Family team newsletter out now! All the latest case reviews and analysis
15th September 2020
The 3PB family team has published its September newsletter bringing you a round-up of news, articles and presentations from our latest brunch talks.
Edited by Amy Beddis, this issue includes contributions from or news about Elizabeth McGrath QC, Vanessa Meachin QC, Martine Kushner, Lawrence Messling, Lucy Hendry, Rachael Goodall, Michael George, Aimee Fox, Emma Harman, Emma Griffiths, Alex Hodge, Oliver Thorne, Emma Southern as well as details of our upcoming events featuring Elisabeth Hudson, Nathalie Bull, Audrey Archer and Luke Nelson.
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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 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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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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3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are delighted to welcome leading family law barrister, Gemma Farrington KC to its 90-strong team of family barristers. Gemma will be based from 3PB's London office in the Inner Temple and starts with the national chambers on Monday 1 September. Gemma was called to the bar in 1994 and took silk in 2022. Gemma is a seasoned family barrister with over thirty years experience in family law and is acknowledged...
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