Inquests News

Zahra Tierney and Jeremy Warner become members of chambers

16th April 2025

3PB are pleased to announce that barristers Zahra Tierney and Jeremy Warner (pictured here, left to right) have successfully completed their twelve-month pupillages and become members of the 270-barrister, national chambers. Former first-class law graduate Zahra Tierney (call: 2022) will continue her busy practice with a particular focus on property law (particularly residential landlord and tenant issues), commercial law and general civil litigation from 3PB's Oxford office. A former paralegal, Zahra worked for two London-based...

3PB congratulates its Public and Regulatory Law team for earning 3 new rankings in this year’s Chambers and Partners edition. To its existing 2 accolades for Administrative and Public Law, the team has added 2 rankings for Professional Discipline and one ranking for Inquests and Public Inquiries. Head of Group Mathew Gullick KC commented: “This significant gain in Chambers and Partners’ latest publication reflects both new and existing members of our national set of chambers,...

3PB achieves 96 rankings in Chambers and Partners 2025 edition

17th October 2024

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) breaks another record in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 96 rankings (81 last year) achieved by 80 of its barristers. The national set is rewarded with accolades in 21 areas of law, in the London Bar as well as in the North Eastern, South Eastern, Western and Midlands Circuits and exceptional comments for its expertise and service delivery. Click here to view the full...

Sunyana Sharma represents Coastguard in beach drowning inquest

10th October 2024

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Sunyana Sharma, represents His Majesty’s Coastguard (‘HMCG’) in a 2-week inquest following the tragic deaths of Joseph Abbess and Sunnah Khan who drowned whilst swimming between the red and yellow flags at Bournemouth beach on 31 May 2023 following a flash rip current.  The coroner considered the risk assessments carried out by the Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Borough Council (‘BCP’) and the RNLI prior to the accident, the cause and...

Rachel Best KC joins three highly rated practice teams at 3PB

7th October 2024

3 Paper Buildings (3PB) is delighted to announce that leading barrister and silk Rachel Best KC (2006 call) has joined chambers as an associate member. Rachel specialises in employment and discrimination disputes, judicial reviews, inquests and personal injury cases. She was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2006, the Bar of Ireland in 2021 and was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2022. She was promoted to Silk in 2024....

3PB achieves record rankings in the Legal 500’s 2025 edition

1st October 2024

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), one of the UK's largest chambers, is celebrating this year again its rankings - totalling 167 - in the Legal 500 2025’s edition published today, a 15% increase on last year’s 145. The set is ranked in 23 areas of law, across 4 UK Circuits: London, South Eastern, Western and the Midlands. 3PB’s barristers are also ranked in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. The Legal 500 acknowledges 3PB...

Sunyana Sharma represents HMCG at the inquest into Dawlish teenager's death

28th June 2024

3PB Barristers' (3 Paper Buildings) Sunyana Sharma represents His Majesty’s Coastguard (‘HMCG’) at the inquest touching the sad death of 14 year old Albina Yevko, who fell from the sea wall between Dawlish and Dawlish Warren after going for a walk along the sea wall. The Coroner considered the risk assessments and mitigations put in place by Network Rail, the care and treatment rendered by the emergency services including HMCG and the inter-agency communication. The...

Sunyana Sharma represents Maritime and Coastguard Agency in joint drowning inquest

2nd February 2024

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist regulatory and inquest barrister Sunyana Sharma (pictured here) has represented the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in a joint inquest touching the deaths of 3 men who drowned off the coast of Cornwall following the relaxation of COVID lockdown in May, June and August 2020. The issues considered by His Majesty’s Senior Coroner included the legal responsibility of maintaining beach safety, whether there was a legal duty for the...

Sunyana Sharma represents Devon and Cornwall Police at jury inquest into ABD death

21st December 2023

3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist inquest barrister Sunyana Sharma (pictured here) has represented Devon and Cornwall Police at the recent jury inquest into the death of a young man whilst detained by police. The inquest in question concerned the death of Jota Smith, who had exhibited extreme signs of acute behavioural disturbance (“ABD”), caused by the effects of a four-day cocaine binge. The suspect was restrained for his own safety and to protect those...

3PB celebrates 81 rankings in Chambers and Partners 2024

19th October 2023

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) breaks another record in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 81 accolades. The national set is rewarded with rankings in 18 areas of law, in the London Bar as well as in the South Eastern, Western and Midlands Circuits and exceptional comments on its service delivery, including praise for its “sublime service” and its "ability to manage matters in a professional and comprehensive manner second...

3PB achieves a record 145 rankings in this year’s Legal 500

4th October 2023

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), the UK's third largest chambers, is delighted to report this year again an outstanding number of rankings - totalling 145 - in the Legal 500 2024’s edition published today, a 12% increase on last year’s 130. The set has achieved its rankings across 5 large UK regions - or Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western, Midlands and Chester and Wales) - in 21 areas of law. 3PB is also ranked in...