The Family Justice Review is calling for written evidence by the end of September (see here). Anyone who is considering submitting a response should consider this: at the recent oral evidence session I attended with other lawyers, the panel were asking serious and reaching questions about the extent to which the courts needed to be [...]
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Musings on new fangled equality
Posted in equality, tagged contact, discrimination, equal opportunities, equal rights, equality, fathers, parenting, rants, residence on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Just a thought. I’m not trying to be controversial or nuffing. But it did occur to me today that whilst the clamour for a presumption of equal parenting is all well and good (I agree its a solution that should be given serious consideration in most cases, but not that this should be elevated to [...]
Lightning Fast Lawyers
Posted in public funding, tagged family legal aid, graduated fees, public funding, rants on May 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
40 minutes apparently. That’s the time it takes to get to and from Bath County Court from chambers in Bristol. Or at least my clerks tell me (to snorts of derision from me) that this is all the LSC say I can claim. There is a list that tells them so. Lets assume that we [...]
Shut Your Face(book)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged rants on May 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Dear (Imaginary*) Client, Please read, digest and act promptly upon this article in The Guardian which tells you how to appropriately protect your privacy on Facebook. I reserve the right to sack you forthwith** should it appear that evidence of any of the following information has made its way to court as a result of [...]
Manners Maketh a Lawyer
Posted in representation, tagged court, professional conduct, rants, representation on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had a particularly taxing day at court recently. My opponent solicitor and I did not – ahem – gel. My attempts to engage in negotiation met with much dramatic huffing and flinging about of the word ‘nonsense’, escalating to swearing and door slamming of a most juvenile kind. You know constructive dialogue is at [...]
Heads and Eyes Rolling
Posted in courts, resources, tagged children, court service, courts, family justice system, rants, resources on May 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Is there any part of the family justice system not being adversely affected by a lack of resources? . A quite astonishing experience recently in a Family Proceedings Court: already delayed care proceedings were being re-listed for final hearing and all advocates and all parties were united in their view that the case required a [...]
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