Family News

Emma Harman joins Circuit Bench

24th October 2025

3PB are delighted to announce that one of its 90-strong specialist family barristers, Emma Harman, has been appointed to the Circuit Bench. Her Honour Judge (HHJ) Harman will sit in Portsmouth and Southampton Courts, hearing Family cases. Called to the bar in 2003, Emma was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2022 and a Recorder in 2023, authorised to hear family law cases on the Western Circuit. With over 20 years’ experience in family law,...

Imogen Robins to present MBL webinar on Pet Custody in Divorce and Separation

23rd October 2025

As pets become cherished family members rather than mere possessions, disputes over their custody can be emotionally charged during divorce or separation. 3PB’s family law barrister Imogen Robins will present on Monday 3 November at 2:30pm a 90 minute webinar for MBL focused on navigating this difficult issue. During this interactive webinar, Imogen will Explain the legal status of pets in England and Wales Analyse case law - a deep dive Compare international comparative law...

3PB breaks through the 100 rankings ceiling in Chambers and Partners 2026 edition

16th October 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) have been awarded a record number of individual rankings in the 2026 edition of Chambers and Partners, reaching a total of 104 (96 last year) achieved by 86 of its barristers. The national set has doubled its number of individual rankings in 5 years (52 in 2021) and is rewarded with accolades in 22 areas of law across the London Bar as well as in the North Eastern, South Eastern,...

3PB Barristers’ Family Law team has achieved 34 individual rankings (+7 compared with 2025) in this year’s Chambers and Partners edition published today. 29 of our family law barristers are ranked across 5 Circuits: in London, the Midlands, North Eastern, South Eastern and Western. Our team retains its Band 1 rankings for both Family Children and Family Finance in the Midlands, and its Band 2 ranking in Western. In our Midland clients’ own words "The...

Amy Lush returns from maternity leave

7th October 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to welcome family law barrister Amy Lush back to chambers from maternity leave from 6 October 2025. Amy specialises in all aspects of private children and financial remedies law including financial disputes under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, private law children proceedings including applications for enforcement and variation of child arrangements orders, and non-molestation and occupation orders. Ranked by Chambers and Partners for Family: Children on the Western...

3PB achieves record rankings in the Legal 500’s 2026 edition

1st October 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), one of the UK's largest chambers, is delighted to announce a record number of rankings - totalling 193 - in the Legal 500 2026’s edition which is published today, compared with 167 last year. A total of 123 3PB barristers are now ranked in the Legal 500, up from 108 last year. The set is ranked in 26 areas of law across 4 large UK Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western...

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...

Kellie Salter speaking at Community Care Live 2025

30th September 2025

3PB’s family barrister Kellie Salter will be speaking at the Community Care Live 2025 on ‘Is it good enough? Working with parents with learning disabilities and learning difficulties’. Community Care Live 2025 is the UK's largest free-to-attend social work event and is held this year on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th October at the Business Design Centre in London. The event is sponsored by Essex County Council. Attendees can access essential learning and training for social work professionals...

Aimee Fox comes back from maternity leave

30th September 2025

3PB is delighted to have welcomed Family and Education Law Barrister Aimee Fox, pictured here, back to chambers from maternity leave on Monday, 29 September 2025. Aimee, who is joint head of our financial remedy team, has an established practice in financial remedies and private law proceedings. Aimee also has extensive experience in education law, often appearing in tribunals relating to EHC Plans. She has also been successful in judicial reviews and appeals to the Upper...

Two family law barristers join 3PB from Westgate Chambers

29th September 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) today announced the arrival of two new family barristers from the London and South-East Circuits specialists Westgate Chambers, who are based in Brighton. Family law barrister Lauren Winser, with a busy practice across all areas of family law and is a committee member of YRes for the family law network Resolution, will be joined at 3PB by matrimonial finance and private law children expert Scott Sharp who deals with financial...

3PB celebrates First-tier Tribunal appointments

24th September 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that 3PB family law barristers Nicola Frost and Paul Froud have been appointed as Fee-Paid Judges of the First-tier Tribunal. Nicola Frost is assigned to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber).  Paul Froud is assigned to the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, within the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal. Their appointments are effective from 22nd September and will run on four-year renewable...

Luke Nelson to speak at The Legal Training Consultancy Conference

16th September 2025

3PB’s family and private client barrister Luke Nelson will be speaking at the Family Law Update: A Live Online Conference for The Legal Training Consultancy. This will take place via zoom on Wednesday 17th September at 9:45AM – 1:00PM. Luke will be alongside six other panel speakers, covering a selection of topical issues and new twists on perennial problems for family lawyers. The conference can be streamed live, or you can watch the recording whenever is...