Michael George is a specialist family practitioner with over 30 years experience. He has a reputation for a good humoured and robust forensic approach with careful analysis.

I am a partner specialising in:divorce and separation matters;financial claims, including pension claims, claims for children, maintenance and property;enforcement proceedings;disputes relating to children;emergency injunctions;cohabitation/TOLATA claims;living together/cohabitation agreements; andseparation agreements; and mediation.

I have experience dealing with matters that involve various corporate structures, trusts, pensions and investments.

I also act for parties who are joined to or intervene in financial remedy proceedings as a result of arguments about jointly owned assets or assets in which other parties hold a beneficial interest.

I frequently advise in relation to children disputes, including applications for child arrangements, specific issue orders, prohibited steps orders and enforcement of child arrangements.

I am a qualified mediator and am able to assist parties who wish to engage in mediation to resolve matters where appropriate (in respect of any family matters).

Roger Thomas is a busy specialist family finance barrister, representing litigants under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and cohabiting couples under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. He joined 3PB from another large barristers' chambers in Birmingham in November 2023.

Having spent more than 20 years in commerce and industry before coming to the Bar, Roger brings to his work a wealth of first-hand experience at the ‘coal face’ which enables him to quickly understand the relevant issues in cases and to advise both professional and lay clients alike in simple, easily-understood terms.

The direction the law takes us when our clients have never married is often a poor fit against the moral compass our client had before consulting us.  It is also generally unaffordable.  So finding what will be useful so we can do more than just apologise to our clients for the systems that we deliver is important.  We can do our best by knowing the systems as well as we can, which James has done through [Resolution] accreditation in TOLATA, through schedule 1 nerdy-ism [that book], having worked the Child Maintenance system since the start of the 90s and through learning about the wider context of systems the systems by which we might help (which James has tried to do eg collaborative and pFDRs or better ENE, mediation, arbitration, Child inclusive work, integrating with financial planners, divorce coaches and the whole rich non-law context around conflict/ relationships/ child-development/ aspirations-led work & the rest).  There is lots to talk about.