The Bar - Regional Bar • Western Circuit

3PB is a ‘go-to set’ for some for personal injury work. Mark Lomas boasts ‘a huge amount of experience in personal injury work’. He acts for both claimants and defendants, often in cases involving traumatic brain or spinal injuries. Michelle Marnham, ’a leader in her field’, primarily handles claimant instructions and specialises in complex regional pain syndrome cases as well as brain injury cases. Tom Webb’s cases regularly concern road traffic accidents, occupier’s liability and claims against employers.

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Testimonials

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'The clerks at 3PB are excellent. David Snook is always a pleasure to deal with and understands commercial realities well. Edward Holdstock is also fantastic; he knows his barristers inside out and readily grasps the needs of an instructing solicitor.'
'Natalie Bryan is wonderful - so friendly and if she can't help she will go away and find the answer and come back to you. She is reliable and goes the extra mile always which is what you want in a clerk.'
'Edward Holdstock is friendly, approachable and goes out of his way to assist you.'
'3PB is simply a fantastic chambers with a real specialty in personal injury claims. They punch well above their weight and are regarded as on a par with, if not better than some, London sets. They have a fantastic spread of exceptional personal injury barristers at all levels.'
'3PB is a growing set in the fields of serious PI and clinical negligence cases.'
'This set has huge depth and breadth in PI.'
'A brilliant set of clerks.'

Silks

Juniors

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

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Mark Lomas

3PB

‘Mark is a senior junior with incredible knowledge and skill. He has one of the brightest minds around and is always quick to see issues. His particular strengths lie with schedules of loss and medical evidence.'

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Michelle Marnham

3PB

‘Michelle is knowledgeable both practically and technically, thorough, sympathetic and empathetic.'

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Duncan McNair

3PB

‘Duncan provides robust advice and sees the nuances in every case - he is very good on his feet and excellent with clients too.’

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Tom Webb

3PB

‘Tom is an exceptional personal injury barrister. He is extremely knowledgeable and couples a pragmatic and constructive approach with forceful and well-reasoned advocacy. He is also well liked by clients and is very empathetic.'

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Richard Wheeler

3PB

‘Richard is probably one of the best all round barristers around. Both his advocacy and paper work is exceptional. He is excellent with clients and extremely personable, which is so crucial in claims involving serious injury work.'

Leading Juniors

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

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