News for: Vanessa Meachin KC

RE B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29 The issue of post-adoption contact was recently considered by the Court of Appeal in the case of Re B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29. The appellants were the natural parents represented by Vanessa Meachin QC and Sarah Jennings instructed by Phil Storey and Karen Bailey of Bailey Wright & Co Solicitors. In this matter the birth parents sought on-going direct contact with...

3PB Barrister Vanessa Meachin appointed Silk

26th February 2018

3PB family barrister Vanessa Meachin was appointed Queen’s Counsel in the new Silk appointments during a ceremony at Westminster Hall today. Vanessa becomes 3PB Chambers' thirteenth Silk, and her appointment strengthens the set’s exceptional family law practice group. She was one of the original barristers - alongside fellow family Silk Liz McGrath QC - to join 3PB’s new Birmingham offices from rival chambers St Philips. This appointment recognises Vanessa’s long-standing reputation as a top-ranking family...

3PB is pleased to announce Vanessa Meachin, formerly of St Philips chambers, will be joining the 3PB Family Law team in its Birmingham chambers from 1 December 2016.   Vanessa is a family law specialist who advises and represents clients on a broad range of legal areas including private law Children Act applications, care, Court of Protection, adoption and family finance matters.  She is a Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit. Nigel Lickley QC, Head of...