3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) Gemma Chapman appears as a guest on Messy Social Work's podcast in the episode 'What social workers get wrong in court: Insights from family barrister Gemma Chapman'. Hosted by Richard Devine, they explore the intersection between social work, family justice and advocacy. Gemma shares her journey into family law, what she enjoys most about being a barrister and some of the challenges that come with working in a complex and...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to welcome family law barrister Ria Herbert back to chambers from maternity leave on Tuesday 1 September, 2026. Ria has a busy practice, welcoming instructions across a wide range of family law encompassing both public and private law children cases, injunction and domestic abuse, and financial remedies including TOLATA matters. Ria also acts for both individuals and local authorities in cases involving Court of Protection matters. She is...
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3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist family law barristers June Venters KC and Rachel Temple have represented the intervenor in the significant Court of Appeal (CoA) decision of Re B (A Child: Uncertain Perpetrator) [2026] EWCA Civ 1024. This case concerned a small child who suffered multiple serious non-accidental injuries over a period of several months. While the appeal did not challenge the majority of the findings from the original fact-finding hearing, the appeal related...
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Eleanor Marsh represented the mother in the case of FH v MH (PH12J: Parallel Criminal Proceedings) [2026] EWFC 195 (B), where the Court considered the relationship between the assessment of risk within the Family Court and ongoing criminal proceedings. The Court applied the Resolution model, finding that the maintaining of a guilty plea within criminal proceedings need not be fatal to an assessment of risk within the Family Courts. To read the full article, and...
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