SMcF
@painscastle.bsky.social
Poacher turned gamekeeper (in the family law world). Ystradgynlais girl, still on tour. Lifelong Depeche Mode and animal fan.
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This article could have been written ten years ago. I wish they would sort out the funding. The case has long ago been made…. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Family drug and alcohol courts are at risk of closure
Funding to help children of addict parents stay out of care is a ‘no-brainer’, experts say, because it saves the taxpayer far more than it costs
www.thetimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This article could have been written ten years ago. I wish they would sort out the funding. The case has long ago been made…. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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publication of Newport Family Court judgment where LA had failed to keep to supervision order plan. Judge identifies systemic failures, not individual social workers
Caerphilly County Borough Council v M & Ors [2025] EWFC 200 (B) (04 July 2025):
Care proceedings concerning young child, issued following concerns including domestic abuse and substance misuse. Care order made, with child to be placed with foster carers. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...
Care proceedings concerning young child, issued following concerns including domestic abuse and substance misuse. Care order made, with child to be placed with foster carers. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...
July 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
publication of Newport Family Court judgment where LA had failed to keep to supervision order plan. Judge identifies systemic failures, not individual social workers
@libraryofmistakes.bsky.social Brilliant weekend in Hay on Wye at the (hopefully, now) annual Weekend of Mistakes. As always with events in Hay, chilled, cultured, sociable (and not uncontroversial). Brilliant to see young bursary winners/interns taking part so not just us old fogies.
March 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@libraryofmistakes.bsky.social Brilliant weekend in Hay on Wye at the (hopefully, now) annual Weekend of Mistakes. As always with events in Hay, chilled, cultured, sociable (and not uncontroversial). Brilliant to see young bursary winners/interns taking part so not just us old fogies.
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Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
― John Wesley
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
― John Wesley
January 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
― John Wesley
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
― John Wesley
@zoeharcombe.bsky.social Welcome. Lovely to see you here.
I can’t talk politics for obvious reasons but I worry about Roe v Wade.
Please play nicely 😘.
I can’t talk politics for obvious reasons but I worry about Roe v Wade.
Please play nicely 😘.
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@zoeharcombe.bsky.social Welcome. Lovely to see you here.
I can’t talk politics for obvious reasons but I worry about Roe v Wade.
Please play nicely 😘.
I can’t talk politics for obvious reasons but I worry about Roe v Wade.
Please play nicely 😘.
One of our lovely legal posters recently put something up about a (customisable) fibre tip pen which he rated highly. I have searched in vain on BlueSky posts and Tinternet - any recollections, dear reader?
January 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
One of our lovely legal posters recently put something up about a (customisable) fibre tip pen which he rated highly. I have searched in vain on BlueSky posts and Tinternet - any recollections, dear reader?
Eleven years ago, I spent my final Christmas with my dad.
Tomorrow will be, for some, a day of joy, perhaps mixed with frustration, bitten tongues (and too many gins) and for others, a reminder of what once was and can never be again.
Tomorrow will be, for some, a day of joy, perhaps mixed with frustration, bitten tongues (and too many gins) and for others, a reminder of what once was and can never be again.
December 24, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Eleven years ago, I spent my final Christmas with my dad.
Tomorrow will be, for some, a day of joy, perhaps mixed with frustration, bitten tongues (and too many gins) and for others, a reminder of what once was and can never be again.
Tomorrow will be, for some, a day of joy, perhaps mixed with frustration, bitten tongues (and too many gins) and for others, a reminder of what once was and can never be again.
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We lost a colleague last month. It hit hard; he was young, with a young family. A scholar and a gentleman.
Yesterday something I heard triggered a need to write - about him, about endings, about how we survive them. So here we go.
www.jcsj.uk/2024ix19-thu...
Yesterday something I heard triggered a need to write - about him, about endings, about how we survive them. So here we go.
www.jcsj.uk/2024ix19-thu...
2024ix19, Thursday: Wonder.
A truth in life is that the older you get, the more endings and fewer beginnings there are.
You don’t lose beginnings altogether. Heaven forbid. There is always the space to to encounter something or...
www.jcsj.uk
September 19, 2024 at 8:26 AM
We lost a colleague last month. It hit hard; he was young, with a young family. A scholar and a gentleman.
Yesterday something I heard triggered a need to write - about him, about endings, about how we survive them. So here we go.
www.jcsj.uk/2024ix19-thu...
Yesterday something I heard triggered a need to write - about him, about endings, about how we survive them. So here we go.
www.jcsj.uk/2024ix19-thu...
In the spirit of happiness to be here, my first post on here was going to be a picture of my rescued street dogs (sometimes featuring “in supporting roles” on the Law Paw calendar) but it’s coupled with a question - where are all the family lawyers? Surely not still in The Other Place?
August 21, 2024 at 2:05 PM
In the spirit of happiness to be here, my first post on here was going to be a picture of my rescued street dogs (sometimes featuring “in supporting roles” on the Law Paw calendar) but it’s coupled with a question - where are all the family lawyers? Surely not still in The Other Place?