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Family barristers Malvika Jaganmohan and Maddie Whelan have a fortnightly chit-chat about recent case law, book and podcast recommendations, and general legal fluff.
Episodes
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Re C (Parental Alienation: Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345
Re C (Surrogacy: Consent) [2023] EWCA Civ 16
Recommendations:
- Pupillage podcast - https://www.middletemple.org.uk/members/inn-initiatives/event-recordings/pupillage-podcast
- Tortoise Media Slow Newscast – Snatched https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/snatched/
- Family Law and Lattes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/family-law-lattes/id1560538606
- Post Mortem by Gary Bell KC https://www.amazon.co.uk/Post-Mortem-Elliot-Rook-Book/dp/1526612399
@Amyfamilylaw
@sglaisteryoung
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Pink Tape: a blog from the Family Bar http://www.pinktape.co.uk/
The Family Court without a Lawyer by Lucy Reed http://www.nofamilylawyer.co.uk/
The Transparency Project https://transparencyproject.org.uk/
Confidence and Confidentiality: Transparency in the Family Court https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/transparency-in-the-family-courts-report-3/
Transparency Implementation Group https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/our-justice-system/jurisdictions/family-jurisdiction/transparency-implementation-group/
Re BR and others (Transparency Order: Finding of Fact Hearing) https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Re-BR-Transparency-Order.-Finding-of-Fact-Hearing-Approved-for-Publication.pdf
If you want to join the Legal Bloggers Training on Thursday, 2nd February 2023, email trustees@transparencyproject.org.uk
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama https://www.channel4.com/programmes/vardy-v-rooney-a-courtroom-drama
Medical Experts in the Family Court: Where Two Worlds Collide, with Prof. Jo Delahunty KC and Prof. Owen Arthurs, Gresham College https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/medical-family
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-kill-your-family/bella-mackie/9780008365943
Tweet of the week
@ChrisJWarner https://twitter.com/ChrisJ_Warner/status/1618210825071693826?s=20&t=IMPzWGDVruFLftvB5-jrgw
@sglaisteryoung https://twitter.com/sglaisteryoung/status/1618176855907131392?s=20&t=IMPzWGDVruFLftvB5-jrgw
@OliverConway
https://twitter.com/OliverConway/status/1611111018825916418?s=20&t=nZgn-DLOSLegq4ZZqITsVQ
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.
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Cases
- Re S (Children: Party Status) [2022] EWCA Civ 1717
- Q v R [2022] EWHC 2961
- Re AZ (A Child) (Recusal) [2022] EWCA Civ 911
- The Mother v The Father [2022] EWHC 3107
- Gallagher v Gallagher (No 1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52
Reading recommendations
- ‘Another Financial Remedy case where anonymity was refused’ by Lucy Reed https://transparencyproject.org.uk/another-financial-remedy-case-where-anonymity-was-refused/
- ‘Through a glass, darkly: Gallagher and transparency in the financial remedies court’ by Polly Morgan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09649069.2022.2136706
- Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, ‘Mothers in recurrent care proceedings: New evidence for England and Wales’ https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/mothers-in-recurrent-care-proceedings-new-evidence-for-england-and-wales
- A View from The President’s Chambers: November 2022 https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/a-view-from-the-presidents-chambers-november-2022
Tweet of the week
@jsnbarn
https://twitter.com/jsnbarn/status/1613536593645809664?s=20&t=J9YHXKaEyGGu8AFV_O-q5g
Statement from New Park Court Chambers https://www.newparkcourt.co.uk/2022/12/19/james-gelsthorpe/
@tomgeorgefilm https://twitter.com/tomgeorgefilm/status/1605647869683200000?s=20&t=J9YHXKaEyGGu8AFV_O-q5g
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.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
TWs: sexual abuse, child abuse, discussion of ableism
Cases:
CM v IP [2022] EWHC 2755 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2755.html
A Practical Guide to PD12J by Malvika Jaganmohan and Rebecca Cross http://www.lawbriefpublishing.com/product/practicedirection12janddomesticabuse/
Re C [2022] EWFC 138 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/138.html
Summary of Cleveland Report https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1834212/pdf/bmj00295-0046.pdf
As v TH (False Allegations of Abuse) (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 532 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2016/532.html
Recommendations:
Hoaxed podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/5HSL3m0OTO8vnHRMyzvAvP?si=879e7341288e4635
Re P and Q (Children: Care Proceedings: Fact Finding) [2015] EWFC 26 (Fam)
Extraordinary Attorney Woo https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81518991
Ben Roberts-Smith v the media https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/oct/29/ben-roberts-smith-v-the-media-part-one-reputation-podcast
Tweets:
https://twitter.com/PaisleyLaura/status/1585012728548454402
https://twitter.com/familybrief/status/1593695070439747584
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Case law:
LB OF Z v M v F v X [2022] EWFC 117
Nottingham County Council v OA v anor [2022] EWFC 102
Recommendations:
BBC Analysis - Is ethical surrogacy possible? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cxjf
A (short) View from the Presidents Chambers – July 2022 https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/a-short-view-from-the-presidents-chambers-july-2022/
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/18/judiciary-in-england-and-wales-institutionally-racist-says-report
Racial bias and the bench https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=64125
Senior high court judge to address issues in ‘parental alienation’ cases https://amp.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/10/senior-high-court-judge-to-address-issues-in-parental-alienation-cases
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Vote for us in the Family Law Awards for ‘Commentator of the Year’! Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the link to vote: https://www.familylawawards.com/ehome/familylawawards2022/finalists/
Don’t forget to provide your name and other details after voting so your vote can be verified!
Case law
S v A (Rev1) [2022] EWHC 2300 (Fam) (07 September 2022)
F v M (3): [2022] EWFC 89
Reading/podcast/blog recommendations
NAGALRO evidence to House of Lords Select Committee on repeal of s.1(5) Adoption and Children Act 2002 - https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/107853/html/
Can I tell you a secret? Guardian podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/id1643870040
Prima Facie - https://primafacie.ntlive.com
Nuffield Family Justice Observatory: In Conversation with Dr Kate Hellin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Vjdojdfmc
National Justice Museum – We Wish You a Merry Murder https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/events/we-wish-you-a-merry-murder
Tweet of the week
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC https://twitter.com/caoilfhionnanna/status/1576828311405154304
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.
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Vote for us in the Family Law Awards for ‘Commentator of the Year’! Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the link to vote: https://www.familylawawards.com/ehome/familylawawards2022/finalists/
Don’t forget to provide your name and other details after voting so your vote can be verified!
Case law
A (A Child) (Withdrawal of Treatment: Legal Representation) [2022] EWCA Civ 1221
Re W-A (Children: Foreign Conviction) [2022] EWCA Civ 1118
X v Y [2022] EWFC 77
Re S (Vulnerable Party: Fairness of Proceedings) [2022] EWCA Civ 8
Hertfordshire CC v M & Ors [2022] EWFC 99
Barts Health NHS Trust v Dance & Ors (Re Archie Battersbee) [2022] EWFC 80
Warwickshire CC v X and Z [2022] EWHC 2146
Re G (Child Post-Mortem Report: Delays) [2022] EWFC 55
Reading/podcast/blog recommendations
Meet, Marry, Murder on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81497588
Dated and Related on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81347577
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20342617-just-mercy
Our Father on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81227735
Delhi Crime on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81076756
Malvika Jaganmohan on The Transparency Project https://transparencyproject.org.uk/author/malvika-j/
Tweet of the week
Post by Marisa Allman on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marisa-allman-63402b21_for-those-who-are-about-to-start-pupillage-activity-6976547202957516801-68wv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Tweet by @legalstyleblog
https://twitter.com/legalstyleblog/status/1569250686860234752?s=20&t=s6R7XGuNAFZY6yU0fYGAzA
Tweet by @JoDQC https://twitter.com/JoDQC/status/1569684248654643200?s=20&t=s6R7XGuNAFZY6yU0fYGAzA
With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music
https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Bailii Re P (Disclosure) P (Children : Disclosure) [2022] EWCA Civ 495 (12 April 2022) Re M (Intimate Images) M (A Child : Private Law Children Proceedings: Case Management: Intimate Images) [2022] EWHC 986 (Fam) (29 April 2022) Recommendations Spider Woman: A Life by Lady Hale https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/biography/spider-woman-a-life-by-the-former,lady-hale-9781847926593?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7Oe8t92E-AIViLbtCh1C9gfPEAAYAiAAEgISefD_BwE Lily Singh, “Seat at the table isn’t the solution for gender equity” https://youtu.be/9EBkS2kE7uk Heard v Depp trial (ongoing) https://youtu.be/OuZDNakM7QU Panorama, Protecting Our Children: A Balancing Act BBC One - Panorama, Protecting Our Children: A Balancing Act Tweets https://twitter.com/evesrobinson/status/1518840102310629378?s=21&t=_TRWs-Ilb6UWUfnvISs-xg And finally, congratulations to all future and wannabe pupils from both of us! 🎉
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Cases N (A Child) (Termination of children's guardian) [2022] EWFC B16 (09 February 2022) - https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2022/B16.html Z (A Child) (Surrogacy) [2022] EWFC 18 (10 March 2022) - https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2022/B16.html Recommendations The Advocacy Podcast – https://www.theadvocacypodcast.com Modern Family Matters - https://modernfamilymatters.buzzsprout.com Tweet of the week Oliver Conway - https://twitter.com/OliverConway/status/1509807290144202753 Anneka Sinclair - https://twitter.com/AnnekaSinclair/status/1508024147338801152 Diana Wilson - https://twitter.com/DianaWilson165/status/1509925349383151621
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Trigger warning: contains discussion of suicide. Pupillage and how to get it https://pupillageandhowtogetit.com Twin Flames podcast https://wondery.com/shows/twin-flames/ Bed of Lies podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5K8Bw2jCKk Infected Blood Inquiry homepage https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk