3PB’s Family Law team achieves 70 rankings in the Legal 500 2026

1st October 2025

3PB’s family law team has been confirmed for its excellence in the Legal 500 2026 edition published today, remaining in top tier in the Midlands for Family: children and domestic abuse and for Family: divorce and financial remedy as well as top tier in the Western circuit for Family: children and domestic abuse. The Western team’s family finance barristers are awarded tier 2.

3PB’s family law team has been awarded a total of 70 rankings across 4 Circuits (in London, the Midlands, South Eastern and Western), including 8 new rankings.

Acknowledged as ‘an excellent chambers and a go-to for family matters' the 3PB team is acknowledged by clients and peers across the breadth of its expertise: ‘an excellent set with a range of barristers of the highest quality in the field of complex care proceedings‘ and a “‘first-rate set‘ [with an] excellent track record in handling high-value divorce and financial remedy cases”.

Chambers Directors 'Ian Charlton and Rob Leonard are class acts’ who lead 'an excellent, strong clerking team’ who is ‘helpful and always willing to assist, and they will go above and beyond in order to accommodate choice of counsel.’

Head of 3PB's Family Law Team Vanessa Meachin KC commented: 'I am delighted that a record number of our family law specialists have been rewarded with a ranking in the latest Legal 500 edition. Many congratulations to all our barristers. I thank our clients for the feedback they have provided on the work that our barristers accomplish so tirelessly. My thanks also go to our clerks for their outstanding support.'

Profiles for our 52 ranked barristers can be found here Elizabeth McGrath KC, June Venters KC, Vanessa Meachin KC, Lucy Hendry KC, Gemma Farrington KC, Emma Griffiths (head of family children), Aimee Fox and Amy Beddis (joint heads of family financial remedies), Nicola Martin, Lawrence Messling, Sarah O’Hara, Elisabeth Hudson, Michael George, Hamish Dunlop, Imogen Robins, Susan Todd, Elaine Strachan, Poonam Bhari, Stephen Abberley, Louise Worton, Laura Scott, Roger Thomas, Gemma Chapman, Emma Harman, Peter Wilkinson, Nathalie Bull, Davinia Riley, Oliver Thorne, Emma Southern, Mark Elliott, Steven Howard, Alex Hodge, Sarah Jennings, Nicola Frost, Matiss Krumins, Lucy Clayton, Andrew Duncan, Esther Lieu, Ayesha Bell-Paris, Paul Froud, Amy Lush, Frida Dahlqvist, Adeo Fraser, Harriet Lavis, Charles Hogan, Laura Buchan, Eleanor Marsh, Luke Nelson, Ria Herbert, Kellie Salter, Sam Pentony, and Rachel Bloxwich.