Welcome to 3PB's Professional Discipline newsletter edited by Daniel Brown, featuring analysis from Daniel Brown on Social Work England’s abuse of its power as a regulatory body in Meade v (1) Westminster City Council & (2) Social Work England (Case Numbers: 2201792/2022 and 2211483/2022). Sunyana Sharma considers the CoA's decision in Disclosure and Barring Service (‘DBS’) v. RI [2024] EWCA Civ 95, which confirms the Upper Tribunal's entitlement to decide that an appellant's denial of wrongdoing was credible and constituted a mistake of fact. Dr Tagbo Ilozue reviews Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care v (1) General Dental Coun-cil (2) Naveed Patel [2024] EWHC 243 (Admin) on the proper approach to sanction in professional disciplinary cases based on convictions for serious offences.
Continue reading3PB are pleased to announce that three barristers have become full tenants of the 250-barrister national chambers. Rhiannon Frowde, Kate Davies and Charlotte Steer (pictured left to right from the top) have all successfully completed their probationary tenancies with 3PB, having done all or some of their pupillages at other chambers. Former medical research fellow Rhiannon Frowde (call:2022) is based from 3PB's London office and will continue to focus on clinical negligence and personal injury...
Continue readingFive of 3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) family law team have appeared in the recent Court of Appeal case of Re P and E (Care Proceedings: Whether to Hold a Fact-Finding Hearing) [2024] EWCA Civ 403. In the case, Matiss Krumins, leading pupil Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley, appeared for the local authority, Stephen Abberley appeared for the children, and Elizabeth McGrath KC, leading Laura Scott, appeared for the First Respondent (the mother). The case involved an appeal...
Continue reading3PB family barrister Andrew Duncan (pictured here), representing the children, appeared before the President of the Family Division in Re D & R (Children) (Fact Finding; Certain and Uncertain Perpetrator) [2023] EWFC 305, which was a non-accidental injury fact find where the court entered findings of both certain perpetrator and uncertain perpetrators. Of note, the parents text messages demonstrated a high degree of collusion and, as a result, the significant degree in which both parents...
Continue readingDate: | Thursday 16th May 2024 |
Time: | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Venue: | on Zoom |
Motion for debate: 'Separating couples should both be required to attempt mediation to resolve family issues, except where genuine safeguarding issues preclude it.' Thursday 16 May - 4:30pm on Zoom You are invited by 3PB's Family Law Team to attend a debate on family mediation with VWV, Stone King and Burges Salmon. Event format The event will start with a vote on the motion – your chance to say what you think. Each of our two speakers will then present their…
Date: | Thursday 30th May 2024 |
Time: | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Venue: | On Zoom |
The 3PB family law team would like to invite you to our next family law brunch on Thursday 30 May at 11am for one hour. Our webinar will be hosted by 3PB family barristers Steven Howard and Stephen Abberley. Stephen Abberley will present 'The right to confidentiality: What to do about snooping and lies.' Steven Howard will consider ‘Cognitive assessments and intermediaries – an update.' We would be delighted to see you on Zoom. Please register…
Date: | Tuesday 4th Jun 2024 |
Time: | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Venue: | 3PB Bristol, Royal Talbot House, 2 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BB |
You are invited by 3PB’s Commercial Team to an insolvency case law update hosted by Cheryl Jones, Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell. Our panel members will discuss recent significant decisions so far from 2024 and their thoughts on the upcoming Supreme Court appeal concerning Section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986. This seminar will principally be useful for those specialising in insolvency and company disputes. However, the latter part of the talk has wider implications for…
Date: | Thursday 6th Jun 2024 |
Time: | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Venue: | Temple Bar - The Wren Room, Paternoster Lodge, 2 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DX |
You are invited by 3PB’s Commercial Team to an insolvency case law update hosted by Cheryl Jones, Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell. Our panel members will discuss recent significant decisions so far from 2024 and their thoughts on the upcoming Supreme Court appeal concerning Section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986. This seminar will principally be useful for those specialising in insolvency and company disputes. However, the latter part of the talk has wider implications for…
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