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I spent Monday in ridiculous lacy frills and an itchy wig watching judges process through Westminster Abbey to mark the start of the Legal Year – and the swearing in of the first Lady Chief Justice. This was an exhilarating day to be sure, and filled me full of renewed enthusiasm for all things justice.

There are an increasing number of parenting apps out there which separated parents can choose from. Depending on the platform, they offer calendar and messaging facilities and various other useful features such as lawyer access, timestamped geotagging and tone meters. One of the better known apps is Our Family Wizard or OFW (other parenting apps

The burden of writing a post about becoming King’s Counsel has been weighing heavily on my shoulders since March. There are so many posts that I could write on that theme, all of them susceptible to complaints of self-absorption or privilege. And so I have fallen silent. On here, at least. I have been ruminating

On Sunday morning, the London Victims’ Commissioner tweeted this:
“Father charged with rape is made party to child’s care proceedings – a shocking example of how family court continues to work in conflict with the criminal court and exposes victims and children to risk and trauma.”
There are a number of tweets from others

Last autumn I was a bit mardy about the template orders when it came to their attempt to warn litigants about the rules around confidentiality.
You draft fool

I should have got around to politely raising my concerns with the committee that were tasked with reviewing the templates, but I didn’t. Life was a bit

Still adjusting to everyone assuming I’m a fancy pants… My pants are – in fact – still a slightly off white / grey because I, like most other humans, am apparently unable to run a load of whites without a rogue sock getting in.
I do have actual new blog posts up my sleeve /

Since I last wrote about the emerging issues with implementation of the QLR regime I have continued to receive ridiculous emails on a regular basis, in spite of having provided my contact details ONLY for the purposes of bookings at courts local to me. It’s getting a bit ridiculous now. I wasn’t going to write