On 29th February I hosted a screening of a powerful US documentary about shaking baby: The Syndrome. The audience comprised a number of family lawyers, criminal lawyers, parents, bloggers & website authors, a documentary maker and doctors. The film tells the story of the development of the theory that there is such a syndrome as…
This blog section is going to cover the legal stuff and is mainly aimed at a legal audience.
Don’t announce to the world on Facebook that you are leaving your spouse http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7845946.stm woman murdered when changed her status from married to single http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ifldrouFoXOW3dAwmD8W8xNz5MSgD95UV8N04 Associated Press re Chelsy DAvy changing status to not in a relationship http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2009/01/27/getting-in-touch-with-your-past-is-so-easy-but-often-to-the-detriment-of-your-present-91466-22787225/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/husband-ends-sixyear-marriage-on-facebook-1548048.html Change your relationship status on Facebook etc to ‘in a relationship’ too soon http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/4371411/One-in-four-women-spy-on-partners.html forget that…
There is a facetious answer to the question – what is a drink problem? Empty glass is the problem – another drink the solution. Or drink is the solution – now what was the problem again? In care cases, however, the usual joking between mates will not do. I am talking about this because I…
Many of my clients who have drink problems refuse to go to the obvious place for help: Alcoholics Anonymous . Over the years I have been given numerous different reasons and I thought I would do my best to debunk a few of the myths about AA. A common objection to AA is to say…
Alcohol Change (a merger between Alcohol Concern and Alcohol Research UK) is a leading UK charity dealing with alcohol abuse. Their website publishes a number of leaflets and fact sheets. Of particular interest to people with alcohol involved in care proceedings are the increasingly rare residential units which will accept parents and children. Phoenix Futures…
Does a mother make a better parent?
Tim Minchin finds an alternative true love: he couldn’t afford the deluxe model
I am posting a short series of posts about a philosophy of family law which I hope will provide food for thought for those of you who are locked in a family law battle and can’t see a way out. Once they are posted I will put them altogether in one article and link to…
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