James Holmes

Family Barrister @gardencourtlaw. Trustee & Advisor at Temple Legal Centre and Legal Advisor at FORWARD UK.

Views my own, not those of garden court chambers.

[Family Law News @familylaw]

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v GH & Ors [2026] EWHC 1064 (Fam): App by NHS Trust for declarations that it is lawful and in best interests of child suffering from leukaemia for specified investigations and treatment to proceed. https://t.co/zmtwceoA4A

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

This is an important issue and not one that should escape continued anxious professional scrutiny simply by passage of time and tiredness. It is a pilot. It is time limited. It must be tracked. In this article in @LexisUK_Family James Holmes and myself take up that task

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

Intelligent , meticulously researched , coverage of a really important issue by @hansummers

[James Holmes @JmesHolmes]

@CalSleeper Thank you.

[4PB @4PBFamilyLaw]

The @FamilyLawBar's Annual Autumn Lecture Series kicks off this Thursday, 10th October, and we are thrilled that Professor Jo Delahunty KC (@JoDQC) has been invited to launch the series alongside Professor Owen J. Arthurs and other esteemed expert contributors.

Together, they will present their talk, The Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Pilot: Impact and Implications. Key questions they will address include:

- What do we know about the pilots impact and implications 6 months on?

- Will multi-disciplinary clinician reports impact Part 25, court appointed, single joint expert instructions?

- What are the benefits of such reports, and what might we risk losing?

The remote lectures are free for all FLBA members.

#FamilyLaw #HeadInjury

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

The DfE Suspicious Head injury pilot. What do we know about its impact & implications? Will its pilot reports impact on part 25 expert instruction ? What do we gain & lose by such reports?
Join us @FamilyLawBar.
10th Oct, 6-7.
This is too important an issue not to engage with.

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

Hello x! I’m struggling out of a 18/24/7/7 work hole that’s consumed me for months to realise my @FamilyLawBar talk with Prof Owen Arthurs is looming. So- anyone who has now seen the profomas on the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury pilot-plz get in touch with me & join us on 10th

[Lucy Kate Barnes @CEPbarrister]

TONIGHT - trauma-informed practice for family lawyers (FREE & Hybrid) 👇🏼
@lawyerswhocare_ @gardencourtlaw

Huge moment. I have gone from experiencing trauma, to studying it, to teaching about it. There’s a beauty in transforming pain to purpose ❤️

https://t.co/VarchC36As

[🐞Griff & Angels Boot 🌈 & Charley 🌈 @charley_beagle]

Please can any London area pals (or anyone who has London pals) share this to help get this stolen doggie home 🙏🏻 @JmesHolmes @KarenDReid @HerbieOf @Sylindria

[transparency project @seethrujustice]

For those who have read about the SIHIS (Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service) Pilot, and are wondering what the concerns are, this article by John Vater KC sets out clearly what those concerns are. https://t.co/POTrvQQnnn

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

This is the link. https://t.co/NUFXdyPTkV

[FLBA @FamilyLawBar]

Oops here is the correct link: https://t.co/2F8woCeQru

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

Note I wrongly tagged chambers. It’s @SJBnews hosting this event for local solicitors. Do go. Also a heads up for a @FamilyLawBar alert tomorrow about an info pitch the DoE are hosting on 22.7. We have pitched questions and we want them answered.

[Lucy Reed @Familoo]

Wow. Two new posts in a week on Pink Tape. Almost like the old days…
1 That Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Pilot
2 Resolution Podcast all about Transparency in the Family Courts (of which item 1 is not a good example)
https://t.co/w8FJXiJCJe

[jane crowley @daisynlil]

A superb article by the excellent John Vater KC. A must read for any child care practitioner.
Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service and the law of unintended consequences | Opinion | Law Gazette https://t.co/Cf6iva9uQr

[transparency project @seethrujustice]

A huge failure of transparency: Controversial Suspected Inflicted Head Injuries pilot launched: Lawyers raise concern about lack of consultation and potential unfairness

Featuring @japv1 @JoDQC @lawsocgazette @familylawbar @Tweets_ALC

https://t.co/2fUnha5g5A

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

And another excellent post on the controversial head injury pilot imposed on the public. Please read and share. Thanks ⁦@Familoo⁩ https://t.co/VNOjYRQPqu

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

SIHIP pilot. Another alert I collaborated with in order to make it know.Please read the (slight) material made available by the Dfe & it’s progenitors.Many we have spoken in the affected areas are unaware of it existence-a direct consequence of exclusion https://t.co/nwniGEVEhU