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    3PB’s family team to contribute to Family Law Week’s Finance Remedy Conference

    3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist family barristers Stephen Wildblood KC and Imogen Robins will be speaking at Family Law Week’s Financial Remedy: Practice and Procedure Conference, taking place in London on Tuesday 11 March 2025. Experienced family law barrister and former Designated Family Judge for Bristol, Stephen Wildblood KC, will be chairing the event in his capacity as Editor-in-Chief at Family Law Week. Imogen Robins, who is renowned for her expertise in family finance...

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    Andrew Duncan and Charlotte Steer navigate complex FII case with successful outcome

    At a substantial hearing before Mrs Justice Lieven, 3PB family barristers Andrew Duncan, leading Charlotte Steer (pictured here, left to right), acted for the children in the recent reported case of A Local Authority v T & Ors [2025] EWHC 334 (Fam).  The case centred on the transfer of risk arising from alleged Fabricated or Induced Illness (“FII”) in a disabled child to their younger sibling. The guardian’s report played a pivotal role in the...

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    Rachel Bale speaking at the Oxford Family Law Seminar 2025

    3PB's matrimonial finances and family trusts barrister Rachel Bale will be speaking at the Oxford Family Law Seminar 2025 about the role of conduct in financial proceedings. Organised by the Oxford judiciary and Oxfordshire Resolution, this event will see Rachel debating legal guidance and advice on topical family law subjects, alongside other experts. The seminar will be taking place at Oxford Combined Court Centre in St Aldates, Oxford on Wednesday 5th March 2025 from 2pm....

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    Family barrister Laura Buchan moves to 3PB

    Family barrister Laura Buchan (2016 call), a busy private law children, financial remedies and TOLATA specialist, will join 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) on Tuesday 11 February. Laura is also renowned as a family law specialist in cases involving crypto-assets and contesting legal costs in divorce and other family financial disputes. Commended by clients in Legal 500 as "extremely analytical and "her attention to detail is second-to-none," Laura was described as a family law barrister who...

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    Matiss Krumins success as Supreme Court dismisses father's habeas corpus bid to challenge care order

    3PB family barrister Matiss Krumins (pictured here), who specialises in public law children proceedings and judicial review, represented the local authority before the Supreme Court following the father’s appeal in his application for habeas corpus; and today saw judgement handed down in the case of The Father v Worcestershire County Council [2025] UKSC 1. In summary, the father's application for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed by both the Supreme Court and the Court...

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    Stephen Wildblood KC and Nicola Frost qualify as Family Law Arbitrators (Financial Remedy Scheme)

    3PB are delighted to announce that family law barristers Stephen Wildblood KC and Nicola Frost have both qualified as Family Law Arbitrators under the Financial Remedy Scheme. Both become members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and are now members of the specialist panel of family law arbitrators, managed by Resolution on behalf of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (“IFLA”). Stephen Wildblood KC (1980 call) practised as a specialist family barrister for 27...

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    Gemma Chapman writes for Family Law Journal on protecting the child’s narrative

    3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist family law barrister Gemma Chapman, has written for Family Law Journal on the training currently available for professionals on how to preserve the integrity of a young person’s account of abuse. In her article, “Persistent failure to protect the child’s narrative – time for change?”, Gemma discusses how, despite long established guidance and authorities on the subject, oftentimes a young person’s account of abuse is captured in a manner...

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    Dorian Day and Samantha Smith in key Court of Appeal case on revoking adoption orders

    3PB's family law barristers Dorian Day  and Samantha Smith appeared in today's landmark Court of Appeal case that has ruled that there is no inherent jurisdiction to revoke adoption orders. Judgement in the case of Re X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) has brought clarity to the law, but will be cold comfort to many families seeking a legal remedy following the permanent breakdown of an adoption. The case concerned two teenage girls...

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    Andrew Duncan wins Court of Appeal case over name change for non-binary child

    3PB’s family barrister Andrew Duncan, pictured here, recently acted as sole counsel in a pro bono appeal in Re C (A Child) (Change of Given Name) [2024] EWCA Civ 1582, successfully overturning a Circuit Judge's decision that dismissed a non-binary child’s application to change their forename. Andrew was instructed by Chris Bell of PS Law, a niche law firm with offices in Milton Keynes and Northampton. The Court of Appeal, in allowing the appeal and...

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    Rachel Bale delivers LexisNexis webinar on the end of year round up in Family Law

    3PB’s chancery and property barrister Rachel Bale delivered a webinar for LexisNexis on the end of year roundup in Family Law, with a specific focus on Financial Remedies. The webinar addressed the use of non-court dispute resolution, the courts' approach to conduct and costs, clarity on the concept of Matrimonalisation, and an update on pensions. To watch a preview, or the full webinar (subject to subscription), please visit here If you would be interested in...

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    Senior family barrister Imogen Robins returns to 3PB

    Imogen Robins MCIarb has re-joined 3PB (3 Paper Buildings) from Pump Court Chambers where she has practised since joining them in 2016. A  distinguished family law specialist renowned for her expertise in family finance, Imogen has an exceptional success record in advising high-net-worth (HNW) divorcing couples. Her practice centres on handling complex financial cases which include inherited wealth, property portfolios, family businesses, significant pensions, trusts, and pre-nuptial agreements. Instructed in cases under Schedule 1 of...

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    Oliver Nunn delivers guest lectures to Land Law undergraduate students at the University of Leicester

    3PB specialist property & housing law barrister, Oliver Nunn, delivered two guest lectures to several hundred Land Law undergraduate students at the University of Leicester, on 28 November 2024. The lectures delivered were on a topic of how the law, both as it currently stands and in reform proposals contained in the Renters Rights Bill tries to balance the competing interests between landlords and tenants, in claims for possession of privately rented residential property, so...

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