3 Paper Buildings

About us

3PB is a large, successful and long established set which offers a ‘one stop shop’ service to small, medium and large firms of solicitors, mainly across southern
England. Like all barristers we have become increasingly specialist over the years. Unlike most other sets, however, we have not done this by narrowing our range of practice areas but by widening our pool of expert practitioners. With over 130 barristers, 3PB is large enough to be able to offer genuine specialists in everything from crime to ecclesiastical law. In some areas, such as Proceeds of Crime/Asset Forfeiture we are one of the leading sets in the country.

We do not have annexes or branches. 3PB is one set of chambers operating from five locations: London, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford, and Winchester. Technology allows us to function as a single unit regardless of geography. We have a wide area network linking all clerks and members of chambers. We operate a single electronic diary. Every clerk in every centre has instant access to every barrister’s availability. We make extensive use of e-mail, video conferencing, and the internet.

Our particular strengths include:

• General common law, especially contract, personal injury, employment, landlord and tenant and professional negligence
• Family work including ancillary relief, child care and Inheritance Act claims
• Chancery and other land-related matters, including boundary disputes, easements and drainage
• Commercial work including company law, insolvency, guarantees and passing off
• Construction and civil engineering disputes
• All aspects of crime – from fraud to fisticuffs
• Planning and local government work
• In addition we have individual specialists in many other areas, including European Community, public transport, computer law, ecclesiastical and Islamic law.

Application details

The qualities we look for in our pupils are intellectual excellence, clarity of expression, a capacity for legal reasoning and rational arguments and potential as an advocate. We also look for personal qualities such as sensitivity and capacity to relate well to others , sound judgement, application and motivation and an inquiring and independent mind. Most successful applications have a first or a good upper-second degree.

For more information about our graduate recruitment opportunities, please visit our website.