The temporary womens loos @ Bristol Templemeads are located in the old mens loos (men bumped to the car park!) Interesting to learn the men had a huge space & room for 2x as many people (same number of cubicles, plus a wall of urinals). No wonder the womens queue was always long!

‘Paedophiles to be stripped of parental rights’? and other failed legislative amendments - new on the blog. We explain how campaigns to remove PR from offending parents & other #familycourt reforms are progressing (or not) in Parliament transparencyproject.org.uk/paedophiles-to…

Court of Appeal overturns a case management decision in care proceedings in the Family Court that a fact-finding hearing was unnecessary. CA cautions against dangers of placing too much reliance on first instance decisions:

bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…

The First Lady of Flat Earth

Angela van den Bogerd gives evidence to the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal.

postofficescandal.uk/post/the-first…

#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry

Victoria Derbyshire, 'The fact that you've magically found 150 judges, 25 court rooms, offering 5,000 sitting days... Is it more a priority to send people to Rwanda than to try alleged rapists?'

Conservative MP Keiran Mullan, 'Well, immigration judges are not the judges that try…

A reminder that the Family Justice Council is recruiting for the following roles: Academic, Director/ Deputy/ Assistant Director of Children’s Services, Silk, Public Law Solicitor. The closing date Friday 26 April 2024.
To apply: judiciary.uk/related-office…

“Paedophiles to lose parental rights” – but what does that actually mean?
pinktape.co.uk/public-funding…

A typically informative and interesting post from Matthew Scott

“whilst it may be worse to try to influence the jury with incorrect statements of the law, it’s still wrong if the law is correct.”

barristerblogger.com/2024/04/21/i-d…

If you're a journalist who has reported from one of the transparency pilot family courts, please might you DM me? I co-ordinate the project @tbij runs to support journalists wanting to report under the new rules, and would really value the chance to hear your impressions. Pls RT

Really enjoyed doing Newscast with ⁦Adam Fleming⁩ ⁦Harriet Harman⁩ and ⁦Lucy Reed⁩ . Great to go into detail about Family Courts, Transparency and plans to change the law so those convicted of raping children under 13 lose parental rights bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…

I have been thinking about this off and on all day now.

Lord Sumption on Liz Truss. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

Send help. I’ve arrived at the nursing home just in time for the singalong. Hiding in the loo while they sing “while the saints come marching in”…can’t stay in here forever.

Children must stay the focus when parental contact breaks down

thetimes.co.uk/article/d3ee7a…

Uh oh… I’ve fallen off the wagon and gone full crochet.
Contrary to my hypothesis, my b.p. is higher today, so it’s not even good for me…Need more data…

For analysis & comment on Re T, about adopters attending hearings, which we briefly noted in Roundup, see pinktape.co.uk/rants/please-d… by Lucy Reed