Professionally Embarrassing

Malvika Jaganmohan, Madeleine Whelan

Family barristers Malvika Jaganmohan and Maddie Whelan have a fortnightly chit-chat about recent case law, book and podcast recommendations, and general legal fluff. read less
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Episodes

Series 3, Episode 6: with SPECIAL GUEST Lucy Reed soon-to-be KC, Chair of the Transparency Project
Jan 30 2023
Series 3, Episode 6: with SPECIAL GUEST Lucy Reed soon-to-be KC, Chair of the Transparency Project
Pink Tape: a blog from the Family Bar http://www.pinktape.co.uk/ The Family Court without a Lawyer by Lucy Reed http://www.nofamilylawyer.co.uk/ The Transparency Project https://transparencyproject.org.uk/ Confidence and Confidentiality: Transparency in the Family Court https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/transparency-in-the-family-courts-report-3/ Transparency Implementation Group https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/our-justice-system/jurisdictions/family-jurisdiction/transparency-implementation-group/ Re BR and others (Transparency Order: Finding of Fact Hearing) https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Re-BR-Transparency-Order.-Finding-of-Fact-Hearing-Approved-for-Publication.pdf If you want to join the Legal Bloggers Training on Thursday, 2nd February 2023, email trustees@transparencyproject.org.uk Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama https://www.channel4.com/programmes/vardy-v-rooney-a-courtroom-drama Medical Experts in the Family Court: Where Two Worlds Collide, with Prof. Jo Delahunty KC and Prof. Owen Arthurs, Gresham College https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/medical-family How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-kill-your-family/bella-mackie/9780008365943 Tweet of the week @ChrisJWarner https://twitter.com/ChrisJ_Warner/status/1618210825071693826?s=20&t=IMPzWGDVruFLftvB5-jrgw @sglaisteryoung https://twitter.com/sglaisteryoung/status/1618176855907131392?s=20&t=IMPzWGDVruFLftvB5-jrgw @OliverConway https://twitter.com/OliverConway/status/1611111018825916418?s=20&t=nZgn-DLOSLegq4ZZqITsVQ You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2 While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.
Series 3, Episode 5: another BUMPER case law episode
Jan 26 2023
Series 3, Episode 5: another BUMPER case law episode
Cases Re S (Children: Party Status) [2022] EWCA Civ 1717Q v R [2022] EWHC 2961Re AZ (A Child) (Recusal) [2022] EWCA Civ 911The Mother v The Father [2022] EWHC 3107Gallagher v Gallagher (No 1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52 Reading recommendations ‘Another Financial Remedy case where anonymity was refused’ by Lucy Reed https://transparencyproject.org.uk/another-financial-remedy-case-where-anonymity-was-refused/‘Through a glass, darkly: Gallagher and transparency in the financial remedies court’ by Polly Morgan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09649069.2022.2136706Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, ‘Mothers in recurrent care proceedings: New evidence for England and Wales’ https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/mothers-in-recurrent-care-proceedings-new-evidence-for-england-and-walesA View from The President’s Chambers: November 2022 https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/a-view-from-the-presidents-chambers-november-2022 Tweet of the week @jsnbarn  https://twitter.com/jsnbarn/status/1613536593645809664?s=20&t=J9YHXKaEyGGu8AFV_O-q5g Statement from New Park Court Chambers https://www.newparkcourt.co.uk/2022/12/19/james-gelsthorpe/ @tomgeorgefilm https://twitter.com/tomgeorgefilm/status/1605647869683200000?s=20&t=J9YHXKaEyGGu8AFV_O-q5g You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2 While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.
Series 3, Episode 2: habitual residence, expert controversy and your next podcast obsession
Oct 10 2022
Series 3, Episode 2: habitual residence, expert controversy and your next podcast obsession
Vote for us in the Family Law Awards for ‘Commentator of the Year’! Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the link to vote: https://www.familylawawards.com/ehome/familylawawards2022/finalists/ Don’t forget to provide your name and other details after voting so your vote can be verified! Case law S v A (Rev1) [2022] EWHC 2300 (Fam) (07 September 2022) F v M (3): [2022] EWFC 89  Reading/podcast/blog recommendations NAGALRO evidence to House of Lords Select Committee on repeal of s.1(5) Adoption and Children Act 2002 - https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/107853/html/  Can I tell you a secret? Guardian podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/id1643870040  Prima Facie - https://primafacie.ntlive.com  Nuffield Family Justice Observatory: In Conversation with Dr Kate Hellin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Vjdojdfmc  National Justice Museum – We Wish You a Merry Murder https://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/museum/events/we-wish-you-a-merry-murder  Tweet of the week Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC https://twitter.com/caoilfhionnanna/status/1576828311405154304  With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music  https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/ You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie__Whelan2 While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.
Series 3, Episode 1: a BUMPER case law update, what we’re bingeing on Netflix and exciting awards news!
Sep 25 2022
Series 3, Episode 1: a BUMPER case law update, what we’re bingeing on Netflix and exciting awards news!
Vote for us in the Family Law Awards for ‘Commentator of the Year’! Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the link to vote: https://www.familylawawards.com/ehome/familylawawards2022/finalists/ Don’t forget to provide your name and other details after voting so your vote can be verified! Case law A (A Child) (Withdrawal of Treatment: Legal Representation) [2022] EWCA Civ 1221 Re W-A (Children: Foreign Conviction) [2022] EWCA Civ 1118 X v Y [2022] EWFC 77 Re S (Vulnerable Party: Fairness of Proceedings) [2022] EWCA Civ 8 Hertfordshire CC v M & Ors [2022] EWFC 99 Barts Health NHS Trust v Dance & Ors (Re Archie Battersbee) [2022] EWFC 80 Warwickshire CC v X and Z [2022] EWHC 2146 Re G (Child Post-Mortem Report: Delays) [2022] EWFC 55 Reading/podcast/blog recommendations Meet, Marry, Murder on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81497588 Dated and Related on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81347577 Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20342617-just-mercy Our Father on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81227735 Delhi Crime on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81076756 Malvika Jaganmohan on The Transparency Project https://transparencyproject.org.uk/author/malvika-j/ Tweet of the week Post by Marisa Allman on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marisa-allman-63402b21_for-those-who-are-about-to-start-pupillage-activity-6976547202957516801-68wv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Tweet by @legalstyleblog  https://twitter.com/legalstyleblog/status/1569250686860234752?s=20&t=s6R7XGuNAFZY6yU0fYGAzA Tweet by @JoDQC https://twitter.com/JoDQC/status/1569684248654643200?s=20&t=s6R7XGuNAFZY6yU0fYGAzA With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music  https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/
Series 2, Episode 4 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL with Hannah Markham QC
Dec 14 2021
Series 2, Episode 4 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL with Hannah Markham QC
Reading/podcast/blog recommendations A Practical Guide to Practice Direction 12J and Domestic Abuse in Private Law Children Proceedings by Malvika Jaganmohan and Rebecca Cross (discount code: GKD3ZST
for 10% off!)
http://www.lawbriefpublishing.com/product/practicedirection12janddomesticabuse/ Playing Nice by JP Delaney https://www.waterstones.com/book/playing-nice/j-p-delaney/9781529400861 Legal Eagles https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091396/ The Intended Parents podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/1V0VK5zvhyLUjA5emgRDPk?si=ZoWc7zYFTWKZgLt8t5jD0A The Bar Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directory https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/uploads/assets/c58eed26-7a0c-410c-bfbc24ffc952fcaf/The-Bar-Equality-Diversity-and-Inclusion-Directory-2022.pdf Race at the Bar: A Snapshot Report https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/uploads/assets/d821c952-ec38-41b2-a41ebeea362b28e5/Race-at-the-Bar-Report-2021.pdf Tweet of the week Tweet by @DavidMuttering https://twitter.com/DavidMuttering/status/1467889306064896008?s=20 Tweet by @Juliejw52
https://twitter.com/Juliejw52/status/1468130821710270469?s=20 Tweet by @EllenCrowLA
https://twitter.com/EllenCrowLA/status/1469257471717953539?s=20 Tweet by @FamilyLawBar
https://twitter.com/FamilyLawBar/status/1468543113350291466?s=20 With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music 
https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/ You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2 While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.
Series 1, Episode 7: can Covid-19 invalidate a financial agreement, a sad case about a mother's factitious disorder and can social workers be activists?
Jun 14 2021
Series 1, Episode 7: can Covid-19 invalidate a financial agreement, a sad case about a mother's factitious disorder and can social workers be activists?
Bailii cases HW & WW (Covid 19 pandemic: set aside a financial remedy consent order?) [2021] EWFC B20 X (Factitious Disorder) [2021] EWFC 46 Book/podcast/talk recommendations Can social workers be activists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugci83jWkyg ‘An onlooker at someone else’s social event’: a mother’s experience of the court https://openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2021/06/07/an-onlooker-at-someone-elses-social-event-a-mothers-experience-of-the-court/ Let’s talk about: menopause at the Bar https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/let%27s-talk-about-menopause-at-the-bar Tweet by Sarah Langford https://twitter.com/wigsandwords/status/1401828807288537089?s=20 Counsel magazine feature https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/professionally-embarrassing How to get a Bar pupillage? Persistence and a bit of luck https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-get-a-bar-pupillage-persistence-and-a-bit-of-luck-flq7rnvbt Tweet of the week https://twitter.com/Mr_Considerate/status/1402245120070664193?s=20 https://twitter.com/_JasvirSingh/status/1400042678977499140?s=20 With thanks to Kimberley Kenyon (@youcanbelostdesigns on Instagram) for the podcast artwork and to Benjamin Gladman for the podcast music https://benjamingladman.bandcamp.com/ You can follow Malvika and Maddie on Twitter @MalvikaJaganmo1 and @Maddie_Whelan2 While every effort is made to ensure that the contents of each episode is accurate, none of the contents of any episode of Professionally Embarrassing are intended to be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is accepted for any error or omission within any episode.