Pink Tape

a blog from the family bar

Will Judicial Training ameliorate the problems caused by surge in Litigants in Person?

I have recently received a response to my Freedom of Information Act request to the Judicial Office in respect of judicial training regarding the management of cases involving litigants in person. It has not really reassured me. For ease of reference the response, which incorporates the questions posed, is pasted below. It can be accessed [...]

CPD Consultation Response

The Bar Standards Board Consultation on reform to CPD for the Bar closes on Monday. I have posted about the proposals at some length before and I don’t propose to repeat all the contents of my last post. The original post can be read here. I am going to take @adamwagner1′s approach and publish my [...]

Super Supreme

Last week I had a couple of hours to kill. So I went and took a gander at the Supreme Court – and I thought it was fantastic. Entering the court was like entering the lobby of a posh hotel – I was greeted by welcoming security staff with a “Good Morning Madam”, and was [...]

Go Solo To Gain Tactical Advantage?

A letter to the Law Society Gazette last week from a family solicitor suggested that the represented litigant is now at a distinct disadvantage when appearing opposite a litigant in person. Caroline Goorney wrote that: “The rise of the litigant in person is an inevitable fact of life, but their favourable treatment by the courts is [...]

Manifesto for Family Justice

This morning (24th October) the FLBA together with the Bar Council and an alliance of other organisations publishes a Manifesto for Family Justice.   The alliance, which comprises the Association of Lawyers for Children, the Bar Council, CAADA, the Children’s Commissioner, the Family Law Bar Association, Gingerbread, Liberty, the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, Resolution and Women’s Aid, has called upon the Government to: ·         Protect vulnerable women and [...]

Narey Report Part II – Blueprint or Fairy Story?

Once upon a time a long long time ago I wrote a blog post about a report written by Mr Narey. Mr Narey was a naughty man who wanted to take lots of babies away from their mummies. I wrote a story telling all the people about why Mr Narey’s naughty report said lots of [...]

Things people say about Pink Tape

Sometimes people say good things about this blog. Sometimes they are meanies. This week Pink Tape was praised by the judges of the Jordans Family Law Awards for providing “Accessible and incisive legal comment that is both informative and entertaining. Pink Tape successfully communicates with members of the legal profession, policy makers and lay people, [...]

Courts Hit By Disillusioned Litigants?

Our new shiny Civil Justice Centre AND Magistrates court appear to have been smashed up on two consecutive nights this week. I understand from local radio the Bristol Mags suffered some smashing and graffiti (“FIGHT BACK”), and the BBC reports that hammers were used and that the attack was carried out by 2 men dressed [...]

FLBA Resolutions

The following resolutions were unanimously approved at the national meeting of the Family Law Bar Association on 17th September 2011. They have been sent to the Government : The FLBA calls on the Government to include in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (“the Bill”) a specific provision requiring the Lord Chancellor, in the [...]

LiP Service

Litigants in Person are in the news. The penny seems to be dropping that they are becoming the norm rather than the exception. The Gazette carries a piece on the soaring numbers of LiPs, based upon a recent and stark increase in demand upon the services offered by the PSU at the RCJ, in particular [...]

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