The people behind the bar

Although the details of how and why are yet to emerge, the news about Mark Saunders’ death is quite shocking for those of us at the family bar, which is a relatively small community. However, I don’t intend to speculate about what has happened - it is undoubtedly a very private tragedy for both Mark Saunders, [...]

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I’m Back (Brain to follow shortly)

It’s hard to reach this keyboard with the babber in a sling on my chest…but darn it that’s not the toughest thing I’ve done in the last 3 weeks…Quick - while he’s sleeping - BLOG a BLOG…
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Sigh…It’s hard to keep track of events in the legal world when I am (quite literally) drowning in pooey [...]

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MuccaChucka

What can I say about this game? Most definitely ‘No Comment’. (Thanks to Maryland Divorce Legal Crier for the link)

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Rex Judicata

A reader of this blog has queried what the legal position is in relation to ‘custody’ of the dog when couples split. So before I pop out to walk my own special pooch here’s a few thoughts:
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At first it might sound stupid to be fighting over a dog like it is a child. Indeed, [...]

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Are you the Lucy Reed who runs the Canadian Lottery?

I notice today that someone has googled ‘lucy reeds barrister’ and has hit upon this blog. In the last couple of weeks I’ve been alerted of at least 2 emails purporting to come from me or someone with my name, one suggesting I run the canadian lottery and one suggesting I am a nigerian [...]

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Shrinking the Lawyers

There is a really interesting article in the December issue of Family Law (Fam Law [2007] 1107) entitled ‘Attachment Problems Among Lawyers’. In it Dr George Hibbert, a consultant Psychiatrist, writes about the issue of attachment in the family courts.
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Ordinarily family lawyers come across attachment theory in expert court reports, particularly in care proceedings, where [...]

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