Pink Tape

a blog from the family bar

Bloggers stripped of anonymity

Be warned all you bloggers. Don’t be too rude or they will getcha…See Guardian article: Warning to abusive bloggers as judge tells site to reveal names. How embarrassing to be publicly named as a Sheffield Wednesday fan…;-)

Magistrate refuses to adopt the law

Times, Oct 23rd ‘Christian JP Refused to Rule on Gay Adoption’. A Magistrate is claiming for unfair dismissal at the employment tribunal because he was denied his request not to sit on cases involving gay adoption, with which he does not agree on religious grounds. When his request was denied he resigned, hence his claim. [...]

Enforcement of Contact Orders – let it be shouted out from the roof-tops

The privacy of the family justice system makes it difficult for the public to get a good idea about what steps the courts are prepared to take in order to ensure that a child has a relationship with both parents. Those sources which are most critical of the ‘secret family justice system’ often suggest that the courts [...]

wassit for?

The number of legal blogs is growing exponentially. Whilst some are anonymous and or by fictional lawyers, by far the majority are by identifiable individuals. In my case, out of deference to my colleagues in chambers this blog does not identify them or link to them, but clearly attitudes about the association between the private and the professional vary [...]

Top 10 Law Blogs

Jacqui G has included me in her top ten law blogs (I will not call them blawgs – ick). Thanks Jacqui. So I guess I’d better join in and pass the buck to someone else…It’s been quite good fun finding some of these. Here then is my top ten (in no particular order). Some are family related, [...]

open justice

The Guardian reports that a newspaper is appealing a decision to allow the identity of a man convicted of child pornography offences to remain anonymous in order to protect his daughters from possible bullying. The Court of Appeal will consider this matter, unusually with a five Judge panel – no doubt because of the public interest in the [...]

BLAAAAAAAAWGS

Interesting entry on the nearly legal blog from another legal blogger (please don’t say blawger – its too awful a title to bear) about (amongst other things) the surprising range of interest a legal blog can generate.  and apparently in someone’s world I’m no 28 of the top family law blogs. that’s a rather nice [...]

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