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.

  1. 01/05/2023

    Series 3, Episode 7

    Re C (Parental Alienation: Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 Re C (Surrogacy: Consent) [2023] EWCA Civ 16 Recommendations: Pupillage podcast - https://www.middletemple.org.uk/members/inn-initiatives/event-recordings/pupillage-podcast Tortoise Media Slow Newscast – Snatched https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/snatched/ Family Law and Lattes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/family-law-lattes/id1560538606 Post Mortem by Gary Bell KC https://www.amazon.co.uk/Post-Mortem-Elliot-Rook-Book/dp/1526612399    @Amyfamilylaw  @sglaisteryoung

    56 min

  2. 30/01/2023

    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.

    51 min

  3. 26/01/2023

    Series 3, Episode 5: another BUMPER case law episode

    Cases Re S (Children: Party Status) [2022] EWCA Civ 1717 Q v R [2022] EWHC 2961 Re AZ (A Child) (Recusal) [2022] EWCA Civ 911 The Mother v The Father [2022] EWHC 3107 Gallagher 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/10.1080/09649069.2022.2136706 Nuffield 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-wales A 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.

    1h 10m

  4. 25/11/2022

    Series 3, Episode 4: don’t forget about ground rules, a judge criticises the “system” and a wild podcast about a wilder case

    TWs: sexual abuse, child abuse, discussion of ableism Cases: CM v IP [2022] EWHC 2755 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2755.html A Practical Guide to PD12J by Malvika Jaganmohan and Rebecca Cross http://www.lawbriefpublishing.com/product/practicedirection12janddomesticabuse/  Re C [2022] EWFC 138 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/138.html  Summary of Cleveland Report https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1834212/pdf/bmj00295-0046.pdf As v TH (False Allegations of Abuse) (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 532 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2016/532.html  Recommendations: Hoaxed podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/5HSL3m0OTO8vnHRMyzvAvP?si=879e7341288e4635  Re P and Q (Children: Care Proceedings: Fact Finding) [2015] EWFC 26 (Fam)  Extraordinary Attorney Woo https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81518991  Ben Roberts-Smith v the media https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/oct/29/ben-roberts-smith-v-the-media-part-one-reputation-podcast  Tweets: https://twitter.com/PaisleyLaura/status/1585012728548454402  https://twitter.com/familybrief/status/1593695070439747584

    1h 2m

  5. 22/10/2022

    Series 3, Episode 3: a dodgy LIFT assessment, a recent FGMPO case, can surrogacy be ethical and institutional racism in the judiciary

    Case law: LB OF Z v M v F v X [2022] EWFC 117 Nottingham County Council v OA v anor [2022] EWFC 102 Recommendations: BBC Analysis - Is ethical surrogacy possible? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cxjf A (short) View from the Presidents Chambers – July 2022 https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/a-short-view-from-the-presidents-chambers-july-2022/  https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/18/judiciary-in-england-and-wales-institutionally-racist-says-report Racial bias and the bench https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=64125  Senior high court judge to address issues in ‘parental alienation’ cases https://amp.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/10/senior-high-court-judge-to-address-issues-in-parental-alienation-cases

    43 min

  6. 10/10/2022

    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.

    48 min

  7. 25/09/2022

    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/

    47 min

  8. 30/05/2022

    Series 2, Episode 9: self-incrimination in the family courts, intimate images and congrats to new pupils!

    Bailii Re P (Disclosure) P (Children : Disclosure) [2022] EWCA Civ 495 (12 April 2022)   Re M (Intimate Images) M (A Child : Private Law Children Proceedings: Case Management: Intimate Images) [2022] EWHC 986 (Fam) (29 April 2022)   Recommendations Spider Woman: A Life by Lady Hale https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/biography/spider-woman-a-life-by-the-former,lady-hale-9781847926593?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7Oe8t92E-AIViLbtCh1C9gfPEAAYAiAAEgISefD_BwE   Lily Singh, “Seat at the table isn’t the solution for gender equity” https://youtu.be/9EBkS2kE7uk   Heard v Depp trial (ongoing) https://youtu.be/OuZDNakM7QU   Panorama, Protecting Our Children: A Balancing Act BBC One - Panorama, Protecting Our Children: A Balancing Act   Tweets https://twitter.com/evesrobinson/status/1518840102310629378?s=21&t=_TRWs-Ilb6UWUfnvISs-xg   And finally, congratulations to all future and wannabe pupils from both of us! 🎉

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

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  • Creator
    Malvika Jaganmohan, Madeleine Whelan
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Clean
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