• 3PB supports launch of Women in Family Law

      3PB is sponsoring an exciting new initiative  - Women in Family Law - which aims to bring together women working in all areas of family law in order to provide support and encouragement to tackle the multitude of issues and challenges that face women working in this field. Hannah Markham QC is leading the Association as Chair of the founding board with 3PB's Vanessa Meachin QC serving on the committee. Membership to the Association is...

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    • 3PB’s Birmingham office give a mighty roar for Birmingham Children’s Trust

      Vanessa Meachin QC, head of 3PB’s family team, attended a New Year's party on Saturday 25th January 2020 for The Birmingham Roaring Lions! The Birmingham Roaring Lions is Birmingham Children's Trust’s forum for children and young people with disabilities. It was formed to give children and young people with physical and learning disabilities a voice and a platform to champion their rights. They celebrated the completion of a highly successful year with a New Year's...

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      3PB supports children in care with Birmingham Children’s Trust

      Barristers and staff at the national chambers, 3PB Barristers, in Birmingham have joined together this festive season to grant Christmas Wishes for children in care with Birmingham Children’s Trust. Christmas can be a difficult time of year for a lot of children and young people in the UK's second city, so the Christmas Wishes initiative was set up earlier this year to bring some festive magic to children and young people in the care of...

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    • 3PB nominated twice in the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2020

      3PB is thrilled to have been shortlisted by the Legal 500 directory in the following categories: Regional Bar: Set of the Year and Regional Bar: Silk of the Year – Vanessa Meachin QC The nomination for Regional Set of the Year is further acknowledgment of the talent, hard work and investment by 3PB's members and staff this year across all of our specialisms and 6 office locations in the UK. The set was previously shortlisted in...

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    • 3PB shortlisted for three awards at the Family Law Awards 2019

      We are delighted to announce that 3PB’s 70-strong family team of barristers, the set’s Head of Finance/Divorce and its clerking team have been shortlisted for three awards at this year’s Family Law Awards. 3PB is shortlisted for Chambers of the Year (Regional) and barrister Hamish Dunlop has been chosen as one of the finalists for Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year. 3PB’s Family clerking team, led by Rob Leonard and Ian Charlton, were shortlisted...

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    • Post Adoption Contact considered in Court of Appeal

      RE B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29 The issue of post-adoption contact was recently considered by the Court of Appeal in the case of Re B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29. The appellants were the natural parents represented by Vanessa Meachin QC and Sarah Jennings instructed by Phil Storey and Karen Bailey of Bailey Wright & Co Solicitors. In this matter the birth parents sought on-going direct contact with...

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      3PB Barrister Vanessa Meachin appointed Silk

      3PB family barrister Vanessa Meachin was appointed Queen’s Counsel in the new Silk appointments during a ceremony at Westminster Hall today. Vanessa becomes 3PB Chambers' thirteenth Silk, and her appointment strengthens the set’s exceptional family law practice group. She was one of the original barristers - alongside fellow family Silk Liz McGrath QC - to join 3PB’s new Birmingham offices from rival chambers St Philips. This appointment recognises Vanessa’s long-standing reputation as a top-ranking family...

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    • 3PB welcomes Vanessa Meachin, leading family law barrister

      3PB is pleased to announce Vanessa Meachin, formerly of St Philips chambers, will be joining the 3PB Family Law team in its Birmingham chambers from 1 December 2016.   Vanessa is a family law specialist who advises and represents clients on a broad range of legal areas including private law Children Act applications, care, Court of Protection, adoption and family finance matters.  She is a Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit. Nigel Lickley QC, Head of...

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