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Welcome to 3PB's Family Law team's newsletter, edited by Amy Beddis. This year is flying by, with another busy quarter here at 3PB family. We have some excellent contributions this month from Scott Sharp, Charles Hogan, Imogen Robins and Andrew Duncan. We invite you to book your place to attend our September Manchester NCDR event and our 3rd Annual Public Law Conference in Southampton in November. Our members continue to feature in reported cases, check out the summaries below and catch up on the brunches you have missed. We hope you enjoy this latest chapter of our newsletter. If you would like to contribute an article please do get in touch with me at [email protected].
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3PB’s June Venters KC, who was the first woman solicitor to be appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2006, has been ranked in the new Spear’s Family Law Indices 2026 as a "Top Recommended Family Law Barrister". Described as "the Michelin guide of wealth," Spear’s is the indispensable guide to the top private client advisers and service providers for high and ultra-high net-worth individuals in the UK and globally. To read more, please click here. To contact or...
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3PB's joint head of Family Finance, Aimee Fox, has delivered a webinar for LexisNexis entitled 'How to Run a Successful Financial Remedies Conduct Case under MCA 1973, s.25(2)(g)'. The webinar explores the significance of conduct in financial remedies proceedings, the different categories of conduct that may be relevant and the courts' approach to such cases. It also examines issues relating to litigation conduct, non-disclosure, adverse inferences, the impact of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, coercive...
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3PB's family barrister Andrew Duncan has delivered a webinar for LexisNexis entitled 'Enforcement of Child Arrangements Orders: What Works in Practice (2026)', which went live online today, 24 June. In this practical and informative session, Andrew explores the various routes available for the enforcement of Child Arrangements Orders, including the use of warning notices and penal notices. He also considers the key issues and considerations for both the enforcing party and the respondent, together with...
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Komal Patel (pictured) represented the guardian in F v M & Anor [2026] EWFC 133 (B), a private law children case, in which HHJ Owens delivered a fact-finding judgment concerning allegations of physical and sexual abuse made by a child against her father. Whilst the allegations themselves were serious, the wider significance of the decision lies in the court's examination of professional practice when allegations of abuse are made and, in particular, the continued relevance...
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Poppy May Watson (call 2020), a family barrister based in Southampton, has joined 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) and will practice from the national chambers' Bournemouth and Winchester offices. Poppy has a busy caseload and practises exclusively in child law - be that private law, care proceedings or adoption - so acting in both privately funded and publicly funded cases. Her workload routinely involves cases with allegations of Parental Alienation, Non-Accidental Injury (NAI, NAHI and death...
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3PB are delighted to announce that two more of its family law barristers, Sara Lewis KC and Jane Withington (pictured here, left to right) have qualified as Children Law Arbitrators, able to hear arbitrations under the Children Scheme. Both are now members of the specialist panel of family law arbitrators, managed by Resolution on behalf of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (“IFLA”). Sara and Jane join 15 other family law barristers at the national...
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3PB’s June Venters KC has written an article titled ‘Re-centring procedural integrity and gender neutrality in private law children proceedings: lessons from Re E' for Family Law Journal. She explores one of the most significant recent examinations of the conduct and integrity of private law children proceedings. The lessons of Re E are stark, reaffirming that procedural integrity is not merely an administrative preference, but the essential foundation of justice in family law. To read...
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3PB's Ian Edge, an Islamic/Shari’a law specialist and an expert on the laws of the Middle East, will be speaking at the upcoming Citywealth Forum on 12th May at The Nobu Hotel, 22 Portman Square, London W1. The Citywealth Forum brings together prominent leaders from the private wealth management sector to discuss key issues impacting ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) and wealth management professionals. The Forum will see leading wealth management professionals, private client lawyers and trust...
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Judgment from the Supreme Court in the landmark appeal case of X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) [2026] UKSC 13 has just been handed down. The case, which revolves around whether a court has jurisdiction to set aside a valid adoption order other than by way of appeal, featured 3PB family barristers Dorian Day and Samantha Smith for the applicant, led by Nick Goodwin KC and instructed by Emily Boardman at Boardman, Hawkins...
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Hilary Lennox, a highly-experienced family lawyer, has joined 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) from another well-known chambers in London. Hilary is qualified to practice as a barrister in Ireland, Northern Ireland and England and Wales and has also practised in New York and Wisconsin. A graduate of Ireland's oldest law school, King’s Inns, Hilary was called to The Bar of Ireland in 2008 and to both The Bar of Northern Ireland and The Bar of England...
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Welcome to 3PB’s Family Law team’s latest newsletter, edited by Amy Beddis.
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Spring is in action and our team have been super busy putting together some excellent articles for you all on the latest issues. This edition is full of interesting topics, debate and important case law updates.
The family team have had a great start to the year with our members appearing in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal.
We are all looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our fourth annual Private Law Children and Financial Remedies Conference on 23 April at Millennium Point, Birmingham. Due to popular demand more tickets have been released.
We hope you enjoy reading our newsletter and as ever if you want to be involved or have any feedback please do get in touch.
