025

3PB’s Victoria Hamblen has successfully secured a 6-month secondment position at the Office for Environmental Protection, (the OEP). Victoria is an environmental and property barrister with an interest in climate law, as well as broader alleged breaches of environmental law. She will be working as a Principal Lawyer on secondment at the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) from the 29th September 2025 until the end of March 2026. To learn more about the organisation please...

Mark Wilden writes for IP Awareness Network on the benefits of free advice for musicians

29th September 2025

3PB’s specialist intellectual property and media and entertainment barrister Mark Wilden has written for the IP Awareness Network on the importance of offering IP advice to musicians early on in their careers. In his blog post, entitled “The place of Intellectual Property law in collaboration and the benefit of early, free advice for musicians", Mark draws on his experience as both a professional musician and as a legal practitioner. The piece discusses how a basic...

Two family law barristers join 3PB from Westgate Chambers

29th September 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) today announced the arrival of two new family barristers from the London and South-East Circuits specialists Westgate Chambers, who are based in Brighton. Family law barrister Lauren Winser, with a busy practice across all areas of family law and is a committee member of YRes for the family law network Resolution, will be joined at 3PB by matrimonial finance and private law children expert Scott Sharp who deals with financial...