Set Profile > 3PB > London, England
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3PB > The Legal 500 Rankings
Business and regulatory crime (including health and safety) Tier 1
Members of 3PB are highly active in health and safety cases across the western circuit, with instructions for both the defence and prosecution in a range of cases up to and including multi-fatality matters. Nicholas Cotter is highly recommended, particularly for matters relating to care homes, while Tom Horder is another key name within the set, and recently prosecuted the owner of a bouncy castle erected at a sailing regatta, which injured several children after being lifted by high winds and carried for several metres.
Leading Juniors
Crime (general and fraud) Tier 1
3PB 'is one of the forefront chambers in Western Circuit and a has a well-deserved reputation for quality representation for both prosecution and defence'. In recent instructions of note, Adam Feest QC prosecuted former Southampton FC youth coach Bob Higgins, who was convicted in a 2019 retrial of sexually abused youth players over two decades, involving issues of hearsay applications and new complainants. Among the set's juniors, Nicholas Cotter represented a man who was acquitted of murder after the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence after forensics suggested the defendant may have stabbed the deceased in self-defence. Turning to the fraud arena, Timothy Bradbury prosecuted an eight-week, multi-defendant cheating the public revenue case concerning phoenix fraud.
Leading Silks
Leading Juniors
Employment Tier 1
Barristers at 3PB act for claimants and respondents alike across the full gamut of employment matters. The set has particular expertise in public sector work in the local authority, education and health care contexts, as well as transport and technology-related matters in the private sector. Karen Moss is praised for being 'personable with all clients' and being able to 'put witnesses at ease while keeping them focussed on their evidence', while Mark Green 's 'quiet and unassuming confidence' makes one solicitors' lay clients 'feel at ease as soon as they meet him'.
Leading Juniors
Employment Tier 2
3PB has a 'strong, client-focused employment group that is able to deliver strong advocates on short notice'. Simon Tibbitts represented the Crown Prosecution Service in defeating a disability discrimination case in which the claimant was unusually subjected to a costs order, while Stephen Wyeth represented an organic lubricant firm in a claim above the statutory maximum brought by a former director, who changed the company's top-level web domain from .org to .com without permission. Turning to employee work, Andrew MacPhail represented the claimant in Court of Appeal case BMC Software v Shaikh, an equal pay claim.
Leading Juniors
Family and children law Tier 2
The team at 3PB regularly deal with all aspects of family law and have appeared in all stages of the courts. Elisabeth Hudson is experienced in Children Act work and has acted in a number of cases brought under the Hague Convention involving the return of children to and from Australia, USA, and Zimbabwe. Sarah O’Hara has a particular interest in non-accidental injury cases; Lucy Hendry specialises in public and private child law acting for parents, guardians, and local authorities; Hamish Dunlop is noted for his expertise in financial cases involving family businesses and inherited wealth; and Melissa Barlow is recommended for representing police authorities in cases of complexities between court proceedings and police investigations.
Leading Juniors: Child Law (Public and Private)
Leading Juniors: Divorce and Financial Remedy
Family and children law Tier 2
3PB is primarily known in the Midlands for its contingent of care-focused barristers, whose practice involves serious non accidental injuries, sexual abuse allegations, adoption orders and more for the full range of parties including local authorities, parents and children. However, the set also houses several barristers with experience in financial remedy proceedings, such as Elizabeth McGrath QC and Vanessa Meachin QC, both of whom have seen recent substantial cases involving private clients with large asset portfolios in addition to their child law practices. Turning to the set's the junior ranks, Michael George is praised for his 'exceptional aptitude for financial remedy work, particularly cases involving company law, complex accounts and pensions'; on the care side, key juniors include Lawrence Messling, Suzanne Coleclough , and Stephen Abberley, while practitioners such as Poonam Bhari, Aimee Fox, and Nicola Martin spread themselves across both areas.
Leading Silks: Child Law (Public and Private)
Leading Silks: Divorce and Financial Remedy
Leading Juniors: Child Law (Public and Private)
Leading Juniors: Divorce and Financial Remedy
Clinical negligence Tier 3
Mark Lomas and Hamish Dunlop are the key names to note in 3PB's clinical negligence team, with a strong background in very serious cases involving birth injuries, surgical complications, and missed diagnoses leading to death or serious injury. Of particular note is Lomas' representation of a claimant who suffered severe neurological injury due to a brain stem tumour which had previously been removed, where the return of the tumour was missed during routine scanning and diagnosis was delayed.
Leading Juniors
Family and children law Tier 3
Nicola Martin and James Legg are the key names to note at 3PB, with Martin involved in high net worth ancillary relief proceedings and care cases, while Legg's focus lies on children cases. The set, whose members are instructed by both well-respected private client and Legal Aid firms alike, has 'great depth of knowledge and a greater ability to cover matters around the country'.
Leading Juniors: Child Law (Public and Private)
Police law (defendant)
Leading Juniors
James Trumble - 3PB ‘A measured and effective advocate. A quick thinking knowledgeable barrister who is never fazed by anything thrown his way at court.’
Employment
Leading Juniors
Personal injury Tier 3
'A leader in his field', Mark Lomas is a key member of the personal injury team at 3PB. Lomas has a particular interest in catastrophic injury claims involving both traumatic brain injury and spinal injury and also in fatal accident claims. Michelle Marnham is another key member of the team and has a particular interest in CRPS cases, while Duncan McNair has particular expertise in employers' liability, specifically cases involving accidents at work. Luke Ashby deals with life-changing injuries and fatal accidents and has a specialist counter-fraud practice. As a whole, the team provides advice to both defendant and claimant clients in all aspects of personal injury litigation, with cases ranging from the simplest to the most complex.
Leading Juniors
Property and construction Tier 3
3PB offers a specialist construction team, which comprises of FIDIC adjudicators and members qualified in the construction profession. The set also provides private client expertise for matters such as insolvency where LPA receivers are instructed. Clients include developers, insurers and individuals instructing through direct access. Matthew Cannings heads the property and estates team and undertakes landlord and tenant work and neighbour disputes, often involving time in court. Antonietta Grasso acts for landlords and tenants, including vulnerable clients, in judicial reviews, handling boundary, trespass, and property damage disputes. Paul Newman is well known for undertaking a wide range of construction disputes across the region. Robert Weatherley is considered a go-to for various property-related commercial disputes.
Leading Juniors
Education Tier 4
3PB is an 'excellent set with strength-in-depth' in the education field with members described as 'approachable and committed'. Recent instructions include Aimee Fox successfully defending Wolverhampton City Council in a judicial review matter against allegations that it failed in its duty under section 19(1) of the Education Act 1996, to provide education services to the claimant. Other highlights include Emma Waldron successfully acting for Queen Mary, University of London in a discrimination claim.
Rising stars
Leading Juniors
Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
Leading Juniors
Children law (including public and private law)
Leading Juniors
Inquests and inquiries
Leading Juniors
Intellectual property
Leading Juniors
Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
Personal injury - Leading Juniors
Professional negligence
Leading Juniors
Chancery, probate, and tax
Cheryl Jones at 3PB remains active in Chancery work, with a particular focus on wills, trusts, and probate matters, with recent instructions concerning the removal of executors, and contested letters of administration, as well as time-sensitive matters such as urgent freezing injunctions against estate administrators.
Leading Juniors
Chancery, probate, and tax
3PB's Lydia Pemberton, who is described by clients as someone who will 'fight hard for her clients and cut to the heart of an issue to get things done', is highly active in Inheritance Act claims, disputes about the validity of wills, removal of executors, and TLATA matters.
Leading Juniors
Commercial litigation
3PB's 'commercial, pragmatic, and user-friendly' Richard Whitehouse is recommended for breach of contract claims, representing clients across a range of industry sectors. Recent work has included claims relating to negligent installation of amenities, cross-jurisdictional claims, and asset purchase agreements.
Leading Juniors
Commercial litigation
Joseph Giret QC of 3PB is recognised for his expertise in a wide range of high-value commercial disputes, many of which with international and offshore elements. Solicitors continue to instruct the set because of its ability to 'provide specialist advice, the range of experience its barristers are able to offer and its geographical reach'.
Leading Silks
Company and insolvency
Charles Irvine at 3PB is adept at handling insolvency matters, particularly with respect to individual bankruptcies and corporate liquidations, including ones involving disputes between company directors.
Leading Juniors
Court of Protection and community care
Members of 3PB receive instructions from family members, local authorities, deputies, protected parties as well as the Official Solicitor, with areas of expertise including deputyship order matters, deprivation of liberty applications and broader mental capacity issues. In particular, the set has been 'traditionally focused on community care through judicial review, however the addition of Matthew Wyard to the team has given real fire power to their Court of Protection offering in Wales.'
Rising stars
Court of Protection and community care
At 3PB, Louise Worton has a wide-ranging Court of Protection and community care practice, with areas of expertise including deprivation of liberty, the removal of deputies and best interests decisions on placement, contact, care packages and medical treatment. In particular, she is praised as 'a voice of reason in circumstances where without her input it would be very difficult to find a way forward'.
Leading Juniors
Education
A set that is 'increasingly becoming a powerhouse in education law', 3PB's presence in this region comes in the form Matthew Wyard, who joined from Sinclairslaw in February 2020. He specialises in public law challenges in the education sector, civil claims against education institutions and special educational needs appeals.Rising stars
Education
3PB's Aimee Fox is a 'fountain of knowledge when it comes to special educational needs law', with a practice that covers advice to both schools and parents.
Planning and environment
3PB's planning team is regularly instructed to advise and act on behalf of planning professionals in the public and private sectors and to appear at public inquiries or in enforcement proceedings. Of particular note, William Webster is a specialist in the law of village greens having sat as an inspector at numerous non-statutory inquiries and has also appeared in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in leading village green cases. 'In a public inquiry setting, he has the ability to explain the issues to the applicants who have no legal knowledge and background in a way that avoids being patronising and conveys the meaning in a readily understandable way,' said one solicitor.
Leading Juniors
Professional negligence
At 3PB, Richard Whitehouse 'deals with factually and legally messy disputes with ease and tenacity' and provides 'excellent quality of advice tempered with a pragmatic application to real world scenarios'. A former solicitor, Whitehouse represents clients in litigious and non-contentious disputes including actions against professionals for breach of contract, trust, and fiduciary duty. He is regularly instructed in complex, high-value commercial disputes by insurers, companies, law firms, and other professionals, including barristers, surveyors, architects, accountants, and brokers.
Leading Juniors
Property and construction
Members of 3PB act across the entire sphere of property, from development to commercial as well as residential landlord and tenant disputes, but also boundary disputes, adverse possession claims, co-ownership and conveyancing disputes. Joshua Dubin represented a party to a three-decade neighbour dispute featuring allegations of deliberate flooding, trespass, vandalism to fences and nuisancious firing of rifles.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Employment Tier 1
Barristers at 3PB act for claimants and respondents alike across the full gamut of employment matters. The set has particular expertise in public sector work in the local authority, education and health care contexts, as well as transport and technology-related matters in the private sector. Karen Moss is praised for being 'personable with all clients' and being able to 'put witnesses at ease while keeping them focussed on their evidence', while Mark Green 's 'quiet and unassuming confidence' makes one solicitors' lay clients 'feel at ease as soon as they meet him'.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Family and children law Tier 3
Nicola Martin and James Legg are the key names to note at 3PB, with Martin involved in high net worth ancillary relief proceedings and care cases, while Legg's focus lies on children cases. The set, whose members are instructed by both well-respected private client and Legal Aid firms alike, has 'great depth of knowledge and a greater ability to cover matters around the country'.
Leading Juniors: Child Law (Public and Private)
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
Cheryl Jones at 3PB remains active in Chancery work, with a particular focus on wills, trusts, and probate matters, with recent instructions concerning the removal of executors, and contested letters of administration, as well as time-sensitive matters such as urgent freezing injunctions against estate administrators.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Commercial litigation
Joseph Giret QC of 3PB is recognised for his expertise in a wide range of high-value commercial disputes, many of which with international and offshore elements. Solicitors continue to instruct the set because of its ability to 'provide specialist advice, the range of experience its barristers are able to offer and its geographical reach'.
Leading Silks
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Company and insolvency
Charles Irvine at 3PB is adept at handling insolvency matters, particularly with respect to individual bankruptcies and corporate liquidations, including ones involving disputes between company directors.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > Wales and Chester Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
Members of 3PB receive instructions from family members, local authorities, deputies, protected parties as well as the Official Solicitor, with areas of expertise including deputyship order matters, deprivation of liberty applications and broader mental capacity issues. In particular, the set has been 'traditionally focused on community care through judicial review, however the addition of Matthew Wyard to the team has given real fire power to their Court of Protection offering in Wales.'
Rising stars
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Court of Protection and community care
At 3PB, Louise Worton has a wide-ranging Court of Protection and community care practice, with areas of expertise including deprivation of liberty, the removal of deputies and best interests decisions on placement, contact, care packages and medical treatment. In particular, she is praised as 'a voice of reason in circumstances where without her input it would be very difficult to find a way forward'.
Leading Juniors
Regional Bar > Wales and Chester Circuit > Education
A set that is 'increasingly becoming a powerhouse in education law', 3PB's presence in this region comes in the form Matthew Wyard, who joined from Sinclairslaw in February 2020. He specialises in public law challenges in the education sector, civil claims against education institutions and special educational needs appeals.Rising stars
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Property and construction
Members of 3PB act across the entire sphere of property, from development to commercial as well as residential landlord and tenant disputes, but also boundary disputes, adverse possession claims, co-ownership and conveyancing disputes. Joshua Dubin represented a party to a three-decade neighbour dispute featuring allegations of deliberate flooding, trespass, vandalism to fences and nuisancious firing of rifles.
Leading Juniors
3PB > Set Profile
THE CHAMBERS
3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is one of the UK’s oldest and fourth largest chambers in England providing a comprehensive legal advocacy and advisory service to businesses and individuals alike. Headed by commercial barrister David Berkley QC, our 215 barristers – including 14 silks – deliver real expertise and specialist knowledge across the full range of legal dispute areas, assisted by some 50 clerks and other staff.
Our barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from six locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester. The chambers operates as a single national legal business from its six well-equipped offices and is fully accredited by the Bar Council to provide CPD courses and is IiP and BarMark accredited. Each office is staffed by friendly and experienced clerks and staff who can advise clients on the most suitable counsel for a particular case, as well as discuss fees and provide estimates for anticipated work.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Chambers is a full-service barristers’ set, offering legal expertise from 12 specialist teams. See www.3pb.co.uk for more details.
The commercial group advises on company, contract and commercial disputes including professional negligence claims, as well as insolvency, energy law and intellectual property.. The criminal law group advises and acts in the full range of criminal law issues from homicide and sexual offences to fraud, drugs and proceeds of crime. . The specialist education law team advises parents, pupils, schools, teaching and academic staff and local authorities on all aspects of education law including SEN provision and regulatory matters. The employment and discrimination group provides expertise across all areas of contentious and non-contentious work, including injunctions, investigations, directories duties, TUPE and restrictive covenants. The family law group provides expertise in every aspect of public/private childcare law and all forms of financial proceedings including Remote Private Financial Dispute Resolution. The personal injury and clinical negligence groups conduct cases at every level and clients include both claimants and defendants, dealing with fatal and catastrophic injuries, employers liability and public liability cases, fraudulent claims, travel and military cases. The property and estates group undertakes work in all areas of law concerning the ownership, occupation and use of land and buildings, probate and estates disputes as well as traditional Chancery law advice. Public and regulatory law crosses the boundary between civil and criminal law and members of the group provide expertise across a range of legal fields, including professional disciplinary, inquests, health and safety, marine and fisheries and police law. The mediation group has particular strength in the fields of adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Members are regularly appointed as adjudicators or arbitrators in both domestic and international disputes. 3PB’s high profile construction and engineering group provides advocacy and other expertise in all aspects of construction disputes and dispute resolution services, both domestic and international with a focus on arbitration, adjudication and acting as neutrals. The sports law group has an exceptional reputation for its expertise in sports regulation and on-field and off-field discipline, doping issues, contractual disputes, defamation and libel and IP.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Head of Chambers | BERKLEY QC, David | david.berkley@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Chief Executive | ASTILL, Simon | simon.astill@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Chambers Director | WILDISH, Matthew | matthew.wildish@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Barrister Profiles
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Gabriel Adedeji | Gabriel enjoys a varied practice, spanning the areas of Personal Injury, Public… | View Profile |
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Peter Aeberli | Peter Aeberli is a Canadian citizen, resident in the United Kingdom. He… | View Profile |
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Jennifer Agyekum | Jennifer has a broad and successful professional discipline, regulatory and healthcare practice.… | View Profile |
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Christopher Aylwin | Christopher Aylwin has over 40 years’ experience in the field of commercial… | View Profile |
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Faizul Azman | Faizul Azman specialises in employment, education and public law disputes. He operates… | View Profile |
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Philip Bambagiotti | You have exceeded the maximum number of characters for this text area.… | View Profile |
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Mr David Berkley QC | Head of Chambers David Berkley QC has been advising and representing clients… | View Profile |
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Poonam Bhari | Poonam Bhari practices in all aspects of family law, with experience in… | View Profile |
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Tony Bingham | Anthony Bingham (Tony) is a specialist in Building & Civil Engineering litigation,… | View Profile |
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Arthur Blake | In the course of his career Arthur Blake has been recognised by… | View Profile |
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Nicole Bollard | Nicole is a specialist Intellectual Property (IP) barrister. She is regularly… | View Profile |
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Marc Brittain | Marc’s practice covers a broad range of chancery and commercial litigation and… | View Profile |
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Nicola Brown | Family barrister Nicola Brown, who joined 3PB in December 2020, specialises in… | View Profile |
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Daniel Brown | Daniel is a specialist Employment and Discrimination barrister. He represents individuals, businesses… | View Profile |
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Mark Calway | Mark Calway is an experienced family law specialist advising on all aspects of… | View Profile |
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Gilliam Campbell | Gillian Campbell is a family law specialist. Her practice encompasses family finance (financial… | View Profile |
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Kara Cann | Kara continues to develop a specialist family practice and accepts regular instructions… | View Profile |
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Peter Collie | Peter is a dual qualified construction professional and barrister. He has 38… | View Profile |
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James Davison | James Davison specialises in contract and commercial disputes, with a particular expertise… | View Profile |
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Sarah Dines MP | Sarah Dines has over 25 years’ experience at the Bar and practises… | View Profile |
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Ian Edge | Ian Edge is a specialist in most legal matters concerning Islamic/Shari’a law… | View Profile |
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Christopher Edwards | Prior to being called to the Bar, Christopher completed an MPhil in… | View Profile |
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Joseph England | Joseph England specialises in Employment Law and Business & Commercial Law. His… | View Profile |
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Rebecca Farrell | Rebecca joined Chambers as a tenant in April 2018 upon successful completion… | View Profile |
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Jane Foulser McFarlane | Jane Foulser McFarlane is a door tenant at 3PB. She is a… | View Profile |
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Aimee Fox | Aimee Fox is a specialist in Education and Family Law. She handles… | View Profile |
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John Friel | John Friel is a highly experienced practitioner with particular expertise in public… | View Profile |
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Charles Fulton | Charles is a barrister with 3PB, specialising in personal injury. Prior to… | View Profile |
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Jonathan Gaydon | Jonathan’s practice is focussed on clinical negligence, personal injury, inquests, professional negligence… | View Profile |
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Joseph Giret QC | Joseph Giret QC’s practise is a blend of Advisory, Drafting and Court… | View Profile |
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Rachael Goodall | Rachael Goodall practises exclusively in the field of family law, with a particular… | View Profile |
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Angela Grahame QC | Angela Grahame QC (Scot) has been in practice in Scotland since 1995… | View Profile |
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Mark Green | Mark Green is an employment law specialist and appears frequently for both… | View Profile |
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Emma Griffiths | Emma is an experienced family law specialist who practises in all areas… | View Profile |
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Mathew Gullick | Mathew Gullick is an experienced High Court and appellate advocate. He has… | View Profile |
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Charlotte Hadfield | Charlotte Hadfield is the Head of 3PB’s Education Team. Her main specialism… | View Profile |
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Gavin Hamilton | Gavin Hamilton brings his many years of experience of practice as a… | View Profile |
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William Hansen | William Hansen specialises in public law, property law and commercial litigation. He… | View Profile |
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Stephen Harvey QC | For the first 8 years, Stephen had a general common law practice.… | View Profile |
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Lucy Hendry | Lucy Hendry specialises in all areas of public and private children’s law.… | View Profile |
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Ruth Henke QC | Ruth Henke QC joined 3PB as a Door Tenant in 2016. She… | View Profile |
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Robin Howard | Robin undertakes work in all aspects of business and property. As a… | View Profile |
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Henrietta Hughes | Henrietta’s practice is focused on Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and RTA non… | View Profile |
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Oliver Ingham | Oliver Ingham is a Commercial-Chancery Barrister with a specific interest in Probate,… | View Profile |
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Charles Irvine | Charles Irvine is regularly instructed in the High Court and County Court… | View Profile |
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Peter Jennings | Experienced barrister Peter Jennings’ practice is principally civil litigation with an emphasis… | View Profile |
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John Jessup | Before coming to 3PB, John completed a 12-month pupillage at 11 Stone… | View Profile |
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Cheryl Jones | Cheryl Jones is a member of the Property and Estates and Commercial… | View Profile |
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Susan Jones | Susan Jones practices across 3PB’s areas of expertise. Susan has experience in… | View Profile |
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Victoria Jones | Victoria is an Intellectual Property specialist. She began her career as a… | View Profile |
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Geraint Jones QC | In Silk he has been leading counsel in multi-million pound litigation, successfully… | View Profile |
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Sibghat Kadri QC | Sibghatullah (Sibghat) Kadri QC is one of the foremost criminal and immigration… | View Profile |
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Nick Kaplan | Nick Kaplan specialises in commercial and contractual disputes, with a particular emphasis… | View Profile |
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Stuart Kennedy | Prior to coming to the Bar, Stuart had already established a successful… | View Profile |
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Peter Kent | Peter Kent is a civil practitioner with extensive experience of advocacy in High… | View Profile |
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Ségolène Lapeyre | Family barrister Ségolène Lapeyre joined 3PB in September 2020 having completed her… | View Profile |
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Nikolai Lazarev | Nikolai Lazarev specialises in international commercial projects, litigation and international arbitration. Originally from… | View Profile |
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Robin Leach | A Grade 4 Prosecutor on both the South Eastern and Western Circuits,… | View Profile |
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James Legg | James is a family law specialist with a level of experience beyond… | View Profile |
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Nicholas Leviseur | Nicholas Leviseur specialises in Chancery and Common law work with particular emphasis on… | View Profile |
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Michelle Marnham | Michelle is a Leading Junior Barrister with over 20 years experience, specialising… | View Profile |
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Jo Martin QC | Jo Martin QC is a specialist crime and public/regulatory law barrister who… | View Profile |
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Steven McGarry | Steven McGarry is a commercial barrister who specialises in banking and finance… | View Profile |
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Karen Moss | Karen Moss has 18 years’ experience as an employment law specialist, instructed… | View Profile |
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Thomas O’Donohoe | Thomas O’Donohoe specialises in employment and personal injury law as an advocate… | View Profile |
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Guy Opperman MP | Guy Opperman is a barrister who first became MP for Hexham on… | View Profile |
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Seb Oram | Seb Oram is a Commercial and Construction Law barrister. He is recommended… | View Profile |
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David Parratt QC | David Parratt QC is a busy barrister, advocate and arbitrator. David has… | View Profile |
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Rowan Planterose | Rowan Planterose joined 3PB’s Construction & Engineering team in April 2019, after… | View Profile |
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Richard Pratt QC | Richard Pratt QC is a door tenant at 3PB, with expertise in… | View Profile |
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Catherine Purdy | Catherine Purdy is a specialist Family and Personal Injury practitioner. Catherine undertakes… | View Profile |
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Derek Pye | Chartered arbitrator (since 1998); registered adjudicator; advocate; expert determiner and accredited mediator… | View Profile |
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Nigel Ribbands | Nigel is a Barrister, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Arbitrator and Panel Registered… | View Profile |
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Sharan Sanghera | Sharan Sanghera acts for both claimants and defendants in personal injury and… | View Profile |
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Max Schofield | Max Schofield is a commercial barrister with particular expertise in indirect tax… | View Profile |
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Sunyana Sharma | Sunyana is a regulatory and criminal law barrister who practices in maritime… | View Profile |
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Victoria Sheppard-Jones | Victoria Sheppard-Jones is a regulatory law and crime specialist barrister who joined… | View Profile |
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Susan Solomon | Susan Soloman’s principal areas of practice are professional negligence and family law.… | View Profile |
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Caroline Stone | A highly-experienced barrister: dedicated and incisive with an excellent ‘bedside manner’ Caroline… | View Profile |
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Elaine Strachan | Elaine Strachan has a busy matrimonial practice. Having studied at King’s College,… | View Profile |
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Martin Strutt | Martin Strutt has a general civil practice with Chancery emphasis, including property-related… | View Profile |
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Mark Sullivan | Prior to coming to the Bar, Mark Sullivan qualified as a Chartered… | View Profile |
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David Swinstead | David Swinstead works exclusively as a legal assessor/adviser for five health regulators… | View Profile |
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Michael Tomlinson MP | Michael Tomlinson is a door tenant at 3PB. His practice encompasses a broad… | View Profile |
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James Trumble | Prior to joining the Bar James was a senior solicitor at Ince… | View Profile |
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Eloise Turnnidge | Eloise is a personal injury barrister with a busy practice representing both… | View Profile |
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Thomas Tyler | Tom Tyler has a background in all areas of family law. He… | View Profile |
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Richard Tyson | Richard Tyson has regularly appeared in the leading directories in each of… | View Profile |
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Michael Vere-Hodge QC | Michael Vere-Hodge is a hugely experienced senior Silk with a reputation for combining a… | View Profile |
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Emma Waldron | Emma Waldron practises exclusively in the fields of Education Law, Clinical Negligence,… | View Profile |
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Robert Weatherley | Predominantly a property practitioner, Robert Weatherley’s areas of work focus on land… | View Profile |
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Thomas Webb | Tom Webb is a civil practitioner specialising in personal injury and clinical… | View Profile |
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Richard Wheeler | Richard Wheeler has a broad civil practice focussed on personal injury, clinical… | View Profile |
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David Whitfield Phillips | David Whitfield Phillips is a door tenant at 3PB, and an experienced criminal law… | View Profile |
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Lachlan Wilson | Lachlan is experienced in all areas of education, employment, and professional disciplinary… | View Profile |
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Stephen Wyeth | Prior to transferring to the Bar in June 2010, Stephen Wyeth practised… | View Profile |
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Dr Zhen Ye | Thomas Acworth is a criminal specialist. His practice encompasses general crime, regulatory… | View Profile |
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Alice de Coverley | Alice de Coverley is a specialist education, equality, and public law barrister.… | View Profile |
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English Bar Council (individual membership)3PB > Set Profile
With its opening of our Bournemouth office in 1973, 3PB found a home on the South Coast. Our office has a busy full service practice advising solicitors, in-house counsel, insurance claim professionals and other business professionals as well as high net worth individuals, on the full range of legal issues.
THE CHAMBERS
3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is one of the UK’s oldest and fourth largest chambers in England providing a comprehensive legal advocacy and advisory service to businesses and individuals alike. Headed by commercial barrister David Berkley QC, our 215 barristers – including 14 silks – deliver real expertise and specialist knowledge across the full range of legal dispute areas, assisted by some 50 clerks and other staff.
Our barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from six locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester. The chambers operates as a single national legal business from its six well-equipped offices and is fully accredited by the Bar Council to provide CPD courses and is IiP and BarMark accredited. Each office is staffed by friendly and experienced clerks and staff who can advise clients on the most suitable counsel for a particular case, as well as discuss fees and provide estimates for anticipated work.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Chambers is a full-service barristers’ set, offering legal expertise from 12 specialist teams. See www.3pb.co.uk for more details.
The commercial group advises on company, contract and commercial disputes including professional negligence claims, as well as insolvency, energy law and intellectual property.. The criminal law group advises and acts in the full range of criminal law issues from homicide and sexual offences to fraud, drugs and proceeds of crime. . The specialist education law team advises parents, pupils, schools, teaching and academic staff and local authorities on all aspects of education law including SEN provision and regulatory matters. The employment and discrimination group provides expertise across all areas of contentious and non-contentious work, including injunctions, investigations, directories duties, TUPE and restrictive covenants. The family law group provides expertise in every aspect of public/private childcare law and all forms of financial proceedings including Remote Private Financial Dispute Resolution. The personal injury and clinical negligence groups conduct cases at every level and clients include both claimants and defendants, dealing with fatal and catastrophic injuries, employers liability and public liability cases, fraudulent claims, travel and military cases. The property and estates group undertakes work in all areas of law concerning the ownership, occupation and use of land and buildings, probate and estates disputes as well as traditional Chancery law advice. Public and regulatory law crosses the boundary between civil and criminal law and members of the group provide expertise across a range of legal fields, including professional disciplinary, inquests, health and safety, marine and fisheries and police law. The mediation group has particular strength in the fields of adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Members are regularly appointed as adjudicators or arbitrators in both domestic and international disputes. 3PB’s high profile construction and engineering group provides advocacy and other expertise in all aspects of construction disputes and dispute resolution services, both domestic and international with a focus on arbitration, adjudication and acting as neutrals. The sports law group has an exceptional reputation for its expertise in sports regulation and on-field and off-field discipline, doping issues, contractual disputes, defamation and libel and IP.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Practice Director | Rob Leonard | robert.leonard@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Barrister | Hamish Dunlop | hamish.dunlop@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Staff Figures
Barristers : 215 Staff : 50Languages
All main business languagesMemberships
English Bar Council (individual membership)3PB > Set Profile
Our Birmingham office opened in 2016. It is now a busy, full service practice advising solicitors, in-house counsel, insurance claims professionals and other business professionals as well as high net worth individuals on the full range of legal issues.
THE CHAMBERS
3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is one of the UK’s oldest and fourth largest chambers in England providing a comprehensive legal advocacy and advisory service to businesses and individuals alike. Headed by commercial barrister David Berkley QC, our 215 barristers – including 14 silks – deliver real expertise and specialist knowledge across the full range of legal dispute areas, assisted by some 50 clerks and other staff.
Our barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from six locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester. The chambers operates as a single national legal business from its six well-equipped offices and is fully accredited by the Bar Council to provide CPD courses and is IiP and BarMark accredited. Each office is staffed by friendly and experienced clerks and staff who can advise clients on the most suitable counsel for a particular case, as well as discuss fees and provide estimates for anticipated work.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Chambers is a full-service barristers’ set, offering legal expertise from 12 specialist teams. See www.3pb.co.uk for more details.
The commercial group advises on company, contract and commercial disputes including professional negligence claims, as well as insolvency, energy law and intellectual property.. The criminal law group advises and acts in the full range of criminal law issues from homicide and sexual offences to fraud, drugs and proceeds of crime. . The specialist education law team advises parents, pupils, schools, teaching and academic staff and local authorities on all aspects of education law including SEN provision and regulatory matters. The employment and discrimination group provides expertise across all areas of contentious and non-contentious work, including injunctions, investigations, directories duties, TUPE and restrictive covenants. The family law group provides expertise in every aspect of public/private childcare law and all forms of financial proceedings including Remote Private Financial Dispute Resolution. The personal injury and clinical negligence groups conduct cases at every level and clients include both claimants and defendants, dealing with fatal and catastrophic injuries, employers liability and public liability cases, fraudulent claims, travel and military cases. The property and estates group undertakes work in all areas of law concerning the ownership, occupation and use of land and buildings, probate and estates disputes as well as traditional Chancery law advice. Public and regulatory law crosses the boundary between civil and criminal law and members of the group provide expertise across a range of legal fields, including professional disciplinary, inquests, health and safety, marine and fisheries and police law. The mediation group has particular strength in the fields of adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Members are regularly appointed as adjudicators or arbitrators in both domestic and international disputes. 3PB’s high profile construction and engineering group provides advocacy and other expertise in all aspects of construction disputes and dispute resolution services, both domestic and international with a focus on arbitration, adjudication and acting as neutrals. The sports law group has an exceptional reputation for its expertise in sports regulation and on-field and off-field discipline, doping issues, contractual disputes, defamation and libel and IP.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Practice Director | Ian Charlton | ian.charlton@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Barrister | Elizabeth McGrath | elizabeth.mcgrath@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Staff Figures
Barristers : 215 Staff : 50Languages
All main business languagesMemberships
English Bar Council (individual membership)3PB > Set Profile
Our Bristol office opened in 2005, strengthening our reach on the Western Circuit. This office has a busy full service practice, advising solicitors, in-house counsel, insurance claims professionals and other business professionals as well as high net worth individuals on the full range of legal issues.
THE CHAMBERS
3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is one of the UK’s oldest and fourth largest chambers in England providing a comprehensive legal advocacy and advisory service to businesses and individuals alike. Headed by commercial barrister David Berkley QC, our 215 barristers – including 14 silks – deliver real expertise and specialist knowledge across the full range of legal dispute areas, assisted by some 50 clerks and other staff.
Our barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from six locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester. The chambers operates as a single national legal business from its six well-equipped offices and is fully accredited by the Bar Council to provide CPD courses and is IiP and BarMark accredited. Each office is staffed by friendly and experienced clerks and staff who can advise clients on the most suitable counsel for a particular case, as well as discuss fees and provide estimates for anticipated work.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Chambers is a full-service barristers’ set, offering legal expertise from 12 specialist teams. See www.3pb.co.uk for more details.
The commercial group advises on company, contract and commercial disputes including professional negligence claims, as well as insolvency, energy law and intellectual property.. The criminal law group advises and acts in the full range of criminal law issues from homicide and sexual offences to fraud, drugs and proceeds of crime. . The specialist education law team advises parents, pupils, schools, teaching and academic staff and local authorities on all aspects of education law including SEN provision and regulatory matters. The employment and discrimination group provides expertise across all areas of contentious and non-contentious work, including injunctions, investigations, directories duties, TUPE and restrictive covenants. The family law group provides expertise in every aspect of public/private childcare law and all forms of financial proceedings including Remote Private Financial Dispute Resolution. The personal injury and clinical negligence groups conduct cases at every level and clients include both claimants and defendants, dealing with fatal and catastrophic injuries, employers liability and public liability cases, fraudulent claims, travel and military cases. The property and estates group undertakes work in all areas of law concerning the ownership, occupation and use of land and buildings, probate and estates disputes as well as traditional Chancery law advice. Public and regulatory law crosses the boundary between civil and criminal law and members of the group provide expertise across a range of legal fields, including professional disciplinary, inquests, health and safety, marine and fisheries and police law. The mediation group has particular strength in the fields of adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Members are regularly appointed as adjudicators or arbitrators in both domestic and international disputes. 3PB’s high profile construction and engineering group provides advocacy and other expertise in all aspects of construction disputes and dispute resolution services, both domestic and international with a focus on arbitration, adjudication and acting as neutrals. The sports law group has an exceptional reputation for its expertise in sports regulation and on-field and off-field discipline, doping issues, contractual disputes, defamation and libel and IP.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Chambers Director | Mark Heath | mark.heath@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Barrister | Matthew Cannings | matthew.cannings@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Staff Figures
Barristers : 215 Staff : 50Languages
All main business languagesMemberships
English Bar Council (individual membership)3PB > Set Profile
Our Oxford office opened in 1990. It is now a busy office, providing legal services to solicitors, in-house counsel, insurance claims professionals and other business professionals as well as high net worth individuals on the full range of legal issues.
THE CHAMBERS
3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is one of the UK’s oldest and fourth largest chambers in England providing a comprehensive legal advocacy and advisory service to businesses and individuals alike. Headed by commercial barrister David Berkley QC, our 215 barristers – including 14 silks – deliver real expertise and specialist knowledge across the full range of legal dispute areas, assisted by some 50 clerks and other staff.
Our barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from six locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester. The chambers operates as a single national legal business from its six well-equipped offices and is fully accredited by the Bar Council to provide CPD courses and is IiP and BarMark accredited. Each office is staffed by friendly and experienced clerks and staff who can advise clients on the most suitable counsel for a particular case, as well as discuss fees and provide estimates for anticipated work.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Chambers is a full-service barristers’ set, offering legal expertise from 12 specialist teams. See www.3pb.co.uk for more details.
The commercial group advises on company, contract and commercial disputes including professional negligence claims, as well as insolvency, energy law and intellectual property.. The criminal law group advises and acts in the full range of criminal law issues from homicide and sexual offences to fraud, drugs and proceeds of crime. . The specialist education law team advises parents, pupils, schools, teaching and academic staff and local authorities on all aspects of education law including SEN provision and regulatory matters. The employment and discrimination group provides expertise across all areas of contentious and non-contentious work, including injunctions, investigations, directories duties, TUPE and restrictive covenants. The family law group provides expertise in every aspect of public/private childcare law and all forms of financial proceedings including Remote Private Financial Dispute Resolution. The personal injury and clinical negligence groups conduct cases at every level and clients include both claimants and defendants, dealing with fatal and catastrophic injuries, employers liability and public liability cases, fraudulent claims, travel and military cases. The property and estates group undertakes work in all areas of law concerning the ownership, occupation and use of land and buildings, probate and estates disputes as well as traditional Chancery law advice. Public and regulatory law crosses the boundary between civil and criminal law and members of the group provide expertise across a range of legal fields, including professional disciplinary, inquests, health and safety, marine and fisheries and police law. The mediation group has particular strength in the fields of adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Members are regularly appointed as adjudicators or arbitrators in both domestic and international disputes. 3PB’s high profile construction and engineering group provides advocacy and other expertise in all aspects of construction disputes and dispute resolution services, both domestic and international with a focus on arbitration, adjudication and acting as neutrals. The sports law group has an exceptional reputation for its expertise in sports regulation and on-field and off-field discipline, doping issues, contractual disputes, defamation and libel and IP.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
---|---|---|---|
Chambers Director | Russell Porter | russell.porter@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Barrister | Andrew MacPhail | andrew.macphail@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Staff Figures
Barristers : 215 Staff : 50Languages
All main business languagesMemberships
English Bar Council (individual membership)3PB > Set Profile
Our Winchester office opened in 1990. It is a busy centre offering advice to solicitors, in-house counsel, insurance claims professionals and other business professionals as well as high net worth individuals on the full range of legal issues.
THE CHAMBERS
3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), is one of the UK’s oldest and fourth largest chambers in England providing a comprehensive legal advocacy and advisory service to businesses and individuals alike. Headed by commercial barrister David Berkley QC, our 215 barristers – including 14 silks – deliver real expertise and specialist knowledge across the full range of legal dispute areas, assisted by some 50 clerks and other staff.
Our barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from six locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester. The chambers operates as a single national legal business from its six well-equipped offices and is fully accredited by the Bar Council to provide CPD courses and is IiP and BarMark accredited. Each office is staffed by friendly and experienced clerks and staff who can advise clients on the most suitable counsel for a particular case, as well as discuss fees and provide estimates for anticipated work.
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Chambers is a full-service barristers’ set, offering legal expertise from 12 specialist teams. See www.3pb.co.uk for more details.
The commercial group advises on company, contract and commercial disputes including professional negligence claims, as well as insolvency, energy law and intellectual property.. The criminal law group advises and acts in the full range of criminal law issues from homicide and sexual offences to fraud, drugs and proceeds of crime. . The specialist education law team advises parents, pupils, schools, teaching and academic staff and local authorities on all aspects of education law including SEN provision and regulatory matters. The employment and discrimination group provides expertise across all areas of contentious and non-contentious work, including injunctions, investigations, directories duties, TUPE and restrictive covenants. The family law group provides expertise in every aspect of public/private childcare law and all forms of financial proceedings including Remote Private Financial Dispute Resolution. The personal injury and clinical negligence groups conduct cases at every level and clients include both claimants and defendants, dealing with fatal and catastrophic injuries, employers liability and public liability cases, fraudulent claims, travel and military cases. The property and estates group undertakes work in all areas of law concerning the ownership, occupation and use of land and buildings, probate and estates disputes as well as traditional Chancery law advice. Public and regulatory law crosses the boundary between civil and criminal law and members of the group provide expertise across a range of legal fields, including professional disciplinary, inquests, health and safety, marine and fisheries and police law. The mediation group has particular strength in the fields of adjudication, arbitration and mediation. Members are regularly appointed as adjudicators or arbitrators in both domestic and international disputes. 3PB’s high profile construction and engineering group provides advocacy and other expertise in all aspects of construction disputes and dispute resolution services, both domestic and international with a focus on arbitration, adjudication and acting as neutrals. The sports law group has an exceptional reputation for its expertise in sports regulation and on-field and off-field discipline, doping issues, contractual disputes, defamation and libel and IP.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Chambers Director | Stuart Pringle | stuart.pringle@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Barrister | Adam Feest QC | adam.feest@3pb.co.uk | 0330 332 2633 |
Staff Figures
Barristers : 215 Staff : 50Languages
All main business languagesXTop Tier Set Rankings
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