3 Paper Buildings (3PB) is one of the UK's oldest chambers and is the third largest set of barristers in the UK.

Oliver Nunn, Dani Gotts St. Clair and Emma Shiels delivered an advocacy workshop

3rd April 2025

3PB’s barrister Oliver Nunn, alongside Dani Gotts St. Clair and Emma Shiels, supported by Georgia Coleyshaw, delivered an advocacy workshop for the University of Nottingham Bar Society. In advance of the workshop, students were given an exercise requiring them to prepare and deliver closing submissions at the end of a road traffic accident liability trial. Students received interactive, one-on-one feedback in a group setting, using the Hampel method to help develop their advocacy skills and...

Ben Thompson joins 3PB's Crime and Regulatory Crime Group

2nd April 2025

3PB (3 Paper Buildings) is pleased to announce that crime and regulatory barrister Ben Thompson, based in Bournemouth, has become a full tenant of the 270-barrister national chambers after successfully completing his probationary tenancy. Ben is a busy and versatile practitioner on the Western Circuit, having joined 3PB from the CPS where he had completed his pupillage. As a prosecutor, Ben has been entrusted with serious cases, recently securing a just sentence in a controlling...

3PB second six pupils are on their feet and accepting instructions

2nd April 2025

3PB (3 Paper Buildings) are pleased to announce that our second six pupils - James, Emily and Victoria (pictured left to right) - are now on their feet and accepting instructions in their own cases. All started their pupillages last October. James Hume, a former Fleet Air Arm Officer, will now accept instructions in commercial litigation, property and construction disputes. Emily Hayward, who was a paralegal in Slaughter and May’s Disputes and Investigation team, will...

3PB welcomes three new pupil barristers to its 270-strong barrister ranks

1st April 2025

The three new pupil barristers starting their twelve-month pupillages with 3PB in April 2025, pictured left to right, are: Liam O'Shaughnessy, who worked as a senior HR professional for over 25 years, will be focusing on employment and discrimination; former Court of Appeal judicial assistant, journalist and sinophile Simon Haywood who will be focusing on civil litigation particularly commercial, property and costs; and former Burges Salmon paralegal and employment litigator at Croner and Direct Line...