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.
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Parenting App template wording
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…
A KC and her sunshine band
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…
Beyond belief
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…
New Templates
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…
The princess and the podcast
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 /…
Does QLR stand for Quite Literally Ridiculous?
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…
The trans debate (no, not that one)
Sorry. Cheap headline, it’s not about that. Been talking to a mate about transcripts. Yeah, that’s how we lawyers roll.
We were pondering the judgment of Lord Justice Peter Jackson in M (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption) [2023] EWCA Civ 404. Ostensibly it’s (another) judgment about leave to oppose adoption – but it…
An appeal in an end-of-life case with broader application
Abbasi & Anor v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 331 is an appeal judgment, which arises from the challenge by two sets of parents to continuing reporting restriction orders (RROs) that were made during separate proceedings about their children in relation to their end of life care. The RROs have…
Free Copies of The Family Court Without a Lawyer 4th Edition
UPDATE: Have woken up to an inbox full of requests and all copies are now allocated. Off to the post office with them shortly.
I’ve had a box of copies of the 4th edition of my book sitting in my office for an age, waiting for me to think up the best way to…