Latest News
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) has signed the NHS Mindful Employer Charter as part of our ongoing commitment to wellbeing and mental health across chambers. Being a signatory to the Charter demonstrates our ongoing commitment to health and wellbeing across chambers. It reflects the importance we place on enhancing a supportive and inclusive culture, while committing to practical measures such as raising awareness of mental health, providing appropriate training, and ensuring that wellbeing considerations are...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that leading employment and public law barrister Emma McIlveen has joined chambers as an associate member. Qualified in four jurisdictions, Emma is frequently instructed in cases in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Emma is a popular choice for high-stakes and landmark litigation, often involving vulnerable individuals, public bodies and cases with significant reputational/regulatory risk. She provides practical advice on resolving complex...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to welcome Sara Lewis KC as a new member of chambers and its 90-strong Family Law Group, which now boasts seven KC's. Sara was called to the Bar in 1996, took silk in 2021 and joins 3PB today from her former chambers, where she was its last of Head of Chambers until the beginning of 2026. Ranked as a Leading Silk by Legal 500 since she became a...
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Leading criminal defence barrister Nick Robinson of 3PB Barristers successfully defended JB in a two-week attempted murder trial at Winchester Crown Court before HHJ Morris The Recorder of Winchester. Mr B was charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Weymouth in June 2025. Nick’s client stabbed two males in an unprovoked assault. He was charged with attempting to kill one of the males. The prosecution alleged a premeditated attack, relying heavily on compelling...
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Events & Seminars
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In-Person
Construction Law Q&A: EOT assessments - are CAs/EAs getting it right?
Dates: 9th Sep (5:30 pm - 8:00 pm) 4th Feb (5:30 pm - 8:00 pm) Venue: 3PB Bristol / 3PB Birmingham 3PB's Construction and Engineering team invites you to join us for a Q&A session discussing EOT assessments and whether CAs and EAs are "getting it right". The session will offer the opportunity to hear from 3PB’s expert construction law barristers on the form, content and extent of an EA's/CA's EOT award recommendation, as well as ask questions on this important topic. Speakers include barristers James Davison, Patrick Heneghan, Jon Shaw and William Charlesworth. The seminar will…
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In-Person
Education Law Conference 2026
Date: Thursday 5th Feb 2026 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Venue: IET London: Savoy Place 3PB's Education Law Team is delighted to announce that its third annual conference will be held on Thursday 5 February 2026! This full-day event will include presentations on a variety of topics of interest to education practitioners. We will hear from a number of 3PB's specialist education law barristers, including: 3PB's Head of Education Charlotte Hadfield, John Friel, Lachlan Wilson, Katherine Anderson, Emma Calvert (née Waldron), Ben Amunwa, Alice de Coverley, Jim Hirschmann, Alex Leonhardt, Liz Adams and Olivia McGonigle. A…
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Online
3PB Family Law Brunch - Thursday 26 February - 11am on Zoom
Date: Thursday 26th Feb 2026 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: On Zoom The 3PB Family Law Team would like to invite you to attend our next Family Law Brunch on Thursday 26 February at 11am for one hour. This webinar will be hosted by 3PB family law barristers Davinia Riley and Esther Lieu. Esther Lieu will consider 'New Year, New Rules: Understanding the New PD27A Ahead of its Implementation.' Davinia Riley will present 'Privileged, Stolen or "Accidentally Found”: When Curiosity Kills the Case'. What solicitors must do when clients obtain…
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In-Person
Acquiring the woods and the trees: a practical workshop on adverse possession and proprietary estoppel
Date: Thursday 5th Mar 2026 Time: 12:00 pm - 4:15 pm Venue: 3PB Birmingham, Colmore Building, 20 Colmore Circus, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6AT 3PB are pleased to offer a practical seminar and workshop. Our speakers and panel will be drawn from specialist members of our Property and Estates Group which includes The Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson KC, Andrew Nicklin, Charles Irvine, Matthew Cannings and Jamie Johnston. Using a fictional problem, the team will offer expert talks followed by group workshops on best preparation of an adverse possession application and objection and the formulation of and tactics in pursuing and defending a proprietary estoppel claim. Join us for lunch served promptly…
Areas of Expertise
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Clinical Negligence
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Commercial
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Construction and Engineering
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Crime and Regulatory Crime
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Education Law
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Employment and Discrimination
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Family Law
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Intellectual property
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Personal Injury
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Property and Estates
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Public and Administrative Law
