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3PB, one of the UK's oldest chambers, continue their Birmingham chambers expansion with the recruitment of two senior family barristers with a national reputation, Dorian Day and Michael George. “I am delighted Dorian and Michael are joining 3PB,” said Hamish Dunlop, Head of 3PB’s 64 strong family law team. "Both have exceptional reputations and will be great assets to our clients, served from our premises at The Colmore Building, Birmingham and 3PB nationally.” Dorian Day...

3PB Employment barrister Simon Tibbitts analyses the latest employment law cases, covering: Can you rely on OH Advice as to whether someone is disabled or not? - Donelien v Liberata UK Limited EWCA Civ 129 Agency Worker Regulations – A ‘term-by-term’ comparison is required – Kocur v Angard Staffing Solutions Limited & Royal Mail Group Limited UKEAT/0181/17 Windfalls for Part-Time Workers? - Brazel v Harpur Trust UKEAT/0101/17 Pre-Cancerous Conditions – Do they amount to a disability?...

3PB Barristers are delighted to announce that three of their barristers have been appointed as Recorders. Lawrence Messling, is assigned to sit on the North Eastern Circuit dealing with Family matters. William Hansen has been assigned to sit on the South Eastern Circuit dealing with Criminal matters. Mathew Gullick has also been assigned to sit on the South Eastern Circuit dealing with Criminal matters. Lawrence Messling, a specialist family law barrister with over twenty five...

3PB Construction barrister Nicholas Kaplan analyses the decision in Grove Developments v S&T: will Smash and Grab now Crash and Burn?

22nd March 2018

Construction Barrister Nicholas Kaplan examines Coulson J’s rejection of the notion that by failing to respond to an interim payment notice a Payer under a construction contract is “deemed to agree” the sum applied for [115-117]. Instead, by operation of the contract and/or terms implied by the Scheme,  the Payer must immediately pay the sums applied for, but may, at any time after payment, commence an adjudication to determine the true value of the works...

3PB's public and regulatory team are proud to announce the publication of the fifth edition of 'Millington and Sutherland Williams on the Proceeds of Crime' (published by Oxford University Press).  The book is a leading practitioner text on all aspects of restraint, confiscation and civil recovery of the proceeds of crime.  It has been fully updated to cover the recent Money Laundering Regulations of 2017 and Criminal Finances Act 2017, including explanation of new measures such as Unexplained Wealth Orders....

On 15 March 2018 3PB Barristers Nicholas Leviseur, Nicholas Cotter and Sunyana Sharma presented a seminar on The CQC: Aims, Powers and Enforcement Powers and provided a Regulatory and Discipline Update on Practice and Procedure to solicitors in Manchester. Topics covered included Sanction, Insight, Dishonesty, GDPR, Professional Reporting and Open Reporting. Click here to view Nicholas Leviseur's profile. Click here to view Nicholas Cotter's profile. Click here to view Sunyana Sharma's profile. To arrange a seminar with our Professional Disciplinary team, contact...

Gemma White acted for the second defendant, aged 16 at the time of the alleged offences, who faced multiple charges of rape and possession of indecent images of a child along with three other co-accused. The trial lasted several weeks and involved complex matters of law as well as forensic evidence and young and vulnerable witnesses who required careful and sensitive cross examination. A number of the charges were dismissed at the close of the prosecution case and the...

Tom Horder, instructed by Central Bedfordshire Council, successfully prosecuted CP Woburn (Operating Company) Ltd in respect of a fall from height. An 8 year old girl fell from a tree during a tree climbing activity at Center Parcs, Woburn. Luton Crown Court heard that whilst the Defendant Company clearly had systems in place to ensure the safety of guests these were not sufficiently adhered to or implemented in respect of this incident. Agreeing with Mr...

Paul Kent was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court in November 2013 to 19 years imprisonment for a string of sexual offences and was described as "a dangerous man who spent many years manipulating, controlling and abusing women in the Basingstoke area". He was represented by Ian Lawrie QC, 3PB's previous Head of Chambers (now His Honour Judge Lawrie QC) and prosecuted by 3PB's Stephen Parish. Paul Kent was moved to HMP Albany where he started a...

3PB Criminal barrister Graham Gilbert represented a defendant accused of intending to supply drugs to a value of £250,000. The case was heard in Winchester Crown Court. Read more about Graham here. For more information about the case, please click here.

What provides good reason for validating irregular service of a claim form? Hugh-Guy Lorriman analyses the Supreme Court’s most recent contribution to the issue (Barton v. Wright Hassall LLP [2018] UKSC 12). Read the full briefing here Hugh-Guy is a pupil barrister with an interest in Commercial Law.

On 5th March 2018 at Southampton Crown Court the defendant was sentenced for rape and sexual abuse of two young children aged between 4 and 7. The abuse was filmed and shared on the dark web. The defendant pleaded guilty and after mitigation from Miss Mulvanny received a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 9 years. Read press coverage here