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Family law barrister at 4PB London, Emeritus Professor of Law Gresham College.Views my own(warts & all) RT=worth a read,not necessarily endorsements:I read & learn. Known for being outspoken about things that matter to me & my profession.
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Here’s to the magnificent Chris Barnes-named as @thetimes.com “Lawyer of The Week’ for his superb work,initially pro bono,on behalf of @louisetickle.bsky.social @hansummers.bsky.social in the CA Sherif decision. Bravo 🙌

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Professor of IT ⁦‪@GreshamCollege? If you have a passion for education & a commitment to enabling access to it by all without cost or discrimination then please apply or share. Happy NY 2025 everyone. Do what you can to make it better for all not the few www.gresham.ac.uk/about-us/wor...

Fresh FJC guidance on contact breakdown attached. This is the over view and Link to guidance within it by hyper link - www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and.... We have waited a very long time for this and have let down children & families in the meantime. Things must change in the way we approach abuse.

This is the lymph diagram of our legal systems. Thank you for bringing it to public attention

Starter packs by @seanjones.org - please share so we can reclaim the tolerant and generous legal community we once had on ‘that’ other place.

As a general rule it is sensible to keep at least one eye on what lawyers are up to. The UK Lawyer List is a collection of what UK lawyers are posting in all its weird glory: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Starter Pack for anyone wanting to find and follow UK Family Lawyers: go.bsky.app/6UHzrtX

Hello lovely move~overs - just to say that the ‘lay to law’ list so helpfully created by @charlierad.bsky.social below is a great start point to recreate a compassionate and intelligent legal community on this forum. Also please see the lists created by the excellent @seanjones.org.

Domestic Abuse and ccb are prevalent & toxic in our society. So when I was asked by Samantha McFadzean, Family Division Judge of the Royal Court of Jersey, & Robert MacRae, HM Deputy Bailiff, to deliver training to the judiciary & court services in Jersey on #DomesticAbuse, I jumped to it.

A very timely reminder here about our social media duties

The Party's Over: the Death of Legal Twitter (a blog) familybrief.org/2024/11/07/t...

@zoedels.bsky.social hello daughter :)

Hello BS community. It’s Prof Jo Delahunty KC here. I’m migrating from X. How do I hook up with my X legal community ?!