Commercial News

3PB specialist commercial and property barrister Neil Fawcett analyses the decision in New Balance Athletics, Inc v Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Ltd [2019] EWHC 2837 (Comm) regarding the interpretation of an implied term of good faith in a sponsorship agreement between a football club and a manufacturer of sportswear, as well as summarising the familiar principles of construction in relation to contracts of good faith. The article also deals with the court’s decision on...

Neil Fawcett (2006 call) has joined 3PB‘s leading Commercial and Property teams. Neil  has a broad commercial and chancery practice and will be based in 3PB’s Birmingham Office in the landmark Colmore Building. In the property arena Neil acts for individuals, private companies and public bodies in relation to commercial property disputes, including multi-day High Court and County Court trials and has experience of trials in the property tribunal. In banking and financial services litigation Neil...

Seb Oram analyses the Commercial Court’s recent decision in Natixis SA v Marex Financial [2019] EWHC 2549 (Comm), as part of LexisPSL’s Case Analysis Expert Panels. What is the scope for common mistake in commercial contracts? Can a party’s standard terms limit or exclude liability, even where there is no contractual relationship? Seb is a Commercial Law barrister specialising in professional negligence and the construction sector. Click here to view his profile. Click here to...

Max Schofield analyses, for LexisPSL, the practical implications of the Admin Court’s decision in  R (on the application of Actegy Ltd) v Advertising Standards Authority Ltd [2019] EWHC 2374 (Admin). This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 12/09/2019. Click here to read Max's analysis.  

Seb Oram analyses, for LexisPSL, the recent decision in Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd v. The Hut Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 2191 (Comm), in which the Commercial Court considered what rights one party to a Share Purchase Agreement has against the other, to access information about the company after completion of the sale. This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 28 August 2019 (available for subscribers here) or click here to read the Seb's analysis...

Head of Chambers David Berkley KC is delighted to announce that David Parratt KC, Barrister and Advocate, has joined 3PB Barristers from Crown Office Chambers. He is one of the leading Silks in Scotland for international and UK arbitrations and has experience both as counsel and arbitrator. He is renowned for his work in commercial, construction, engineering and energy disputes. He has acted in many of the biggest arbitration cases for leading blue-chip clients, including...

Pupil barrister Ashley Blood-Halvorsen has been working for the last 18 months on a review of global reforms of cannabis law, that has just been published by a working party of the Society of Conservative Lawyers (SCL). The new report “Cannabis: A look at sweeping global change” was authored by Ashley and Simon Randall CBE of Winkworth Sherwood LLP and looks at the history of the drug and the legal position in England and Wales, Canada,...

3PB VAT specialist Max Schofield has been invited to speak at EANOVAT's 5th annual VAT conference. Entitled Can (EU) VAT Contribute to a Fairer Society?​, the conference will be held at the Centre for Business Law and Practice (CBLP), School of Law, University of Leeds (UK), on September 6th, 2019.​ ​Full programme and online registration​ are available here. Max is also delighted to have recently accepted to be co-editor of the Wolters Kluwer publication “A handbook...

3PB Barristers are delighted to host CITMA's first Midlands lecture of the year at our Birmingham Chambers. Programme Outline Recent trade mark decisions are beginning to impact the future of trade mark applications: 3PB IP Barrister Victoria Jones will share her insights and forecasts, outlining what we can now register as a trade mark, and the specifications applied to marks. Victoria will also review the CJEU reference in Sky v SkyKick, where the telecoms giant claimed...

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.

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.

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