Series 2, Episode 1: parental alienation, the state of the care system and why language matters

Voting link for the Family Law Awards 2021 Vote for ‘Professionally Embarrassing’ in the Family Law Commentator of the Year category (don’t forget to enter your details after voting to verify your vote) https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CWYKSPY Case law
Re A and B (Parental Alienation: No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4) [2020] EWHC 3366 (Fam)
https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/a-and-b-parental-alienation-no-1-no-2-no-3-and-no-4/
Book / podcast recommendations
Three Women – Lisa Taddeo https://www.waterstones.com/book/three-women/lisa-taddeo/9781526611642 
Desert Island Discs, Baroness Hale of Richmond https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zt7b
The State of It: Stories from the Frontline of a Broken Care System – Chris Wild https://www.amazon.co.uk/State-Stories-Frontline-Broken-System-ebook/dp/B08VGFJ91L 
Themis Women: Sheroes Podcast with Malvika Jaganmohan https://open.spotify.com/episode/2z8T674ZbogQGLZVtHEPdy 
Tweets of the week
Tweet from @DrOliverLewis https://twitter.com/droliverlewis/status/1440326388481888261?s=21 
Twitter account for Legal Pets Charity Calendar https://twitter.com/lawpawcalendar 
DONATE TO & SUPPORT Southall Black Sisters here: https://southallblacksisters.org.uk - in memory of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa

Series 1, Episode 10: a controversial documentary, creative social work and should family lawyers meet the children?

TRIGGER WARNING: injuries to a child, domestic abuse Bailii cases Wigan BC v Y (Refusal to Authorise Deprivation of Liberty) [EWHC] 1982 (Fam)
Re J (A Child) (Resolutions Model) [2021] EWFC 58 Book/podcast/talk recommendations Torn Apart Family Courts Uncovered Dispatches https://www.channel4.com/programmes/torn-apart-family-courts-uncovered-dispatches Tweet of the week Tweet by @sarahcrowtherqc https://twitter.com/sarahcrowtherqc Tweet by @tashakbenjamin https://twitter.com/tashakbenjamin/status/1417599579911032847?s=20 With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/ You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie__Whelan2 While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.  

Series 1, Episode 9: drug testing chaos, appealing findings of fact and the hidden costs of becoming a barrister

Bailii cases
Greater Manchester Police v Zuniga & Ors [2021] EWHC 1572
Re H (Children: Findings of Fact) [2021] EWCA Civ 319
Book / podcast / talk recommendations
A Dutiful Boy – Mohsin Zaidi https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-dutiful-boy/mohsin-zaidi/9781529112207 
Desert Island Discs – Heather Hallett https://open.spotify.com/episode/5TYWKWTyMUbOtmbS4kq3dK?si=x50_ZiFQRbi73ykd9OCHzg&dl_branch=1
Tweet of the week
Tweet by Paul Lewis https://twitter.com/paulianlewis/status/1410198167220523009
Tweet by Blessing At The Bar https://twitter.com/BATTHEBAR/status/1411293650131247104
 

Series 1, Episode 8: contact with a parent in prison, the pros of practice outside London and why we vote to get rid of the Bar Course!

Bailii cases

Re L (A Child: Step-Parent Adoption) [2021] EWCA Civ 801

Z v Z (Contact in Prison) [2021] EWFC 47 (07 June 2021)

Book/podcast/talk recommendations

All Rise https://opencollective.com/all-rise-the-bar_as1

Welfare Wednesday: standing up to bullying and harassmenthttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/welfare-wednesday-standing-up-to-bullying-and-harassment-tickets-161218768677

Careless by Kirsty Capes https://www.waterstones.com/book/careless/kirsty-capes/9781398707047

Tweet of the week

Tweet by Philip Marshall QC https://twitter.com/pjm1kbw/status/1404021983424270339?s=20

Tweet by Michelle Heeley QC https://twitter.com/Brummybar/status/1408417854752444417?s=20

With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/

You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie__Whelan2

While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.  

Series 1, Episode 7: can Covid-19 invalidate a financial agreement, a sad case about a mother’s factitious disorder and can social workers be activists?

Bailii cases

HW & WW (Covid 19 pandemic: set aside a financial remedy consent order?) [2021] EWFC B20
X (Factitious Disorder) [2021] EWFC 46

Book/podcast/talk recommendations

Can social workers be activists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugci83jWkyg

‘An onlooker at someone else’s social event’: a mother’s experience of the court https://openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2021/06/07/an-onlooker-at-someone-elses-social-event-a-mothers-experience-of-the-court/

Let’s talk about: menopause at the Bar https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/let%27s-talk-about-menopause-at-the-bar

Tweet by Sarah Langford https://twitter.com/wigsandwords/status/1401828807288537089?s=20

Counsel magazine feature https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/professionally-embarrassing

How to get a Bar pupillage? Persistence and a bit of luck https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-get-a-bar-pupillage-persistence-and-a-bit-of-luck-flq7rnvbt

Tweet of the week

https://twitter.com/Mr_Considerate/status/1402245120070664193?s=20

https://twitter.com/_JasvirSingh/status/1400042678977499140?s=20

With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/

You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2

While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.  

Series 1, Episode 6: undoing an adoption order, strangers making babies and why we aren’t very learned

TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of non-accidental injuries to a child, domestic abuse  Bailii cases AX v BX & Ors (Revocation of Adoption Order) (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 1121 
E (Adoption by One Person) [2021] EWFC 45  Podcast/talk/show recommendations Strangers Making Babies https://www.channel4.com/programmes/strangers-making-babies/on-demand/69437-001 BBC Sounds, Adoption: ‘They’ve turned our sons against us’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09hbm7r Never Had You https://www.itsalawyerslife.com/never-had-you-short-film/ The cure for burnout (hint: it isn’t self-care) https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_nagoski_and_amelia_nagoski_the_cure_for_burnout_hint_it_isn_t_self_care?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedspread Tweet of the week Tweet by Max Davie https://twitter.com/maxdavie/status/1392445602068324355?s=20 Tweet by Mairead https://twitter.com/m417ead/status/1394626288397266946?s=20 With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/ You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2 While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.  

Series 1, Episode 5: why complying with court directions isn’t optional, parental self-sabotage and thoughts on pupillage apps

TRIGGER WARNING: physical injuries to a child, domestic abuse, substance misuse

Bailii cases

BCP v M (Failure to Comply with Direction; Family Placement) [2021] EWFC B26 (15 April 2021)
D (Care Orders: Final Hearing) [2020] EWFC B65 (18 November 2020)

Podcast/talk/book recommendations

Women’s Hour on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000vx2t

Law in Action, The Family Drug and Alcohol Court https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002z45

Women in Family Law’s Welfare Wednesday: overcoming rejection https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/myevent?eid=154431417527

Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms by Susan Golombok https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/psychology/developmental-psychology/modern-families-parents-and-children-new-family-forms

Tweet of the week: pupillage special

Tweet by Lola-Rose Avery
https://twitter.com/legally_lola/status/1390638607568867332?s=24

Tweet by Shelly Glaister-Young https://twitter.com/sglaisteryoung/status/1386046988882481161?s=20

Tweet by Mequissa Baptiste
https://twitter.com/mequissa/status/1387722425983455232?s=20

Tweet by Rebecca Greenhalgh
https://twitter.com/A2JRebecca/status/1390564884044263424?s=20

Tweet by Black Barristers' Network

https://twitter.com/BBN_Tweets/status/1147151465162661888

BSB Report in Diversity at the Bar 2020 https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/uploads/assets/88edd1b1-0edc-4635-9a3dc9497db06972/BSB-Report-on-Diversity-at-the-Bar-2020.pdf

With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/

You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2

While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.  

Series 1, Episode 4: a local authority in hot water, special advocates and the true impact of domestic abuse

TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of child death, sexual abuse, eating disorders, domestic abuse and domestic homicide

Bailii cases

YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority) [2021] EWHC 749 (Fam)
Herefordshire Council v AB [2018] EWFC 10 
Re P (Discharge of Party) [2021] EWCA Civ 512

Extraordinary Meeting, Herefordshire Council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwUm9Zb1k4U

Tweets by Louise Tickle about Herefordshire Council EGM
https://twitter.com/louisetickle/status/1386963495585988615?s=20

Tweets by Malvika Jaganmohan about Herefordshire Council EGM
https://twitter.com/MalvikaJaganmo1/status/1386979759301840896?s=20

Podcast recommendations

Where is George Gibney? on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08njhrm

Hidden Homicides by Tortoise Media and Louise Tickle https://www.tortoisemedia.com/file/hidden-homicides/

Tweet of the week

Tweet by Harriet Johnson https://twitter.com/HarrietEJohnson/status/1386401632577933315?s=20

Tweet by Mark Sparrow https://twitter.com/Markgsparrow/status/1386408507440775169?s=20

With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/

You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2

While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.  

Series 1, Episode 3: domestic abuse post-Re H-N, surrogacy and protesting unhelpful case names

TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of domestic abuse, rape and coercive control. 

Bailii cases

Re H-N [2021] EWCA Civ 448
JH v MF [2020] EWHC 86

Reading/Talk recommendations

‘Re H-N [2021] EWCA 448: The Court of Appeal considers domestic abuse’ by Jack Harrison http://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/re-h-n-2021-ewca-448-the-court-of-appeal-considers-domestic-abuse/

Sophie Beresiner at The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/sophie-beresiner?page=1

Diversity in the legal profession, Gresham College lecture https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/legal-profession-diversity

Bridging the Bar https://bridgingthebar.org

Tweet of the week

Tweet by Jack Harrison https://twitter.com/FamilyLawJack/status/1379799423144882183?s=20

Tweet by Rachel Chan https://twitter.com/RachelChan42br/status/1381361574384914435?s=20

With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/

You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2

While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.  

Series 1, Episode 2: why family law isn’t about ‘winning’, the policing of non-traditional parents and obscure acronyms

Bailii cases

Re DD (Inward Return Order) [2021] EWHC 607 
Re Z (Surrogacy) [2021] EWHC 589 
Re Z (Parental Order: Child’s Home) [2021] EWHC 29 

Recommended reading

Malvika’s posts on The Transparency Project blog about the shortage of expert witnesses in the family courts http://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/the-presidents-expert-witness-working-group-symposium-in-which-lawyers-for-once-were-not-the-loudest-voices-in-the-room/ and http://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/expert-witnesses-the-crisis-in-family-courts/

SOC-gate

Tweets by Jack Harrison https://twitter.com/FamilyLawJack/status/1373952023696146440?s=20 and https://twitter.com/FamilyLawJack/status/1373965613874417672?s=20

Talk recommendations

APPG Legal Aid Evidence Session: Experiences of Junior Lawyers
https://www.apg-legalaid.org/node/710 

Diversity in the Legal Profession, Gresham Lecture 
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/legal-profession-diversity
**CORRECTION** - Maddie incorrectly stated during the episode that Leslie Thomas QC was speaking at this event. That was an error - it is in fact Brie Stevens-Hoare QC who is equally as brilliant! Apologies all. 

Tweet of the week

Linkedin post by Elizabeth Rimmer https://www.linkedin.com/posts/elizabethrimmer_junior-lawyer-suspended-over-email-sent-in-activity-6780049220310249472-75SC

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/junior-lawyer-suspended-over-email-sent-in-moment-of-blind-panic/5107865.article#.YFmlYRWqxlU.linkedin

Malvika’s blog about Claire Matthews 
https://www.stiffupperlipblog.com/post/junior-solicitor-struck-off-what-does-this-say-about-the-legal-profession

Tweet by CrimeGirl https://twitter.com/CrimeGirI/status/1374632969302867969?s=20
With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/

You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2

While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.