Barrister in ‘No Duty to Child’ Shock

One of the first things we are taught in bar school is that our job is to ‘promote and protect fearlessly and by all proper and lawful means the lay client’s best interests and do so without regard to his own interests or to any consequences to himself or to any other person’ (pa 303). Hand [...]

A Friendly Pointer

Further to previous posts here  and here about McKenzie friends… QUESTION: I am about to embark on a journey as a McKenzie Friend to my partner, who has been involved in a long legal battle for residency/contact etc. She is now broke and cannot afford to pay for a solicitor. Her ex is likely to object [...]