Barrister, arbitrator and pFDR evaluator at @stivesfamily and @29bedfordrow: “The devil is in the detail and he always captures it.” (@chambersguides 2016).
This is really heart-breaking. It speaks powerfully to the need for barristers in all practice areas, but perhaps especially in crime (and, dare I say it, public law children), to look after themselves and each other if they are also to protect the justice system(s) they work in.
Last year, 1436 criminal court hearings were delayed because there was no barrister to represent one side or the other.
Back in 2019, that number was just 71.
For @CounselMagazine I ask:
Where have all the criminal barristers gone?
I’m very excited to be able to announce that, in addition to my long-standing tenancy at @stiveschambers in Birmingham, I am taking up a door tenancy at @29BedfordRow in London and so I am now able to accept instructions via two oustanding sets.
"If ever there were any doubts as to the importance of the FDR appointment and the parties’ attendance at one, then Mr Justice Peel has unequivocally put those doubts to rest in his judgment in GH v GH [2024] EWFC 272"
Read more: https://t.co/9qOMKj2aEh
ADR grumbles aside, I am of course delighted to have retained my tier / band one ranking in both legal directories. Many thanks to @thelegal500 and @ChambersGuides, to all who took the time to say nice things about me and to my colleagues at @StIvesFamily.
An earnest plea to @thelegal500 and @ChambersGuides. Please improve your coverage of barristers undertaking family ADR outside London next year. Having only London rankings or “all circuits” rankings with only London barristers in them does not reflect this key market nationwide.
I had the privilege of contributing to the discussions which fed into this ground-breaking and thought-provoking report from @ResFamilyLaw and of attending its launch this evening. I strongly encourage all who do FR work to read and consider it carefully.
🔊 Resolution is calling for a cultural shift to better meet the needs of victim-survivors of domestic abuse seeking the resolution of finances on divorce.
📕 Find out more and read the #ResEAreport 👇https://t.co/r7Le7LyLJ3
@gifford_head@maxschofield@Michae1Salter@ishkolhatkar@JasonBell33 Even on offence and defence, the degree of specialisation is mind-blowing and almost impossible to understand fully if you’re not an expert / have never played. I imagine it’s part of the reason we’ve yet to see a rugby union player achieve real success in the NFL.
@gifford_head Any income figure for W contrasted with H’s in an FR judgment is likely to be net. Properly grossed up to give a GFI figure, £40K net probably wouldn’t be far from the lower end of the range suggested by the report.
@gifford_head *without*
It was a pleasure working with you on it; I’ll look forward to an IRL meeting over a self-congratulatory glass of something delicious at some point.
I’m most grateful to the @fr_journal for publishing yet more of my musings on their blog today - an article produced in conjunction with @gifford_head concerning the interesting and important TLATA case Re Cynberg. https://t.co/M9z9wAuMl7
@gifford_head@hjbrander@jamessflee I think it’s fair to say that @gifford_head and I have slightly different views on this. He probably regards me as something close to a Pink v Lawrence absolutist. We’ve tried to do justice to both points of view in our (hopefully forthcoming) blog.