Barrister, Boys and Baby!

I don’t laugh out loud when reading very often. I’ve just read about half a dozen of the most recent articles on this blog which I have just discovered and I have laughed hysterically all the way through (probably even through the bits that aren’t meant to be amusing). Its a bit like looking into [...]

Family Tensions

Oh dear. We (the legally aid family bar) are SO unpopular at the moment….Even the LAG are being mean to us. And I thought we were friends…  I guess I’ll go drown my sorrows in some more of that champagne…

Over myself

OK I am beginning to see it now. I am NOT the only first time Mum to go back to work earlier than she would have liked and NOT the first woman to attempt to continue breastfeeding whilst working full time. And I am NOT the only barrister who has got on with life at the bar and managed [...]

At Long Last…Contact Activity

The contact provisions of the Children and Adoption Act 2006 are finally coming into force on 28 November following a brief consultation in the summer. Draft rules have been published. See Family Law Week for links to the relevant MoJ pages. What is unclear is how this will all work in practice. There will be additional [...]