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3PB family and private client barrister Luke Nelson (pictured here) successfully appealed an earlier judgment in financial remedy proceedings. Luke's client was the intervenor: the beneficiary of a charging order arising out of a personal injury award due to historical sexual abuse by her uncle, the husband in the present proceedings. He is now serving a custodial sentence for her rape. The appeal was heard in Birmingham before HHJ Ingram, and Luke was instructed by...
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3PB’s Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team has a lot to celebrate this month. Fresh from organising their inaugural PI and Clin Neg conference in Southampton this month – an all-day conference attended by 140 solicitors – the team can now enjoy its excellent set of results in legal directories the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners 2024. Achieving a total of 18 rankings across four Court Circuits (London, the Midlands, South Eastern and Western),...
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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...
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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...
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3PB Head of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Michelle Marnham (pictured here) and future 3PB Pupil Jeremy Warner analyse MXX v A Secondary School [2023] EWCA Civ 996. The case concerned the grooming/abuse of a minor by a work experience student. It provided the Court of Appeal with an opportunity to clarify the “relationship akin to employment” and the “sufficiently close connection” tests set out in The Catholic Child Welfare Society and others (Appellants) v...
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David Kemeny edits our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence newsletter, with analysis from Michelle Marnham, David Kemeny, Paul Newman and Dr Tagbo Ilozue of the following cases: Jenkinson v Hertfordshire CC [2023] EWHC 872 (KB); ABC and others v Derbyshire CC and CC Derbyshire Constabulary [2023] EWHC 1337 (KB); Bilal and Malik v St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 605; and Blair v Jaber [2023] EW Misc 3 (CC).
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3PB are pleased to announce that two barristers Amanda Fernandez and former local authority family law assistant Elizabeth Porteous (pictured here, left to right) have both successfully completed their pupillages today and become tenants at - and members of - the 235-barrister, national chambers. Amanda Fernandez (call:2020) is joining 3PB's London office and accept instructions in property, housing, commercial and personal injury litigation. Elizabeth Porteous (call:2021) is a family barrister based in 3PB's Birmingham office...
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3 Paper Buildings (3PB Barristers) are delighted to announce that two pupil barristers have joined the national chambers today to undertake 12-month specialist pupillages. Lucy Bill is doing a specialist pupillage in personal injury and clinical negligence, whilst Rosa Thomas is combining education and employment in her pupillage. Both are pictured here, left and right respectively. Lucy is a First Class LLB graduate from Queen's University Belfast with an American Business Administration Certificate from Mary...
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All the latest news and case analyses from our specialist PI and clinical negligence barristers ...
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Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence News Welcome to our December newsletter Welcome to our Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence newsletter, packed full with team news and achievements, and analysis of some recent, interesting cases. Earlier this year, we congratulated Darren Walsh for his appointment as a Circuit Judge and celebrated with Luke Ashby his appointment as District Judge. The team has welcomed Sharan Sanghera as deputy head of the group. Our group will be expanding further next...
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3PB Barristers are delighted to announce the appointment of Sharan Sanghera as Deputy Head of its Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Teams Chambers expresses its many thanks to Luke Ashby who passes on the baton to Sharan following his move to become a District Judge. Both 3PB’s PI and clinical negligence teams attract praises from their clients through the legal directories who acknowledge them as ‘a very helpful, supportive set, with a breadth and depth...
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We are delighted to announce that the King has appointed 3PB personal injury and clinical negligence barrister Luke Ashby (pictured here) to be a District Judge with effect from Monday 31 October 2022. District Judge Ashby will sit on the Western Circuit and be based at Bournemouth County Court. Luke Ashby was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 2007 and appointed as a Fee-paid First-tier Tribunal Judge, assigned to the Social Entitlement Chamber in...
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