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'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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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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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 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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