• Post Adoption Contact considered in Court of Appeal

    RE B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29 The issue of post-adoption contact was recently considered by the Court of Appeal in the case of Re B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29. The appellants were the natural parents represented by Vanessa Meachin QC and Sarah Jennings instructed by Phil Storey and Karen Bailey of Bailey Wright & Co Solicitors. In this matter the birth parents sought on-going direct contact with...

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  • Commercial update - Rebecca Farrell: Substituted service of bankruptcy petitions

    The High Court has ruled that permission to serve a bankruptcy petition by a substituted means cannot be given retrospectively. Rebecca Farrell analyses the decision Ardawa v. Uppal and Jordan [2019] EWHC 456 (Ch) and considers how it changes the law. Click here to read Rebecca's analysis. Rebecca is a Commercial Law barrister with a significant Company Law and Insolvency practice. View her profile here.

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  • 3PB’s Liz McGrath QC shortlisted for Lawyer Monthly’s Women In Law Awards

    The voting has now closed for the 2019 Women in Law Awards. Leading family barrister Liz McGrath QC is one of a select few to be nominated by voters for the Lawyer Monthly’s annual awards dedicated to women in the legal sector. With the legal profession traditionally being male-dominated, Lawyer Monthly aims to recognise the struggles female lawyers overcome, in order to be the best for their clients. Likewise, 3PB are proud to be one...

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  • 3PB Employment barrister Andrew MacPhail acts in BMC Software Limited v Ms A Shaikh [2019] EWCA Civ 267 in the Court of Appeal

    3PB employment barrister Andrew MacPhail appeared in the Court of Appeal recently, representing Ms Shaikh at all stages including at the Court of Appeal, instructed by LB Law.  The Court of Appeal, as confirmed in its reserved judgment of today’s date, concluded in Ms Shaikh’s favour ([2019] EWCA Civ 267). Ms Shaikh brought a number of claims in the ET, including an equal pay claim and claims based on constructive dismissal arising from the alleged...

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  • 3PB Personal Injury barrister Henrietta Hughes analyses the Supreme Court’s decision in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 6

    In her latest case summary, Henrietta Hughes provides an analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 6. Click here to view her analysis.

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  • 3PB barrister William Webster authors new planning law handbook for planning practitioners

    3 Paper Buildings (3PB Barristers) planning and property disputes barrister William Webster is the author of a new seminal guide for planning practitioners’ - “Planning Law: A Practitioner's Handbook” – published by leading UK law publishers Wildy, Simmonds and Hill. The handbook has a foreword by the lead judge of the Planning Court, The Right Honourable Lord Justice Lindblom, who said “in an area of the law that is constantly changing, and constantly growing in...

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  • 3PB's PI & Clinical Negligence Group to support the Child Brain Injury Trust with their Midlands Golf Day and dinner on 21 May

    3PB’s Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Group are delighted to be supporting The Child Brain Injury Trust by sponsoring and organising the inaugural Midlands Golf Day & Dinner on Tuesday 21st May at Olton Golf Club. This golf day will help raise crucial funds for the Child Brain Injury Trust and highlight the fine work the charity undertakes. The Child Brain Injury Trust was established by a group of health professionals in 1991 to research and provide...

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  • 3PB adds new recruit to its Personal Injury practice

    3PB is delighted to further strengthen its expanding Personal Injury team with the addition of Eloise Turnnidge. Eloise represents both Claimants and Defendants, regularly appearing at trials and interim application hearings. She advises on all aspects of litigation, including liability, quantum, indemnity and strategy. Prior to joining the Bar, Eloise worked in the employers and public liability team of a major Defendant firm, where she gained a depth of experience and an interest in claims...

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  • Mark Green appears on This Morning to talk about landmark discrimination case

    3 Paper Buildings (3PB) Employment and Discrimination barrister Mark Green, instructed by Anna Illingworth of solicitors Rowberry Morris, successfully represented 88-year-old secretary Eileen Jolly in suing the NHS for age and disability discrimination after she was dismissed, despite the surgeon she worked for disagreeing with the decision, stating she was ‘meticulous and reliable'. Watch Mark discussing the case on This Morning earlier today here. Mrs Jolly, who is believed to be the oldest person ever...

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  • Commercial update - John Jessup: The interests of creditors on insolvency at common law. Have the goalposts moved?

    The Court of Appeal has handed down its landmark judgment in Sequana, in the Insolvency sphere (BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana S.A. [2019] EWCA Civ 112). How likely does insolvency need to be, before a director must consider the interests of creditors when deciding what is in the company’s best interests? Is a dividend payment capable of amounting to a transaction defrauding creditors? John Jessup analyses the decision and considers how it changes the law....

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  • 3PB Barrister Mark Green successful in landmark age discrimination case against the NHS

    3 Paper Buildings (3PB) Employment and Discrimination barrister Mark Green, instructed by Anna Illingworth of solicitors Rowberry Morris, successfully represented 88-year-old secretary Eileen Jolly in suing the NHS for age and disability discrimination after she was dismissed, despite the surgeon she worked for disagreeing with the decision, stating she was ‘meticulous and reliable'. Mrs Jolly, who is believed to be the oldest person ever to sue an employer for age discrimination - after taking the...

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  • Victoria Jones earns another ranking for her Intellectual Property expertise from the World Trademark Review 2019

    Victoria Jones’ expertise has once again been acknowledged in the World Trademark Review: “Victoria Jones is highlighted for her specialisation in trademark, passing off and online enforcement matters and for the commercial and pragmatic way in which she approaches complex cases”. This ranking is further acknowledgement of Victoria’s first class Intellectual Property expertise. Victoria is also recognised for IP by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 Legal Directories. Click here to view her profile. Register to...

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