Professionally Embarrassing

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

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.  

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.  

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 

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    

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.  

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/

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! 

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

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

Bailii: E (A Child) (Step-Parent Adoption) [2022] EWFC B3  NP v DP (Hague Convention; abducting parent refusing to return) [2021] EWHC 3626 Podcast / book / talk recommendations: Couples Therapy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0b8kmch/couples-therapy  Kiri – https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81464576  Split Up in Care – Life Without Siblings https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0bbc9c5/split-up-in-care-life-without-siblings 
Nuffield Report - Siblings, contact and the law: an overlooked relationship? https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Siblings20Full20Report202018.pdf 
Tweet of the week
Legally Feminist https://twitter.com/Racch_J/status/1487035007822618625 
Eve Robinson https://twitter.com/evesrobinson/status/1484229395304914947 

Bailii
A Child (Application of PD12J: No 2 Findings of Fact) [2022] EWFC 2 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/2.html  Griffiths v Tickle & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1882 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/1882.html  Podcasts & Articles
Sweet Bobby https://www.tortoisemedia.com/listen/sweet-bobby/ 
Fear or Favour https://audioboom.com/channels/5065900 
A finding of rape, Tortoise Slow Newscast https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/a-finding-of-rape/ 
Transfer of tenancies and occupation orders under the Family Law Act 1996 and their interplay with housing and rent provisions, Madeleine Whelan & Mark Galtrey, FLJ [2022] Jan Fam Law 109  Additional resources
Griffiths v Tickle, a lawyer's view https://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/griffiths-v-tickle-a-lawyers-view/ 
Transparency in the Family Courts, Eloise Marriott, St Ives' Chambers https://www.stiveschambers.co.uk/content/uploads/2022/01/Transparency-in-the-Family-Courts.pdf  Tweets
@LouisaWhitney https://twitter.com/LouisaWhitney/status/1483013247754289152 
@sglaisteryoung https://twitter.com/sglaisteryoung/status/1478128480130895884   

Reading/podcast/blog recommendations A Practical Guide to Practice Direction 12J and Domestic Abuse in Private Law Children Proceedings by Malvika Jaganmohan and Rebecca Cross (discount code: GKD3ZST
for 10% off!)
http://www.lawbriefpublishing.com/product/practicedirection12janddomesticabuse/ Playing Nice by JP Delaney https://www.waterstones.com/book/playing-nice/j-p-delaney/9781529400861 Legal Eagles https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091396/ The Intended Parents podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/1V0VK5zvhyLUjA5emgRDPk?si=ZoWc7zYFTWKZgLt8t5jD0A The Bar Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directory https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/uploads/assets/c58eed26-7a0c-410c-bfbc24ffc952fcaf/The-Bar-Equality-Diversity-and-Inclusion-Directory-2022.pdf Race at the Bar: A Snapshot Report https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/uploads/assets/d821c952-ec38-41b2-a41ebeea362b28e5/Race-at-the-Bar-Report-2021.pdf Tweet of the week Tweet by @DavidMuttering https://twitter.com/DavidMuttering/status/1467889306064896008?s=20 Tweet by @Juliejw52
https://twitter.com/Juliejw52/status/1468130821710270469?s=20 Tweet by @EllenCrowLA
https://twitter.com/EllenCrowLA/status/1469257471717953539?s=20 Tweet by @FamilyLawBar
https://twitter.com/FamilyLawBar/status/1468543113350291466?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.  

Bailii cases Siddiqui v Siddiqui & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 1572
Cathcart v Owens [2021] EWFC 86 Reading/podcast/blog recommendations Transparency in the Family Courts Report https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/transparency-in-the-family-courts-report/ Seeing invisible elephants – the transparency review is published, The Transparency Project Blog, https://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/seeing-invisible-elephants-the-transparency-review-is-published/ BBC Radio 4, The Corrections: The Carbonara Case https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07qkd4p Tweet of the week Tweet by Elijah Granet @ezgranet https://twitter.com/ezgranet/status/1458024456241225728?s=20 BSB Handbook, prepared by Elijah Granet 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LeRhLuhEkbZ3EDwnw8gVM4WVdeJx83yk/view
  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.  

TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of rape and sexual assault.  Bailii cases A Child (Application of PD12J) [2021] EWFC B59
Re W (a child) [2021[ EWHC 2844 (Fam) Podcast/blog recommendations 
Parental Alienation, BBC Analysis https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010wz6 Suesspicious Minds https://suesspiciousminds.com Tweet of the week Tweet by @mryderqc https://twitter.com/mryderqc/status/1453757297071640588?s=20 Tweet by @ChloeLBranton https://twitter.com/ChloeLBranton/status/1450870910722924555?s=20 
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.  

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

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.  

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
 

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.    

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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/