Petra Bailey

3 Verulam Buildings is delighted to announce that leading commercial and civil fraud barrister Emily McKechnie has joined Chambers.

3VB is delighted to announce the launch of the Richard Edwards QC Art Law Prize , established to honour the outstanding legacy of Richard Edwards QC, to encourage legal scholarship in art, cultural heritage and the law, and to support those aspiring to a career in those fields.

On Friday 17 July, Mr Justice Bryan handed down a 294 page judgment in Cedar Mundi (Holding) SAL v Attieh & Ors [2026] EWHC 1820 (Comm), following trial between February and April 2026.

3VB is delighted to announce that two further members of Chambers have been recognised in the 2026 edition of the Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Art & Cultural Property Law, bringing 3VB's total number of individual rankings in Art & Cultural Property Law to five, further strengthening Chambers' position as one of the leading sets at the Bar in this specialist field.

Members of 3VB have authored two articles in the August/September 2026 edition of the Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (JIBFL) , offering expert analysis on significant issues affecting the banking, finance and commercial sectors.

Matthew Parker KC and Emma Hughes acted for the University of Sheffield in High Court proceedings against AstraZeneca UK Limited and its subsidiary, KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Limited.

3VB has been shortlisted in six categories at the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2026: Banking & Finance – Set of the Year

3VB is pleased to announce that Tom Rainsbury has been elected a Master of the Bench (Bencher) of Gray's Inn in the Inn's Trinity Election 2026.

3VB Associate Member Professor Stavros Brekoulakis has been appointed to lead a new centre for arbitration and international dispute resolution at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

On 28 August 2026, Nigel Cooper KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) handed down the latest judgment in the ongoing Apollo XI Ltd v Nexedge Markets Ltd litigation, giving Nexedge permission to enforce the cross-undertaking in damages given by Apollo to secure a without notice freezing injunction: [2026] EWHC 2240 (Comm).