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3PB Barristers' (3 Paper Buildings) specialist family law barrister Mark Calway has today, 7 July, had his recent Court of Appeal case of Re E (A Child) (Section 37 Direction) [2025] EWCA Civ 470, reported in The Times. The judgment was first handed down on 16 April 2025. The case involved the placement of an infant, E, in foster care following the mother’s refusal to enter a mother and baby placement. The mother had arranged...
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3PB Property, Chancery and Matrimonial Finances barrister Rachel Bale (pictured here) writes for the Financial Remedies Journal an article about ‘shams’ or ‘illusory’ trusts and the challenges they cause in divorce proceedings for family and chancery lawyers alike. Rachel provides guidance on the legal principles to follow to identify shams and illusory trusts and considers the steps to follow to navigate through the difficulties they create, including: Back to basics: key players in a trust...
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The Court of Appeal handed down judgment last week granting an appeal against a decision of HHJ Wicks. Paul Froud (pictured here), led by Darren Howe KC from 1 Crown Office Row, were instructed on behalf of the Child, acting through her Children’s Guardian. Neither Paul nor Darren appeared at the Final Hearing and were instructed by Mr. James Walthall of Jackson West Solicitors. The Court of Appeal upheld the appeal brought by the Local...
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3PB officially launched its NCDR (Non Court Dispute Resolution) services for family law on Wednesday afternoon (18 June) at 58 Victoria Embankment in London in front of more than 130 family law solicitors. The large national chambers - with 90 family law barristers - covers the full range of NCDR services including mediation, early neutral evaluation, private FDR hearings and arbitration. The three-hour briefing was billed as "Arbitration in Action" and gave practical tips on...
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3PB are delighted to announce that two more of its family law barristers, Oliver Thorne and Nicola Frost, have both qualified as Children Law Arbitrators, able to hear arbitrations under the Children Scheme. Both are members of the specialist panel of family law arbitrators, managed by Resolution on behalf of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (“IFLA”). Nicola Frost is a specialist family law barrister, arbitrator, now dual qualified in both the Children and Financial...
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Welcome to our quarterly 3PB family team newsletter, edited by Amy Beddis.
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In this edition, we celebrate Aimee Fox and Amy Beddis becoming joint heads of our family finance team and welcome new tenants Peter Wilkinson and Shan Parker. Analysis is provided by Nicola Frost, Andrew J. Duncan, Rachel Bale, David Beatson and Victoria Holland. Our newsletter also features the reported cases that June Venters KC, Andrew J. Duncan, Gemma Chapman, Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley and Paul Froud recently acted in. Our forthcoming events and links to past family law brunch resources are included. -
3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to announce that three of our senior clerking team - Rob Leonard, Ian Charlton and David Fielder - will take on enhanced roles as Chambers Directors. James Thornton is also promoted and becomes our Chief Operating Officer (COO) with overall responsibility for procurement, HR, IT, facilities and finance. Warmest congratulations to all four of them (pictured here, clockwise from top left). Commenting on the announcement, 3PB's CEO Simon...
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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to welcome leading family barrister, Peter Wilkinson, to its 90-strong team of family barristers. Peter will be based from 3PB's London office in the Inner Temple. Peter regularly represents clients in the Family Court, High Court and Appeal Courts and also sits as a part-time judge in the First Tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) and in the Family Court for private children and financial remedy proceedings....
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Last week judgment was handed down in the landmark case of Redcar Cleveland v MA Albon and Anor. The case saw 3PB's family barrister and silk June Venters KC's client, a vulnerable mother in public law children proceedings, succeed against the notorious, unregulated sperm donor Robert Albon, better known by his pseudonym "Joe Donor". Albon, an American national, claims to have fathered over 180 children worldwide through his unregulated sperm donation activities — often carried...
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3PB (3 Paper Buildings) today welcomed family barrister Shan Parker (call: 2018) who has moved to 3PB from another well-known chambers on the South Coast of England, where she completed her pupillage two years ago. Shan already enjoys a diverse and busy family law practice across the whole of the South and South-West of England, focusing on private law children cases and matrimonial finance disputes as well as care and adoption matters. In the last...
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The members and staff at 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) wish to extend to our colleagues at Harcourt Chambers our deepest sympathies on learning of the death of our dear friend Simon Miller. A former member of chambers, Simon was a key part in the development and the success of 3PB's Oxford office. His funeral is being held this afternoon Friday 25 April 2025. A gifted family barrister, Simon will be remembered for his dedication to...
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3PB family barristers Andrew Duncan and Gemma Chapman, led by 4PB's Alison Grief KC and Sam King KC respectively, represented the mother and father in the complex, non-accidental head injury case of Re X & Y (Children) [2024] EWFC 443 (B), where the challenge of expert views under cross-examination led to the mother being exonerated from causing injury and the father deemed to have done so using lesser force and without intention. In a climate...
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