The Sentencing Council does not sentence offenders. Judges sentence offenders. The Sentencing Council publishes guidelines, after public consultation, and is accountable to Parliament. The same Parliament which sets minimum and maximum sentences. Utterly embarrassing stuff.

This was the Government's view of National Service on Thursday.

I suspect that only 1 in 100 criminal barristers and judges has a proper grasp of the "prosecutor's fallacy," and even fewer jurors. Important piece by Tom Chivers. unherd.com/2024/05/the-da…

As we remember 80 years since D-Day, and as the numbers of veterans who experienced the horrors of WWII grow ever smaller, it is simply unfathomable to me that the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, makes a commitment to leave the ECHR.

Liam Kelly joins 5SAH Family Team as a Door Tenant Liam specialises in private children proceedings and financial remedy proceedings He is recognised in Chambers and Partners 2024 as “Up and Coming” with an impressive and growing practice in family law bit.ly/5SAHLiamKelly

Hey Jet2tweets , Laura on 1731 MAN - IBZ at 1715 - has been simply brilliant!!!!

I’m most grateful to the Financial Remedies Journal for publishing yet more of my musings on their blog today - an article produced in conjunction with Jacob Gifford Head concerning the interesting and important TLATA case Re Cynberg. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https…

This has to be a joke… surely 😂

Hugely important Blog from Andrzej Bojarski KC for FR practitioners

Brilliant day at the Cumbria Family Justice Conference yesterday. Thanks to all who attended, our brilliant speakers, and our sponsors @DeansCourt_Chs OurFamilyWizard , Class Legal and FTS for their support.

I wonder what makes you ‘radical’… rather than just ‘a barrister’ Wrong answers only.

Very interesting read!

AB v TC & Anor [2024] EWFC 296 (15 October 2024): F's app to reinstate contact, in case where there were concerns over M's alienating behaviours. Contact recommenced with M's agreement, following indication that ct was considering transfer of residence. bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/…

V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B) (19 December 2024): Appeal by husband, who was tetraplegic, against financial remedies order proving for the sale of the former matrimonial home, which had been adapted for his needs. Appeal allowed. bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/…

KL v BA (Parental responsibility) [2025] EWHC 102 (Fam): Judgment holding that a man did not acquire parental responsibility when he was mistakenly registered as the child's father on her birth certificate, and so he never held parental responsibility. bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/…

E (Children: Costs) [2025] EWCA Civ 183 (27 February 2025): Appeal by father against refusal of application for costs of fact-finding hearing. Appeal allowed in part. bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…

Hi Joshua Rozenberg , worth noting Fleetwood staying open isn’t a real expansion. With Blackpool now closed, local provision has effectively shrunk — it’s a rebalancing at best, not added capacity. Ministry of Justice Describing this as growth feels misleading for the community it serves

Looking forward to seeing emily m speak at #allaboutwomen at the Sydney Opera House this afternoon: ‘Inside the Epstein Files’ … which happily coincides with my holiday 🇦🇺