Some really interesting statistics from the excellent @classlegal.bsky.social financial remedy conference 2025.

I’m so proud of the bravery of my colleague @everobinson.bsky.social and the others who have spoken out about harassment at the bar - I really hope we will finally take steps to make this kind of behaviour end for good

🙏 Thank you to all our listeners for tuning into the Family Law Podcast Channel. lnkd.in/eDM_xfDE If there are specific topics you’d like us to cover, please get in touch — we’d love to hear your ideas! Listen here. lnkd.in/eDM_xfDE #sjcfamilylaw #familylaw

😱https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye2q00k51o

Ah the blissful feeling of weightlessness between submissions and judgment when it feels like everything is possible

What a surprise - nasty abusive people are nasty & abusive in relationships too www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

With this sort of lavish expenditure on furniture it’s no wonder the justice system is going bust. (Con room at Plymouth Combined Court Centre.)

A remarkable judgment, in which the Lady Chief Justice finds that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts. I'm surprised this hasn't had more media attention - it seems quite serious to me. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

In response to some recent idiocy: NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...

Blissful week off riding the Camino de Santiago just before Easter - lovely to be there for Holy week & see the processions, feels like I have already been back at work for weeks though!

The comments to this are also hilarious 👇

NEW BLOGPOST: We need to talk about the Sentencing Council thesecretbarrister.com/2025/04/02/w...

It is a sad sign of the current situation in the USA that standing up for the rule of law is considered ‘going scorched earth’ - lawyers should not have to choose between remaining employed and respecting the rule of law :/

Turns out the government’s strategy of ignoring expert advice and continuing the woeful underfunding of criminal justice is working just as well for them as it did the previous lot.

A peaceful walk up the mountain after a really brilliant time at the International Family Law Conference

Chamonix is gorgeous - amazing setting for a really interesting International Family Law Conference put on by Expatriate Law

We’re delighted to announce that the fourth edition of the Dictionary of Private Children Law co-written by @zasaunders.bsky.social has been published by Class Legal this month. This book is a unique reference guide to the key concepts, cases and practice of private children law. lnkd.in/ee9UC-HC

Looking forward to heading to Chamonix next week for the Expatriate Law International Family Law Conference - who’s coming? ❄️

Back in 2016, I wrote this post about the legal lunacy of the “Send Them All Back Bill” proposed by some fringe backbench nutters. Yesterday this was confirmed as official Opposition policy. thesecretbarrister.com/2016/03/11/h...

This Thursday is our third instalment in our Family Finance Debate Series. 📕 Debate 3: Are financial remedy proceedings misogynistic? Who really comes off worse? Nick Miller v Zoë Saunders. Chaired by Richard Norman. Book tickets here: lnkd.in/eFQW3iJs #sjcfamilylaw #financialremedies #familylaw

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

Sterling advice

@zasaunders.bsky.social is heading off to Malta to speak at the International Family Law Symposium as part of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Conference 2025 on Saturday, 5th April. Zoë will be speaking on asset recovery, enforcement and sanctions. Read: lnkd.in/efYe9GHF

Sign by the sink in men’s washroom, NY Supreme Court.

IDK about you but I am seriously considering aligning with rednecks with crossbows / ghouls depending on your apocalypse of choice

1 more week until the second installment in our Family Finance Debate Series. Is the current discretionary system in England & Wales fit for purpose? Has the time come for a move to greater certainty? Jody Atkinson v Vivien Croly chaired by Jack Harris. Book here: lnkd.in/eFQW3iJs

Roses are red Violets are blue Let’s take all our assets And divide them by two #LegalValentines #NotVeryRomantic #Divorce

Some news, team! 🎙️ I’m so excited to make my broadcasting debut for BBC Radio 4 next week. ‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ is a 10 episode behind-the-scenes peek at (and love letter to) the criminal justice system. Join me, Mon-Fri at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds 🧡

Or keep you awake at 03:00

This is really alarming and well worth a read

Our #Divorce & Financial Remedy team are excited to invite you to an innovative series of debates focusing on some of the hot topics in the world of financial remedies. See this page for a list of topics & dates and how to book your place: lnkd.in/dVWgi2fU

this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...

Watch Barbara Mills KC, our new Chair of the Bar for 2025, on Channel 4 News tonight, 5.30pm Saturday 11 January. Here is a short clip of the interview with reporter Ayshah Tull. youtube.com/shorts/YJ0wO...

Parental Alienation is often a really problematic allegation to deal with - will the new guidance help? Find out what we thought:

Posted without comment: Legal aid cuts deny parents their human rights, says ex-supreme court president www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...

This whole thread is so me :)

Heartbreaking

Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us. Because the shame has to switch sides.

I ascended to Whamhalla last night having made it not quite halfway through December but at least now I can listen to this as much as i like #whamaggedon youtu.be/E8gmARGvPlI?...

A thing worth remembering is that all lawyers are a) acting on their client’s instructions and b) often don’t get to pick their clients.

I was lucky enough to see a little egret today #birds

Oh my goodness I am thrilled to see how many of you are following me - I have been slammed with work so apologies if I haven’t followed you back yet but thank you for being here :)

Good to see these issues being reported: ‘Lives on hold’: a day in the crown court where cases are delayed for years www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...

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Can’t remember who was looking for the directory of starter packs but here it is: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

Not quite safe to be out and about around Bristol yet - we could get around this tree but not a much bigger one just down from here