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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
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
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.
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
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.
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
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.
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
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.
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
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.
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Trigger warning: graphic description of baby death, discussion of suicidal ideation
Case law
A Local Authority v XX and XY (threshold; overlaying) [2021] EWFC 27
West Sussex County Council v A and B [2020] EWFC B62
News
Two teenagers placed in foster care after weight loss plan fails by Nadeem Badshah and agency
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/10/two-teenagers-placed-in-foster-care-after-weight-loss-plan-fails
Tweet by Fatima Ahdash https://twitter.com/Fatima_Ahdash/status/1369915151202287616?s=20
Podcasts/book recommendations
The Immaculate Deception https://somethinelse.com/projects/the-immaculate-deception/
Law and Disorder: Confessions of a pupil barrister by Tim Kevan https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/law-and-disorder-9781408811214/
Mary-Rachel McCabe in conversation with Rachel Francis & Joanna Fleck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5-FBkGgLw
A further seminar is being held on 24th March 2021 for YLAL: Understanding Vicarious Trauma with Rachel Francis and Joanna Fleck
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vicarious-trauma-in-the-legal-profession-meet-the-authors-hosted-by-ylal-tickets-144462187291?aff=ebdssbeac
Tweet of the week
https://twitter.com/MaxJLHardy/status/1372647470027710467?s=20
Organisations
https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk
https://www.refuge.org.uk
https://www.sistahspace.org
https://southallblacksisters.org.uk
Resources from Malvika and Maddie
Twitter handles are @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie__Whelan2
Malvika’s blog re: mental health is at https://www.stiffupperlipblog.com
Maddie’s articles on artificial reproductive technology is at Family Law Journal, references are [2021] Fam Law 81 and [2021] Fam Law 252.
With thanks to Benjamin Gladman for podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/