Pink Tape

a blog from the family bar

Fear or Favour

Camilla Cavendish writes an excellent article about (amongst other things) the tendency towards back-covering in child protection and the consequent fear of professionals that many good parents now have. She is right – I am anxious each time I take my son to the GP for a routine appointment that whatever minor knock or scrape he may [...]

Who Cares?

At a wedding over the weekend my other half got chatting to the very pregnant lady on our table about parenthood. Overhearing him describe himself as the ‘primary carer’ to her provoked an unexpected reaction. It’s a term I throw about at work myself, and one which used in respect of my other half fairly describes the [...]

A Few Home Birth Truths

This entry is more than usually personal, but an article in last week’s Times has touched a nerve and I have found it difficult to respond fully without referring to my own experience - this is one topic which is best approached from a recognition of the myriad of individual experiences rather than generalisation. If you aren’t mad keen on the [...]

Granny Solidarity

I initially didn’t pay much attention to the proposals made this week by Grandparents Plus that grannies* should receive financial recognition for their childcare of grandchildren. I had gone so far as to wonder why parents should not be able to receive working tax credit for childminding provided by extended family as well as registered childminders, but this seemed [...]

Laming Report Published

Lord Laming’s Report in the wake of the Baby P tragedy was published this week. It can be found here. Of particular relevance to family lawyers Lord Laming recommends an urgent review of the £4,000 fees for the issue of care proceedings and that steps should be taken to reduce the average case length in [...]

Domestic Violence Against Men

The One Show tonight ran a piece on men as victims of domestic violence, including a brief interview with Erin Pizey founder of the women’s refuge movement. This issue is not often enough highlighted, and as reported on the show there are many reasons why it is likely to be underreported – both embarrasment and [...]

Crisis Centres in Crisis

Now THAT’s what the EHRC is FOR…Actually making people sit up and think about things.

offline for xmas

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks being ‘mom’ and homemaker (if unpacking numerous moving boxes counts as making-home). its been really rather lovely to be cooped up in our new home up to my elbows in scrunched up newspaper and things I’d forgotten I owned, with the nipper circling my ankles and screeching. and [...]

Over myself

OK I am beginning to see it now. I am NOT the only first time Mum to go back to work earlier than she would have liked and NOT the first woman to attempt to continue breastfeeding whilst working full time. And I am NOT the only barrister who has got on with life at the bar and managed [...]

The turf is always greener

Further to my post noting the outbreak of ’turf wars’ between barristers and solicitors…on further investigation the ‘turf wars’ appears to amount to a rather snippy press release from The Law Society in respect of its response to the MoJ consultation on the FGFS, in respect of which the FLBA have so far maintained a dignified silence. [...]

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