• Conwoman jailed for three years

    3PB's Berenice Mulvanny acted in a case against a 'vindictive conwoman' who made more than £100,000 on a sugar daddy website by 'catfishing' married men before blackmailing them has been jailed for nearly three years. Reports in the Daily Mail state that Shannon Lee, 21, from Netley Abbey near Southampton, would pose as another woman, whose photos she stole from the Internet, before luring men into sexual and embarrassing conversations. Lee would then threaten to...

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  • 3PB barrister and director jump out of a plane for D-Day Veteran charity

    3PB's Mark Lomas, a personal injury and clinical negligence specialist, and Chambers Director Stuart Pringle will be participating in the D-Day Commemorative Skydive on Sunday 16th June 2019 to mark 75 years since the D-Day landings and raise vital funds for Alabaré Home For Veterans. Paratroopers were the first soldiers to land on French soil during D-Day - giving this Commemorative event an extra significance. Alabaré’s Homes for Veterans provide supported accommodation to British Armed...

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  • Successful Prosecution of unlicensed HMO in central London

    Specialist criminal and regulatory barrister, Jonathan Underhill acting on behalf the local London Borough was successful after a fully contested trial on the issues’ of proper HMO classification and ownership/ control. At any one time there were up to 8 people living in a single bedroom flat. The Defendant was investigated and formed part of Chanel 5’s series “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”. Jonathan helped to secure guilty verdicts on all charges, a five figure sum...

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  • Adam Feest QC leading Gemma White secure Manslaughter conviction in hit and run

    On 3rd June at Bristol Crown Court Dario Carboni changed his plea to guilty in respect of the manslaughter of pensioner Kenneth Kiley in July last year. This plea came at the close of the Prosecution case following complicated pre-trial legal argument and 10 days of evidence. Despite denying being the driver of the vehicle involved in the fatal collision with Mr Kiley, and maintaining this throughout the trial, he finally accepted his responsibility once Adam and Gemma...

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  • 3PB provide specialist legal and practical tips training for law firm Irwin Mitchell

    Ten specialist members of 200-strong 3PB Barristers will today be training more than 50 lawyers from leading law firm Irwin Mitchell’s highly-regarded Medical Negligence, Family Law, Court of Protection/Public Law and Travel (Serious Injury) teams at 3PB's Colmore Building offices in Birmingham.    

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  • VAT: When you have overpaid your welcome - an analysis by Max Schofield

    Max Schofield analyses the recent Court of Appeal decision in National Car Parks Ltd v HMRC [2019] concerning parking ticket overpayments and consideration for VAT purposes. Click here to read Max's analysis. Click here to view his profile.

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  • Adam Feest QC leads Berenice Mulvanny in successful high profile prosecution of football coach Bob Higgins

    The predatory paedophile who used his reputation as a star-maker to abuse children whilst working as the Youth Development Officer at Southampton Football Club and Peterborough United was convicted of 45 counts of indecent assault against 23 victims. 3PB's Adam Feest QC, who heads the set's crime team, led Berenice Mulvanny for the prosecution in the nine-week trial at Bournemouth Crown Court following one of Hampshire Constabulary’s largest investigations. This Defendant carried out a widespread...

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  • Commercial Update: Lawful economic duress and reasonableness – an analysis by Christopher Edwards

    Commercial barrister Christopher Edwards analyses the Court of Appeal decision in Times Travel (UK) v Pakistan International Airlines Corporation and its impact on the criteria of lawful economic duress and reasonableness in commercial contracts. Click here to read Christopher's analysis. Click here to view his profile.

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  • 3PB barrister John Jessup appears in and analyses High Court case on proprietary estoppel

    John Jessup reflects on a recent High Court case in which he appeared and which sheds further light on proprietary estoppel in contracts for the sale of land. Click here to read John's analysis Click here to view John’s profile

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  • 3PB barristers Craig Ludlow and Sarah Clarke analyse the latest employment law cases

    3PB barristers Craig Ludlow and Sarah Clarke analyse the latest employment law cases, covering March, April and May 2019. Click here to read their analysis. Time limits and the correct approach to the reasonable practicability of lodging ET claims when the previous fees regime was in place -  Mr G Wray v Jewish Care (UKEAT/0193/18/JOJ) s.26 Harassment: The correct approach -  Mr F Ahmed v The Cardinal Hume Academies (UKEAT/0196/18/RN) Criminal & Employer Investigations, Interim...

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  • Copyright, database rights, breach of confidence and conspiracy in relation to data

    Nicole Bollard analyses The Racing Partnership Ltd and others v Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Ltd), a case involving a broad range of claims including conspiracy, copyright, database rights and breach of confidence, which will be of interest beyond those working in the horseracing arena, to those working industries which produce and disseminate data to third parties. Click here to read Nicole's analysis - This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 14/05/2019 Click here to view Nicole’s...

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  • 3PB’s Nicholas Cotter successful for care home manager after fire

    Following a terrible fire at Newgrange Care Home in Hertfordshire, in which two elderly residents died, regulatory and health and safety barrister Nicholas Cotter acted for the care home manager Alison Wood. Mrs Wood pleaded not guilty to five Fire Reform Order offences. Significant expert evidence was then considered to help determine issues of causation, fire compartment, building regulations and regulatory fault in the tragic loss of life. The CPS indicated before trial that they would offer no...

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