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title: Public Children Law
url: https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-work/family-law/public-children-law/
updated: 2026-08-27T12:06:16Z
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![Public Children Law](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/xh3olay4/untitled-2.jpg?rxy=0.49790625,0.5526845330650325&width=1728&height=348&v=1dd29160a1ff9f0&hmac=a8a4e709415e91f6434b8c7bf1e260ef9aa020f31684a475392866576a9d20d5)

# Public Children Law

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## A trusted team for care proceedings

Our Public Law Team offer excellence to clients bringing together a range of expertise and experience across the arena of family public law children work

Our team are instructed at both the start of public law cases following the client through to the end of the court case or interposed into cases, picking up the substance and requirements of ongoing cases to meet the concerns of clients

The range of cases covers but are not limited to; non accidental injuries, fabricated induced illnesses, forced marriages, genital mutilation, sexual harm, domestic abuse; deprivation of liberty; international abduction and resettlement to domestic and international locations.

Our members represent the family who are often respondents or intervenors, the child or children through the instructions of Cafcass, the Official Solicitor for children and respondents who require litigation support due to their vulnerabilities; and for local authority applicants who seek to step into private family lives and seek robust legal representation.

Our friendly and experienced clerks are always available to discuss the needs of particular clients and find suitable and experienced matches from our team to best meet the needs and challenges for clients.

For further information or to enquire about one of our barristers please contact the clerks on clerks@3djb.co.uk or on 0207 353 4854.

[Contact Us](https://www.3djb.co.uk/contact-us/ "Contact Us")

## Our public children law team

[!\[Lisa Peacock\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/d11effz0/lp.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd096c88e54e30&hmac=73c1aba118afc764cc8ce10468962f4199ff7bd4c80ac8b7e60d478a5364f6a4)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/lisa-peacock/)

### [Lisa Peacock](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/lisa-peacock/)

                Call 1992

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/lisa-peacock/

Shortlist

[!\[Richard Budworth\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/ycail0gt/rbud.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd096d6b4d5ba0&hmac=671219708169d1e357fe6b095060bffd44c13363055122202ec6d51a49c9d5c3)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/richard-budworth/)

### [Richard Budworth](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/richard-budworth/)

                Call 1982

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/richard-budworth/

Shortlist

[!\[Ayesha Hasan\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/v50ferop/ah.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd097685edd490&hmac=58f2ae617da55f05a5814cb1bee9613fe578f1d8658c97911b7c4376bb8ae0b4)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ayesha-hasan/)

### [Ayesha Hasan](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ayesha-hasan/)

                Call 1987

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ayesha-hasan/

Shortlist

[!\[Norman Moss\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/pdqbm2dy/nm.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28e4cd854260&hmac=0ccc522109820091e1ab63036af55f2993980325cc06965ca25bb59140c6d2b0)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/norman-moss/)

### [Norman Moss](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/norman-moss/)

                Call 1990

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/norman-moss/

Shortlist

[!\[Victoria Teggin\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/0j0eencv/vt.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28e58b260750&hmac=be5edee699c0ad099eeb39e238ebe7f89d03c7ff88b0610bc5b274ab1ebac4e6)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/victoria-teggin/)

### [Victoria Teggin](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/victoria-teggin/)

                Call 1990

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/victoria-teggin/

Shortlist

[!\[Matthew Hellens\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/y1idgayj/silhouette.jpg?rxy=0.5260130494505495,0.4807692307692308&width=242&height=242&v=1dd2bea15cdbf90&hmac=76a52a5019dac8e61731ba51218919ce5d0a8d67154509baec9b60522c5af9c3)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/matthew-hellens/)

### [Matthew Hellens](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/matthew-hellens/)

                Call 1992

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/matthew-hellens/

Shortlist

[!\[Catherine Le Quesne\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/oi4lncem/clq.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28e70ac2adf0&hmac=3f1b0b4473811d66b3869d689d5473a1798a34b5e56d58b7bc27a1e1aec928bc)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/catherine-le-quesne/)

### [Catherine Le Quesne](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/catherine-le-quesne/)

                Call 1993

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/catherine-le-quesne/

Shortlist

[!\[Judith Maxwell\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/nqxpk4yk/jmm.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28e33ab5e7b0&hmac=0f13ab93952d888acf887561dcdcf9f264a769d97a76c2843c58ab37235bf6e1)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/judith-maxwell/)

### [Judith Maxwell](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/judith-maxwell/)

                Call 1988

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/judith-maxwell/

Shortlist

[!\[Sandra Fisher\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/y1idgayj/silhouette.jpg?rxy=0.5260130494505495,0.4807692307692308&width=242&height=242&v=1dd2bea15cdbf90&hmac=76a52a5019dac8e61731ba51218919ce5d0a8d67154509baec9b60522c5af9c3)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/sandra-fisher/)

### [Sandra Fisher](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/sandra-fisher/)

                Call 1993

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/sandra-fisher/

Shortlist

[!\[Katie Williams-Howes\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/5kzflrpb/kwh.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28e8f584d5b0&hmac=e66e5f3cdae24b5711fcc368aee1920f62b7e148894e61ca9f6118837cf7e3de)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/katie-williams-howes/)

### [Katie Williams-Howes](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/katie-williams-howes/)

                Call 1993

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/katie-williams-howes/

Shortlist

[!\[Jessica Redford\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/oaqn2zos/jr.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28e95f95d990&hmac=300169c65dcb6f46dd68b08c75ef62e5ac1a56cbdad74ea9a16d3bb88fccbc33)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/jessica-redford/)

### [Jessica Redford](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/jessica-redford/)

                Call 1994

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/jessica-redford/

Shortlist

[!\[Judith Mayhew\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/xnvcfmao/jam.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28eb74315a80&hmac=1950ad8d0f0eda3300a8db7086eed32cbb9012572cbb775e12f1c1bade7430d9)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/judith-mayhew/)

### [Judith Mayhew](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/judith-mayhew/)

                Call 2000

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/judith-mayhew/

Shortlist

[!\[Neil Kerr\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/1mupm5gf/nk.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28ebcb121b50&hmac=bac9a92486641b796084ba6c3abaafddc4a9ad631de4b74ab612dc37f7e69426)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/neil-kerr/)

### [Neil Kerr](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/neil-kerr/)

                Call 2001

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/neil-kerr/

Shortlist

[!\[Catherine Piskolti\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/xflbvled/cp.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd28ff3ab07fc0&hmac=80ac0eae8b1ab45b547e948a315a8ff8bdfe92bac2c153d3637cfe9e23a11235)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/catherine-piskolti/)

### [Catherine Piskolti](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/catherine-piskolti/)

                Call 2003

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/catherine-piskolti/

Shortlist

[!\[Emily Beer\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/gzgllrkg/eb.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd29002ddbc7e0&hmac=4097ebc2109a1de2f3ba2d04984706de661bfe9150dd4f112ca274aa81dd4c51)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/emily-beer/)

### [Emily Beer](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/emily-beer/)

                Call 2004

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/emily-beer/

Shortlist

[!\[Monica Nayyar\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/4dnpzl2t/mn.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd29011ae479b0&hmac=c426c37d677551cf8e46c0fe11579444ce6f7df0c8261041f276963f3d1cc280)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/monica-nayyar/)

### [Monica Nayyar](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/monica-nayyar/)

                Call 2004

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/monica-nayyar/

Shortlist

[!\[Briony Palmer\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/afbb41lf/bp.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd2901c6bf8810&hmac=ac5d670e592dff24b4e5fcea9a334fcff5706292dfce658f8aad27ceda3261d4)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/briony-palmer/)

### [Briony Palmer](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/briony-palmer/)

                Call 2009

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/briony-palmer/

Shortlist

[!\[Ben Birtchnell\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/czfexbht/bb.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd2902b2612fd0&hmac=8a8e4e3e7f9f657124c17fe1ba16427f64fec1217777d602b2005071d5a29fd8)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ben-birtchnell/)

### [Ben Birtchnell](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ben-birtchnell/)

                Call 2009

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ben-birtchnell/

Shortlist

[!\[Amy Stout\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/u50fnly4/ajs.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd2903c2366b90&hmac=583676bd3f3fc05c24f0c0e27df74f66b0e174ac65eed8f431166a8af1eb70c0)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/amy-stout/)

### [Amy Stout](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/amy-stout/)

                Call 2013

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/amy-stout/

Shortlist

[!\[Ruth Hitschmann\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/5owhcydj/rh.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd29048f453b70&hmac=7d0e2bdabbc08153f54ccf4a66ada76aaf34387d7c64dbadf6d1607e519249b6)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ruth-hitschmann/)

### [Ruth Hitschmann](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ruth-hitschmann/)

                Call 2014 (Solicitor 2006)

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/ruth-hitschmann/

Shortlist

[!\[Anushka Kangesu\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/midp520s/ak.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd29052789cae0&hmac=96e7e464566639565f6f2aea2df5c4703da7638b70aeca42ffe7d882922c777f)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/anushka-kangesu/)

### [Anushka Kangesu](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/anushka-kangesu/)

                Call 2014

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/anushka-kangesu/

Shortlist

[!\[Katherine Gittins\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/t3jlr31k/kg.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd2905f2d4f1c0&hmac=69a4f9bb1825626ca0ac684105ddd8e752594594117b85f3c39f915598cd27ab)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/katherine-gittins/)

### [Katherine Gittins](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/katherine-gittins/)

                Call 2014

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/katherine-gittins/

Shortlist

[!\[Laura Wakeford\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/a3qle3a4/lw.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd29068beb2910&hmac=549b5cb5df67d58be316d3f3ec2e12542c49d80ab7fd7034ea353c486b580696)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/laura-wakeford/)

### [Laura Wakeford](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/laura-wakeford/)

                Call 2016

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/laura-wakeford/

Shortlist

[!\[Haroon Rana\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/lhqhpwmg/hr.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd29073c8d0e50&hmac=2f8eb41c2e2d0d82a4cc7928c2c7c02a86aaa90cd67316f85dfd5ce405aa1779)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/haroon-rana/)

### [Haroon Rana](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/haroon-rana/)

                Call 2018 (Solicitor 2007)

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/haroon-rana/

Shortlist

[!\[Elizabeth Wark\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/iguacyp1/ew.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd290809444850&hmac=a18130fc05caae67803c61b86ae9743e5e6ca1e0af873ea5f6d9597dad4214a6)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/elizabeth-wark/)

### [Elizabeth Wark](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/elizabeth-wark/)

                Call 2018

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/elizabeth-wark/

Shortlist

[!\[Joanne Boyle \](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/klgfgwwy/jeb.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd2908aefff4b0&hmac=6dbe41e757ec0410fceb8aa119b3996ea09e2a1106e0b0045d7622a51c761e86)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/joanne-boyle/)

### [Joanne Boyle](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/joanne-boyle/)

                Call 2019

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/joanne-boyle/

Shortlist

[!\[Laurence Cooper\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/5ptlb20z/lvc.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd290a468adba0&hmac=655bb45cea6c4f698079ed8879281d5205e9a6bde5e5073275c0f235687751a0)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/laurence-cooper/)

### [Laurence Cooper](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/laurence-cooper/)

                Call 2021

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/laurence-cooper/

Shortlist

[!\[Shazia Haider-Shah\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/y1tl3sg4/shs.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd290b0a02fd10&hmac=4dde3258528bdb73cc633cda31c7f015e7c04d36fc474a8c0196a9e56a5661f2)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/shazia-haider-shah/)

### [Shazia Haider-Shah](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/shazia-haider-shah/)

                Call 2021 (Solicitor 1996)

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/shazia-haider-shah/

Shortlist

[!\[Georgia Fineberg\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/bsapcc5x/gf.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd290c0c4cf7a0&hmac=370a4a35c0e2c88dae24c22e1d65bd05c4e96d7fcc871b8706e8718539e656e3)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/georgia-fineberg/)

### [Georgia Fineberg](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/georgia-fineberg/)

                Call 2022

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/georgia-fineberg/

Shortlist

[!\[Indira Varma \](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/b0yjwlwb/iv.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd290d6a944b00&hmac=1d09fb1080356a26c0b5967af6d0f3476663d3aef0d58a689bf80485fafc4c8d)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/indira-varma/)

### [Indira Varma](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/indira-varma/)

                Call 2023

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/indira-varma/

Shortlist

[!\[Tara Dunne\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/t2kecavv/td-1.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd5c9772debd00&hmac=b00ad7c7a4206edfdcc8634622ed8f2b163210abc1fcfce4e9a3805afdc9436a)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/tara-dunne/)

### [Tara Dunne](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/tara-dunne/)

                Call 2021

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/tara-dunne/

Shortlist

[!\[Leo Graves\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/tiud3o5v/lg.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd290e59145a90&hmac=25423ca7a9a6d01a8d1072dfa464fb24f7967affe7f6b553be04de6731c12ff3)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/leo-graves/)

### [Leo Graves](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/leo-graves/)

                Call 2021

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/leo-graves/

Shortlist

[!\[Jade Lee\](https://www.3djb.co.uk/media/jpmhxl1s/jl.jpg?width=242&height=242&v=1dd290f7ae61450&hmac=0dc446628073d234e704efd97c4f2dfd6a4946d7b4497aa44bcb5e656240fadf)](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/jade-lee/)

### [Jade Lee](https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/jade-lee/)

                Call 2024

https://www.3djb.co.uk/our-people/barristers/jade-lee/

Shortlist