Pink Tape

a blog from the family bar

MS is not a four letter word by Lucy Reed (neé Reed)

I despair sometimes at ever being properly addressed by my given and chosen name. It’s only short but it causes oh so much trouble. . Every time I attend an unfamiliar court I go through the motions when I sign in: I enunciate ‘Ms…Lucy…Reed…no it’s double E D…I’m counsel for the Respondent / Applicant…’ (it’s [...]

NSPCC Backs Family Bar

Family Law Newswatch reports: The NSPCC is supporting the Bar Council and the Family Law Bar Association’s campaign to stop the Ministry of Justice’s proposals to cut family legal aid. NSPCC lawyer Barbara Esam said: “The proposed, repeated cuts in legal support in family law cases comes at the worse possible time, as the pressure [...]

Key Transferable Skills

I’ve been thinking a lot lately (something I hate to do when it’s not billable, but – sigh - needs must) about what I would do with my life if I was forced to abandon the bar as a result of the legal aid cuts. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not there yet – it cost [...]

Family Courts Reach Breaking Point

No time to comment now, but follow link here for breaking reports following FLBA Press Conference yesterday, regarding the publication of the Family Bar report.

The Barristers – Episode 4

Hmm – this post seems to have been waylaid in my ‘drafts’ folder for reasons of PEBCAK. . In Short – see my comments on episode 1, episode 2 and episode 3: more of the same. The final episode can be summarised thus: more shots of people being called to the bar in oak panelled [...]

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 [...]

Oooh, I'm not sure I can draw one of those…

‘Oooh I’m not too sure I can draw one of those’ was my response to having been set up as aunty in charge of drawing activities for the evening by my godson Ethan’s mum. His response was ‘aren’t you an artist then? Mummy said you were’. I suppose to a 7 year old my cartoon [...]

loverly

Since I am sitting at my rather jazzy new hotdesk (well, its not really ‘mine’ or it wouldn’t be a hot desk just a desk) twiddling the preverbials – now seems to be a good time to post. But I am not enormously inspired and nothing actually useful springs to mind. So you’ll have to make do with [...]

Reforming the Grad Fee Scheme – Consultation Open

The Consultation Paper on Reforming the Family Barrister Fees Scheme has been published today. . Commenting on the consultation, Lucy Theis QC, Chair of the Family Law Bar Association, said:  . ‘The protection of children is a concern to all of us. A robust legal aid system is vital to prevent damage to children – [...]

Alien Landing

I had an email from a lawyer friend the other day confessing that on his return to the courtroom after a six month break due to illness he felt as if everyone around him was talking Martian. I certainly know that when I last returned from a 3 week holiday I was certain that I [...]

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