by familoo | 7 Feb 2017 | equality, rants
“Heaven preserve us from pundits and experts” begins Paul Coleridge, in his recent opinion piece in The Telegraph : Brexit is an opportunity to reverse the tragic decline of marriage in Britain. Indeed. I’ve got a right strop on. You’ll be...
by familoo | 28 Jan 2016 | representation
I had a little trip to the smelly old smoke yesterday to record a programme for BBC Radio 4. The programme is called Splitting the Assets and is airing on Radio 4 at 8pm on 3 Feb (repeating on the Sat night too I think). It involved yours truly, Sir Paul Coleridge...
by familoo | 30 Dec 2013 | rants
Welcome to your annual horoscope by Famileo, and here are my predictions for what 2014 has in store for us in family law. (Alright, alright – it’s not quite as bad as a review of 2013 or a top ten – but in fact it is a useful if rather frightening...
by familoo | 26 Dec 2012 | equality, legal news, rants
I wasn’t planning on any Christmas blogging. There are better things to do, like drink sloe gin, eat vast amounts of all sorts of things, and play with the childrens’ new toys. But then my Xmas was intruded upon when a family law related “news”...
by familoo | 14 Aug 2012 | courts, legal news, rants
Legal Cheek reports today on how Judges [are] Threatened With Disciplinary Action For Blogging About Their Day Job – Even If They Do So Anonymously. You can read the original story on Trevor Coultart’s blog, himself a Magistrate. The Magistrate behind the well...