Indigestible

Well its 9.30pm and I’ve given myself indigestion trying to get myself ready for my maintenance pending suit hearing tomorrow. My rather excellent Sunday Roast is (apart from the indigestion) a distant memory. Never try and number crunch after too many helpings of roast potatoes. The scrutinising of other people’s bank statements should be banned [...]

a day in the life…

ok so you want to know the glamorous reality? here it is. let this be a warning to any fool thinking of joining this profession…

what’s the difference between a barrister and a solicitor?

Barristers and solicitors are all lawyers, but they are different types of lawyers. One is not ‘better’, more experienced or more senior than the other. They have quite different training and expertise and do different types of legal work. The system that operates in England & Wales is a ‘split’ system, where there is a division of [...]

Not Good Enough

This week the response to my request from a London County Court for an urgent interim contact hearing (1/2 day time estimate) was an offer of a slot ‘in December or possibly end of January’. That is just not good enough for a father of a 18 month old child who wants to see his [...]

What exactly does a family barrister do?

Insightful question…Unless you’ve had the misfortune to need a family barrister you most probably don’t have much of a clue what we do. Most people I meet (including my Mum, bless her) don’t have a very clear picture of what barristers do, let alone family barristers. And if your best source is (mainly american) legal [...]