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"https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/an-appeal-in-an-end-of-life-case-with-broader-application/", "published_at": "2023-04-16T17:29:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f3e5-72a7-b618-4fc69e75510b", "title": "Free Copies of The Family Court Without a Lawyer 4th Edition", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/free-copies-of-the-family-court-without-a-lawyer-4th-edition/", "published_at": "2023-04-14T19:40:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f3e5-72a7-b618-4fc69eed3eb1", "title": "Two little letters", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/two-little-letters/", "published_at": "2023-04-02T20:05:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f3e5-72a7-b618-4fc69fc30d42", "title": "There may be trouble ahead…", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/public-funding/there-may-be-trouble-ahead/", "published_at": "2023-03-15T11:01:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-f3e5-72a7-b618-4fc6a0251af0", "title": "“I want” doesn’t get", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/i-want-doesnt-get/", "published_at": "2023-03-10T11:02:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc3e09a0f9", "title": "What I’ve been up to…", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/what-ive-been-up-to/", "published_at": "2023-02-04T18:26:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc3e22b2f3", "title": "S91(14) – the sequel", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/s9114-the-sequel/", "published_at": "2023-02-02T21:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc3eaa4358", "title": "Aspirations for Legal Blogging in 2023", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/transparency/aspirations-for-legal-blogging-in-2023/", "published_at": "2023-01-18T22:19:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc3f5cc17e", "title": "Not even a mouse", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/not-even-a-mouse/", "published_at": "2022-12-26T09:56:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc3fbc1644", "title": "Ready for a reset…", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/ready-for-a-reset/", "published_at": "2022-12-18T21:01:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc4007527a", "title": "Sauce for the goose?", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/sauce-for-the-goose/", "published_at": "2022-11-30T13:45:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc40403c77", "title": "Radio silence", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/radio-silence/", "published_at": "2022-11-13T17:40:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc40c853b6", "title": "An Arbitration in a Case Concerning Children", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/mediation/an-arbitration-in-a-case-concerning-children/", "published_at": "2022-11-03T21:25:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc41be8db2", "title": "You draft fool", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/you-draft-fool/", "published_at": "2022-10-30T21:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-5329-72f5-9bb0-74cc41e15581", "title": "Instructions to download a Whatsapp chat thread", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/instructions-to-download-a-whatsapp-chat-thread/", "published_at": "2022-10-17T10:06:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-db0f-730c-8178-b7c25d4e3b03", "title": "End of days…", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/end-of-days/", "published_at": "2022-09-09T18:07:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-db0f-730c-8178-b7c25d55a933", "title": "Book Review : Challenging Parental Alienation", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/book-review-challenging-parental-alienation/", "published_at": "2022-08-05T21:00:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-db0f-730c-8178-b7c25d9e860c", "title": "The Family Court without a Lawyer – may the 4th be with you (soon)", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/the-family-court-without-a-lawyer-may-the-4th-be-with-you-soon/", "published_at": "2022-07-31T20:00:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-db0f-730c-8178-b7c25dfb13ed", "title": "When imperfect is the enemy of the people", "url": "https://pinktape.co.uk/rants/when-imperfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-people/", "published_at": "2022-07-17T22:24:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-db0f-730c-8178-b7c25e08df13", 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2026

Obligatory wellbeing post original ↗

2 Sept 2026

People will always need plates original ↗

24 Aug 2026

Left hand, meet right hand (or: when you are as old as me there is nothing new in the world…)original ↗

27 Jul 2026

A post script – what about the mother’s lawyer?original ↗

19 Jul 2026

About time too…original ↗

8 Jul 2026

Wading through the Grey Goo original ↗

25 May 2026

What even IS Pink Tape?original ↗

26 Mar 2026

QLRs – what do the published judgments tell us?original ↗

8 Mar 2026

We have survived January! Rejoice!original ↗

1 Feb 2026

What’s the difference between a barrister and a solicitor (version 2.0)original ↗

17 Jan 2026

R.I.P. Sir James original ↗

9 Jan 2026

2025

End of an era?original ↗

28 Dec 2025

When it’s all TMI original ↗

21 Dec 2025

Chat GPT prompts – relied upon as evidence original ↗

7 Dec 2025

Publication of adverse findings against professional witnesses – helpful Court of Appeal clarification original ↗

2 Dec 2025

We’re back! Sort of…original ↗

30 Nov 2025

Lawyer v AI [2025] PT (Fam) – Some thoughts for litigants in person on the risks of using AI in your Family Court case original ↗

17 Nov 2025

What is the difference between a ‘QLR’ and a QLR?original ↗

10 Oct 2025

Joining the dots…original ↗

18 Sept 2025

Colleagues, we have a problem original ↗

8 Sept 2025

Staying Sane in Family Law original ↗

3 Sept 2025

Court Service Cover Up?original ↗

28 Aug 2025

Must D.A.S.H.original ↗

28 Aug 2025

How much expectation can you fit in one suitcase?original ↗

18 Aug 2025

A plea for some self restraint original ↗

21 Jul 2025

Still here…original ↗

15 Jul 2025

The delicate politics of the automated reply original ↗

29 Jun 2025

A confusing post-script original ↗

28 Jun 2025

The small matter of fees original ↗

15 Jun 2025

Remembering Mr Banks original ↗

1 Jun 2025

Mea Culpa – a rather belated clarification original ↗

13 May 2025

A learning experience original ↗

10 May 2025

Can a judge make orders about a child who isn’t a subject of the proceedings?original ↗

19 Apr 2025

Necessity is the mother of intermediaries original ↗

10 Apr 2025

Bristol Cable Podcast original ↗

28 Feb 2025

I may have been gone some time…original ↗

23 Feb 2025

Transparency and the Courts – Event original ↗

4 Feb 2025

‘What went wrong’ – are we asking ourselves the right questions?original ↗

10 Jan 2025

The alienating guidance has landed. Take me to your guidance document original ↗

7 Jan 2025

Life is like a Christmas Fridge…original ↗

1 Jan 2025

2024

What a week original ↗

13 Dec 2024

The Law Show original ↗

13 Nov 2024

Book Review: “Child Care and Protection: Law and Practice”original ↗

29 Oct 2024

New Cafcass Domestic Abuse Policy – lots of starting points, but where will we end up?original ↗

17 Oct 2024

Children Law Conference original ↗

8 Oct 2024

Kirstie gets a telephone call from the social original ↗

25 Aug 2024

X marks the spot?original ↗

11 Aug 2024

Looked After – A Childhood in Care original ↗

27 Jul 2024

The ramblings of an old woman original ↗

11 Jul 2024

Resolution Podcast – Joshua Rozenberg, transparency – what’s not to like?original ↗

29 Jun 2024

Controversial Suspected Inflicted Head Injuries pilot launched: Lawyers raise concern about lack of consultation and potential unfairness original ↗

29 Jun 2024

Pay what you owe or talk to the hand (what’s a Hadkinson order when it’s at home?)original ↗

19 Jun 2024

The presumption of parental involvement ten years on original ↗

8 Jun 2024

The value of nothing – why is the solution always a committee?original ↗

27 May 2024

“Paedophiles to lose parental rights” – but what does that actually mean?original ↗

21 Apr 2024

Please don’t confuse your ‘usual practice’ with my actual reading of the actual rules original ↗

16 Apr 2024

What are we doing with our lives?original ↗

11 Apr 2024

I have run out of vases original ↗

25 Mar 2024

What my out of office really means…original ↗

8 Mar 2024

Two more books, still working on that novel…original ↗

27 Feb 2024

Transparency in the Family Courts – Publicity and Privacy in Practice original ↗

28 Jan 2024

In defence of tit for tat original ↗

27 Jan 2024

2023

The Beacon original ↗

23 Dec 2023

‘Please don’t confuse your ChatGPT search with my law degree’ AKA ‘The A.I. faked my homework, Sir’original ↗

7 Dec 2023

Delay Repay original ↗

12 Nov 2023

Love the one you’re with original ↗

29 Oct 2023

No Frills Justice – Part 2 original ↗

6 Oct 2023

No frills justice original ↗

6 Oct 2023

Parenting App template wording original ↗

22 Sept 2023

A KC and her sunshine band original ↗

15 Aug 2023

Beyond belief original ↗

27 Jun 2023

New Templates original ↗

18 Jun 2023

The princess and the podcast original ↗

9 Jun 2023

Does QLR stand for Quite Literally Ridiculous?original ↗

14 May 2023

The trans debate (no, not that one)original ↗

28 Apr 2023

An appeal in an end-of-life case with broader application original ↗

16 Apr 2023

Free Copies of The Family Court Without a Lawyer 4th Edition original ↗

14 Apr 2023

Two little letters original ↗

2 Apr 2023

There may be trouble ahead…original ↗

15 Mar 2023

“I want” doesn’t get original ↗

10 Mar 2023

What I’ve been up to…original ↗

4 Feb 2023

S91(14) – the sequel original ↗

2 Feb 2023

Aspirations for Legal Blogging in 2023 original ↗

18 Jan 2023

2022

Not even a mouse original ↗

26 Dec 2022

Ready for a reset…original ↗

18 Dec 2022

Sauce for the goose?original ↗

30 Nov 2022

Radio silence original ↗

13 Nov 2022

An Arbitration in a Case Concerning Children original ↗

3 Nov 2022

You draft fool original ↗

30 Oct 2022

Instructions to download a Whatsapp chat thread original ↗

17 Oct 2022

End of days…original ↗

9 Sept 2022

Book Review : Challenging Parental Alienation original ↗

5 Aug 2022

The Family Court without a Lawyer – may the 4th be with you (soon)original ↗

31 Jul 2022

When imperfect is the enemy of the people original ↗

17 Jul 2022

Take your time, we’ve got all decade…original ↗

1 Jul 2022

Logically speaking original ↗

26 Jun 2022

The unintended consequences of law – a postscript original ↗

21 Jun 2022

Very much ancillary original ↗

31 May 2022

Panorama – Protecting Our Children – A Balancing Act original ↗

16 May 2022

Self-reflective learning journal (aka navel gazing)original ↗

8 May 2022