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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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3PB’s specialist family law arbitrator, mediator, private FDR judge, HH Stephen Wildblood KC will chair Family Law Week's annual Public Children Law Conference, taking place this year on Tuesday, 30Th September at Millenium Point in Birmingham. Stephen Wildblood KC, who is also Editor-in-Chief of Family Law Week (FLW), will also be joined by Jonathan Sampson KC to present an analysis of recent public law cases and will then be a panellist in the session on...
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3PB’s specialist family barrister Amy Beddis has been confirmed to speak on the expert panel for this year’s ‘Family Law: A Year in Review’ event on 11th September. Amy will be discussing maintenance in financial remedy cases. This will be an evening of topical debate, discussions and networking with Counsel, clerks, junior practitioners, and qualified Family Solicitors. All speakers will go through the contextual background of each topic as well as an overview of the...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) is delighted to announce that property and chancery barrister Ashley Blood-Halvorsen and family law barrister Rachel Bloxwich have been appointed as Deputy District Judges, both on the Midlands Circuit. Ashley Blood-Halvorsen is a specialist property and chancery barrister, with particular emphasis in contentious probate, TOLATA and insolvency. Ashley was called to the bar in 2017 and qualified as a trust and estate practitioner in 2024. To contact or instruct Ashley,...
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We are delighted to announce that 3PB’s Andrew Duncan and Matiss Krumins have been shortlisted at the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards 2025. They have been chosen as finalists for the Family Law Case of the Year. Matiss Krumins is a specialist family barrister at 3PB with expertise in public law children’s proceedings and judicial review. He is regularly instructed in serious child protection, cross-border and emergency cases, and has appeared in leading decisions up to...
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Stephen Wildblood KC writes and directs a short film, lasting 5 ½ minutes, telling the story of a mother (Angie) who has retained two children (James [12] and Martha [4]) in New York against the wishes of their English father, Zac. Angie has been in New York with the children for two months and wishes to remain there with them. Zac wants them all to return to London, where they had been living as a...
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3PB's family law barrister Sarah Dines, led by Professor Rob George KC of Harcourt Chambers, acted for the respondent father in the recent reported case from the Court of Appeal of Re S (Children: Transnational Marriage Abandonment) [2025] EWCA Civ 1058. The appeal focused on the High Court judge’s fact-finding in relation to international child abduction, 'stranding' and domestic abuse. The Court of Appeal gave particular attention to the question of what constitutes ‘transnational spousal...
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