Pink Tape

a blog from the family bar

Advertising Bar

I noticed the full page advert on the front inside cover of last month’s counsel magazine and raised an eyebrow. It was a ‘desperately seeking pupillage’ advert from an individual. Determined, I thought. Creative. And pretty cringeworthy. But the boundless entertainment that Counsel provides no doubt drew me onwards and I passed over it without much [...]

Green Shoots

I know it’s supposed to be quiet in January at the Bar, but I have never found January to be a very quiet month. This year has been a slow starter but WHAM! this week has been a busy busy one. Rest assured I haven’t given up posting, but all evenings this week have been [...]

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 [...]

Guidance For Knocked-Up Lady Barristers

According to the much esteemed ‘Counsel’ magazine, The Bar Council is soon to publish a ‘Guidance and best practice document for women planning to take maternity leave’. It goes like this: ’1. Don’t. 2. In the alternative, don’t come back.’. Fnar. . But seriously, this is good news, always assuming that the description above is a slip [...]

The Barristers – Episode Three

I don’t feel massively inspired to post about episode three – I watched it. And I think the most elegant way to sum up my response would be ‘meh’ (look it up, it’s in the dictionary now apparently). But perhaps that’s not sufficiently informative to make a very interesting blog post so I’ll plug on… [...]

All Conferenced Out

Just back from the Family Law Bar Association Conference in Oxford. I am now sitting down to watch episode 3 of The Barristers (great way to unwind after spending my Saturday on a Bussman’s I know), but some really interesting talks today and no doubt I will be blogging about some of the issues raised [...]

The Barristers

I’ve been too busy moving house to report on episode 2 of The Barristers before now. Geeklawyer and Family Lore have given their views – I’m inclined also to be less than bowled over. At least we got to see some family law in action which was a welcome reprieve - but frankly I’m bored with traipsing [...]

The Barristers – Verdict In

Part 1 was a bit of a disappointment for me, but I’ll keep an open mind until the end of all four episodes…It was a bit crammed with the entertaining archaisms and amusing traditions which are frontloaded onto entry into the profession and frankly a bit hackneyed – the formal dinners and all the other stuff you have to contend with when training, 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 Barristers' airing soon

The BBC2 / OU documentary ‘The Barristers’ has finally been scheduled for airing in four parts starting on Friday 14th November at 9pm. Set your skyplus digibox type machines to pre-record….

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