Pink Tape

a blog from the family bar

Bah (soothing menthol eucalyptus) humbug

It’s not often I start writing a blog post with no idea of where it might go, although by the same token it’s not infrequent that the destination of such a post is not where I had predicted. And it is positively common for me to meander along the way into areas I had not [...]

Only 4 Sleeps To Go!!

A certain 3 year old is convinced everyone in his world most ardently desires a Thomas Playset for Xmas, and is just as convinced that Father Cwistmas will not fail a single one of us. Oh how lucky we all are (Me: What do you think I want for Xmas? 3 y/o: A Thomas Playset. [...]

Parental Kidnap

International child abduction is a thorny issue, particularly where a child is abducted by a parent to a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention. Family practitioners tend to see it from two angles – attempted prevention through the seeking of orders in the family court, and where children are abducted to [...]

Managing Adoption Services to Achieve Financial Savings

OMFG. Yes, that is a legal-technical term. When I read the following extracts from Martin Narey’s review of adoption services in Kent, sent to me by a legal friend who often suggests material for the blog, OMFG seemed to be an apposite response: “Adoption should never be pursued simply because it saves money. But there [...]

Book Review: Local Authority Support for Children and Families

This review is a guest post written by  Julia Belyavin, barrister at St John’s Chambers, Bristol. Local Authority Support for Children and Families – Sally Gore (Family Law, 2011) A one line review would simply say that this is a useful and clearly written book.

Abuse of Process: Dramatic Extent of Stalking in the Family Courts

Last week NAPO (The Trade Union and Professional Association for Family Court & Probation Staff) and PAS (Protection Against Stalking) published a “dossier” of 33 cases that “exposes shocking use by convicted murders, rapists and stalkers of family and civil court processes to continue to cause fear and alarm to their victims.  The briefing details [...]

Britblogs Abroad

Pink Tape has begun it’s march for world domination. Not content with the shared epithet “Bristol Blogging Powerhouse” (@davidallengreen may have been joking, me and @ZASaunders are deadly serious!), self esteem not quite replete following an approving pat on the back from the estimable Charon QC, I’ve secured a foothold over the pond with an [...]

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