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.