Social Media Evidence in Family Proceedings

I attended this very popular event organised by the London Family Justice Board at the Law Society this week. The large Common Room was packed. Unfortunately due to train issues I missed the very beginning and had to rush off before the end of questions but...

Poppi Worthington – legal aid

There have been a number of news reports today concerning the grant of legal aid to the father of Poppi Worthington, who was named by a judge as having sexually assaulted his daughter before she died. They are in very similar terms in (for example) The Times and The...

Choosing our words carefully

Louise Tickle’s article about “Annie” (or Surviving Safeguarding as she is known on her blog) was published this weekend : ‘I saw his fluffy little head going out the door’: one woman’s fight to keep her baby – Annie’s son was removed...