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Expert advice across every area of family law

3DJB maintains a strong reputation in all areas of Family Law. In particular we specialise in Family Finance, Children Act applications, care proceedings, property disputes between cohabitees and Islamic Law. Our barristers combine expert negotiation skills with formidable advocacy to ensure the best, and often early, outcome for clients.

Our full range of expertise covers:

Public Children Law

Members of Chambers represent local authorities, parents, guardians, extended family members and interveners in proceedings brought by the state in respect of children.

Private Children Law

The family team is highly experienced in representing parents and other family members covering the range of disputes. Member of Chambers have recently been involved in high profile and precedent-setting cases.

Domestic Violence & Injuctions

Members of Chambers represent applicants or respondents in urgent or non urgent domestic violence and injunction cases. The Family Team is highly experienced in represent vulnerable clients including children.

International Children Law

The Family Team offers expert advice on child law cases with an international element – including relocation, child abduction and forced marriage protection cases.

Family Finance and Property

The Family Team provides expert advice advocacy in all areas of ancillary relief and TOLATA cases.

Court of Protection

The Family Team offers guidance and representation to help make decisions on financial or welfare matters for people who can't make decisions at the time they need to be made (they 'lack mental capacity').

We are proud that several of our barristers are ranked in Legal Directories

Please see individual entries for more details.

Currently Lisa Peacock, Emily Beer and Amy Stout are ranked in the Legal 500 as Leading Juniors in Children Law.
Elizabeth Wark is ranked as Rising Star in that category
Peter Wilkinson is ranked as a Leading Junior in Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy and Luke Barnes as a Leading Junior in Private Client: Trusts and Probate.