Home Truths

A few words of wisdom on the topic of legal aid, from the fantabulous Zoe Saunders, of St John’s Chambers* in an article in The Lawyer: Will the Government listen to one of their own on legal aid?   Follow Zoe on twitter: @zasaunders   * entirely unbiased, natch

Nice

My english teacher forbad the use of the word nice. But it has its place (sorry Mrs Brooks). Primarily on The Fast Show Jazz sketches. But also on a lazy Sunday evening, when I just want to quickly post a one-liner about the nice things that have been said about me and my tweeting. My mum [...]

Family Law Awards

I’m blushing. I’ve been shortlisted for an innovative lawyer award. There wasn’t a “most endearingly ranty” category, so… There are three other lovely people shortlisted alongside me. I don’t know what their nominations cite as their innovations, but here is what google knows them for: Jonathan West (ProLegal) (ProLegal headed by Jonathan recently co-launced an [...]

Litigants in Person v Counsel

Our latest Professional Update from the Bar Standards Board tells us that there has been “an unprecedented increase in complaints from Litigants in Person”. The figures are not astronomical at 35 in the year to date, but apparently this is more than the total number of complaints received in 2009 and 2010 combined. The author [...]