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/

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