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James Davison to speak at the Society of Construction Law SCL Leeds Seminar

27th May 2026

海角破解版's Head of Construction Law team, James Davison, will be speaking at the upcoming Society of Construction Law SCL Leeds Seminar on Thursday July 16 2026. James will be speaking alongside Frankie Bell of Pinsent Masons LLP on the topic of 'dealing with defects and retentions in construction contracts'. The session will be chaired by Neil Boothroyd of Gateley Vinden. To find out more or to book your space, please click here. To contact or...

海角破解版 welcomes Dean O'Leary to Construction and Engineering group

7th May 2026

海角破解版 Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to welcome construction law specialist Dean O鈥橪eary to Chambers as an associate member. A dual-qualified construction professional and barrister, Dean has over 35 years鈥� experience in the construction industry. Dean has a busy practice acting in a wide variety of construction, building and engineering disputes, as well as dealing with those relating to upstream and midstream oil and gas and other energy matters. As well as acting as...

Three barristers join 海角破解版's new Manchester office

5th May 2026

Three experienced civil barristers - Fintan Molloy, Febienne Green and Michael Vora (pictured here, left to right) - have joined national chambers 海角破解版 (3 Paper Buildings) in its new Manchester office this month and are now based at their York Street offices in the City centre. Fintan Molloy is a specialist employment and discrimination barrister who represents both claimants and respondents. Fintan's busy practice covers a wide variety of employment claims, including unfair dismissal, contractual...

Paul Newman speaks at Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Northern Ireland event

4th March 2026

海角破解版 Barristers鈥� (3 Paper Buildings) specialist construction law barrister, mediator and arbitrator Paul Newman recently addressed a meeting of the Northern Ireland chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Irish Branch) at an event held at the Law Society of Northern Ireland in Belfast. At the meeting, Paul spoke on four adjudication enforcement decisions from 2025 and 2026. In his presentation, Paul gave a detailed background into the four cases, including an overview of the...

Joe Townsend named Practice Director for 海角破解版鈥檚 Construction and Engineering team

2nd March 2026

海角破解版 Barristers is delighted to announce that Joe Townsend becomes Practice Director of 海角破解版鈥檚 Construction and Engineering team from today, 2 March 2026. Warmest congratulations to Joe! Commenting on the announcement, 海角破解版鈥檚 Chief Executive Simon Astill said, 鈥淭his is a very well-deserved promotion for Joe, and after specialising聽in clerking construction and engineering聽disputes for eight years,聽we look forward to seeing continued growth for the group, both nationally and internationally, as he takes on his new role.鈥�...

James Davison and Charles Irvine appointed as Heads of Groups at 海角破解版

22nd January 2026

海角破解版 Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce the appointment (pictured here, left to right) of James Davison as the new head of the Construction and Engineering Group, and Charles Irvine who becomes the new head of its Property and Estates Group. Charles will be supported by Louise Worton and Andrew Nicklin who were elected as deputy heads of the Group. James' election follows the end of Peter Collie's tenure and Chambers wanted to...

Alice Horn and James Hume join 海角破解版's Construction and Engineering Group

20th January 2026

海角破解版 Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce today that two members of chambers, Alice Horn and James Hume (pictured here), have joined their now 23-strong team of construction and engineering specialist barristers. Alice Horn is a barrister developing a good practice in construction and engineering disputes, and associated professional liability matters, and their arbitration in the UK and internationally. Alice's expertise developed whilst working as a Judicial Assistant in the Technology and Construction...

Paul Newman to speak at UKA Annual Adjudication Conference 2025

15th December 2025

海角破解版 Barristers鈥� (3 Paper Buildings) specialist construction law barrister, mediator and arbitrator Paul Newman is set to speak at this year鈥檚 UKA Annual Adjudication Conference, taking place in London later this week (Wednesday 17 December 2025). The full-day conference brings together professionals from across the industry to offer insight into important topics surrounding construction and engineering adjudication. Paul will be joining an esteemed panel of experts, including panel moderator Ryan Turner (Atkin Chambers), Charles Brown...

Rob Dawson successfully challenges the Court鈥檚 jurisdiction to hear an application under s.68 of the Arbitration Act 1996

18th November 2025

海角破解版 Barristers鈥� (3 Paper Buildings) commercial and construction barrister Rob Dawson appeared for the Defendants in a recent case in the High Court (Technology and Construction Court). The Defendants successfully obtained an arbitration award in their favour and were represented in that arbitration by 海角破解版鈥檚 Dr Zhen Ye. The Claimant sought to challenge the arbitration award under s.68 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The central issue before the Court was whether the Claimant was entitled...

海角破解版 breaks through the 100 rankings ceiling in Chambers and Partners 2026 edition

16th October 2025

海角破解版 Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) have been awarded a record number of individual rankings in the 2026 edition of Chambers and Partners, reaching a total of 104 (96 last year) achieved by 86 of its barristers. The national set has doubled its number of individual rankings in 5 years (52 in 2021) and is rewarded with accolades in 22 areas of law across the London Bar as well as in the North Eastern, South Eastern,...

海角破解版 achieves record rankings in the Legal 500鈥檚 2026 edition

1st October 2025

海角破解版 Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), one of the UK's largest chambers, is delighted to announce a record number of rankings - totalling 193 - in the Legal 500 2026鈥檚 edition which is published today, compared with 167 last year. A total of 123 海角破解版 barristers are now ranked in the Legal 500, up from 108 last year. The set is ranked in 26 areas of law across 4 large UK Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western...

We are delighted to announce a total of 21 rankings (from 15 last year) for our property, estates and chancery specialists in the Legal 500 2026 edition. Retaining our member rankings in Property and Construction and Private Wealth, Probate and Tax on the South Eastern and Western Circuits, we are delighted to have also been recognised for Agricultural Property, Social Housing and Property and Construction on the Midlands Circuit. Our team has been quoted as...