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Berenice Mulvanny appointed as Recorder

8th June 2026

3PB Barristers is pleased to announce that criminal barrister Berenice Mulvanny has been appointed as a Recorder from today, 8 June 2026, as published by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Berenice will be sitting on the Western Circuit, dealing with criminal matters. Berenice Mulvanny is a specialist crime barrister, regularly instructed on the most serious offences on the Western Circuit including murder, rape and other serious sexual offences, fraud and dishonesty offences, firearms, drugs conspiracies,...

Thomas Acworth鈥檚 Client Acquitted of Murder

27th May 2026

3PB Barristers criminal specialist, Thomas Acworth, was led by Charles Row KC in the defence of JA, a woman who was accused of murdering her former long-term partner. The prosecution case was that, at the instigation of her daughter, JA planned to kill the deceased by luring him to a house where he was stabbed by her daughter鈥檚 boyfriend. Following an 11-week trial before Martin Spencer J at Salisbury Crown Court, the jury unanimously acquitted...

Rebecca McKnight secures not guilty verdict in GBH with intent

19th May 2026

3PB crime barrister Rebecca McKnight鈥檚 client was accused of causing really serious injuries with intent to cause really serious harm, in other words a section 18 offence under the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861. It was accepted that serious injuries had been caused by her client but the issue for trial was intent. After careful questioning of both the complainant and the defendant Rebecca鈥檚 client was acquitted. This vulnerable client would have faced a...

Nate Lara successfully defends client facing serious sexual charges

28th April 2026

3PB criminal barrister Nate Lara (pictured here) has successfully represented a client who was charged with multiple offences including rape and serious violence. After substantive advice, Nate's client entered pleas of guilty to serious allegations of violence, which mitigated his exposure to questions on his credibility and meant the cross-examination of the complainant would be both succinct and effective. Through cross-examination, Nate effectively challenged the reliability of the complainant鈥檚 evidence, exposing inconsistencies with the earlier...

Laura Deuxberry wins Court of Appeal case on sex trafficking

22nd April 2026

Laura Deuxberry, 3PB's criminal, regulatory and public law barrister, was instructed by the CPS Special Crime Division in London, led by Kevin Dent KC, in the recent case of How and Yang [2026] EWCA Crim 476. Appearing in the Court of Appeal, the appellants聽argued聽that the original trial judge, HHJ Ashworth,聽should have allowed their submission of no case to answer on the trafficking charge. The Court of Appeal heard the聽appeal聽of the two appellants, one of whom...

Berenice Mulvanny and Graham Gilbert successfully prosecute school teacher for historic sexual offences

21st April 2026

Berenice Mulvanny 3PB Barristers' specialist criminal law barrister, led her fellow Crime and Regulatory crime colleague Graham Gilbert, in securing the conviction of 82-year old former teacher David Clarke. After a five-week trial at Brighton Crown Court, Mr Clarke was convicted unanimously of 45 counts of historic sexual offending against 14 boys committed whilst he was a teacher at a (now closed) private prep school in Sussex during the late 1970鈥檚 and 1980鈥檚. Clarke's conviction...

Nick Robinson secures acquittal for vulnerable defendant

15th April 2026

3PB Barristers鈥� specialist criminal defence barrister Nick Robinson has secured the acquittal of a vulnerable young defendant. The prosecution鈥檚 case was that vulnerable defendant, then aged 18, had raped a 15-year-old girl at a residential address in November 2021. The defendant had a full-scale IQ of 64 (first percentile), the language skills of a child aged between six and nine, markedly impaired memory and pronounced suggestibility under pressure. The complainant was also a vulnerable witness,...

Ben Thompson secures not guilty verdicts in complex coercive control case

2nd April 2026

3PB's specialist criminal law barrister,聽Ben Thompson, successfully represented a vulnerable defendant facing an indictment alleging coercive and controlling behaviour, non-fatal suffocation, and criminal damage. In the months leading up to trial, the Crown did not pursue reasonable lines of enquiry identified by the Defence, including relevant text message evidence. Ultimately, recognising the importance of that material, the Crown applied to adjourn the trial. Ben prepared a detailed Abuse of Process application, relying on R v...

Juliet Osborne and Nate Lara explore the key changes under the Sentencing Act 2026

23rd March 2026

3PB's second six pupil barrister, Juliet Osborne, and criminal law barrister, Nate Lara, have written an article titled 鈥楢 New Suspended Reality 鈥� Significant Reform to Suspended Sentence Orders鈥�. In this piece, they examine the Sentencing Act 2026, which received Royal Assent on 22 January 2026 and outlines the key provisions set to reshape sentencing law. They explore how these reforms aim to address the ongoing pressure on the UK鈥檚 prison system, both by reducing...

Jonathan Underhill and Emily Lanham secure sole acquittal in 拢8 million duty evasion conspiracy trial

13th March 2026

3PB's specialist criminal and regulatory crime barrister Jonathan Underhill, leading Emily Lanham (Pump Court Chambers), secured the only not guilty verdict following a 7-week, multi defendant trial alleging a criminal conspiracy to evade duty payable on illegal cigarettes and tobacco products. In an HMRC prosecution against 8 defendants, Jonathan and Emily's client was the sole defendant to be acquitted of his alleged role in a wide-ranging and long-running conspiracy trial, following 14 hours of jury...

Kate Davies returns from her sabbatical and secures not guilty verdicts to GBH and ABH charges

10th March 2026

3PB's criminal law barrister Kate Davies saw immediate success after her recent return from a sabbatical, when she secured two not guilty verdicts for her client to charges of both GBH and ABH. The prosecution had alleged her client had taken someone to ground and then assaulted them repeatedly causing injuries. The defence was that it was an accident. Kate was instructed by Rio Kellman of specialist criminal defence solicitors firm, Renshaw Derrick, whose client...

Nate Lara celebrates his first year at 3PB by securing an acquittal in an exposure trial

3rd March 2026

3PB Barristers' criminal barrister Nate Lara has successfully secured an acquittal for his client in relation to two allegations of exposure in a case heard at Portsmouth Crown Court. DH faced allegations of exposing himself to a family member on numerous occasions both in person and by phone. DH accepted that he committed the acts, however he denied his intention was to cause harm, as the law requires. The prosecution relied on DH鈥檚 responses in...