Gillian Douglas🦋
@gilliand.bsky.social
Retired Professor of Family Law. Arsenal supporter. Beagle owner.
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'Promises Unkept: Unpaid Child Maintenance and the Price of Inaction' by Lidia Beqiraj, Dere Street Barristers
https://financialremediesjournal.com/promises-unkept-unpaid-child-maintenance-and-the-price-of-inaction/
https://financialremediesjournal.com/promises-unkept-unpaid-child-maintenance-and-the-price-of-inaction/
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
'Promises Unkept: Unpaid Child Maintenance and the Price of Inaction' by Lidia Beqiraj, Dere Street Barristers
https://financialremediesjournal.com/promises-unkept-unpaid-child-maintenance-and-the-price-of-inaction/
https://financialremediesjournal.com/promises-unkept-unpaid-child-maintenance-and-the-price-of-inaction/
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Now available to read in the Proceedings of the British Academy, Consenting Children: Autonomy, Responsibility, Well-Being, brings together leading scholars to grapple with children’s consent in healthcare, education, work, and criminal justice.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Now available to read in the Proceedings of the British Academy, Consenting Children: Autonomy, Responsibility, Well-Being, brings together leading scholars to grapple with children’s consent in healthcare, education, work, and criminal justice.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
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It sets out a blueprint for improving decision-making in Magistrates’ Courts to:
📉 Reverse this over-use of pre-trial detention
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Increase the diversity of the magistracy, &
⚖️ Improve fairness overall.
Read more: bit.ly/4nscTjX (3/3)
📉 Reverse this over-use of pre-trial detention
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Increase the diversity of the magistracy, &
⚖️ Improve fairness overall.
Read more: bit.ly/4nscTjX (3/3)
Justice unveils blueprint to cut remand population
Legal thinktank says too many people are being unnecessarily jailed before their trial.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It sets out a blueprint for improving decision-making in Magistrates’ Courts to:
📉 Reverse this over-use of pre-trial detention
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Increase the diversity of the magistracy, &
⚖️ Improve fairness overall.
Read more: bit.ly/4nscTjX (3/3)
📉 Reverse this over-use of pre-trial detention
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Increase the diversity of the magistracy, &
⚖️ Improve fairness overall.
Read more: bit.ly/4nscTjX (3/3)
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JUSTICE previously found evidence showing people are being imprisoned awaiting trial without proper legal reasons given for holding them.
Our new report outlines urgent reforms to address these problems. (2/3)
Our new report outlines urgent reforms to address these problems. (2/3)
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
JUSTICE previously found evidence showing people are being imprisoned awaiting trial without proper legal reasons given for holding them.
Our new report outlines urgent reforms to address these problems. (2/3)
Our new report outlines urgent reforms to address these problems. (2/3)
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📢 New report: Over 1 in 10 prison places are taken by people awaiting trial – a record high.
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📢 New report: Over 1 in 10 prison places are taken by people awaiting trial – a record high.
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Cancelled due to "security concerns" again — this time football fans. The threat of violence is real. The solution surely cannot be to rid the public square of Jews.
How to cancel Jews (and get away with it)
A 21st century guide to the oldest hatred
www.linestotake.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Cancelled due to "security concerns" again — this time football fans. The threat of violence is real. The solution surely cannot be to rid the public square of Jews.
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Are you an established or senior researcher in the humanities and social sciences? Our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships allow successful award-holders to concentrate on bringing a major piece of research to completion. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Are you an established or senior researcher in the humanities and social sciences? Our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships allow successful award-holders to concentrate on bringing a major piece of research to completion. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
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There are only three weeks left to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The scheme provides postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars with funding for research projects on any topic or issue across the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA
October 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There are only three weeks left to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The scheme provides postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars with funding for research projects on any topic or issue across the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA
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The next three episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are out!
From navigating the ECR landscape to building your academic community, tune in as fellow researchers share their academia survival tips.
All episodes are now available across podcasting platforms. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
From navigating the ECR landscape to building your academic community, tune in as fellow researchers share their academia survival tips.
All episodes are now available across podcasting platforms. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The next three episodes of Confessions of an Early Career Researcher are out!
From navigating the ECR landscape to building your academic community, tune in as fellow researchers share their academia survival tips.
All episodes are now available across podcasting platforms. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
From navigating the ECR landscape to building your academic community, tune in as fellow researchers share their academia survival tips.
All episodes are now available across podcasting platforms. https://bit.ly/47PXZQH
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We've noticed some new followers so wanted to share some information about how we work at Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Read more here: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/about
Read more here: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/about
October 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We've noticed some new followers so wanted to share some information about how we work at Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Read more here: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/about
Read more here: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/about
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(3/3) If you feel that you've lost track of Collardeau-Fuchs and want to refresh your memory, then we have a dedicated collection page financialremediesjournal.com/collardeau-f...
Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs Collection
A collection of all of our summaries, blogs, and articles about this case.
financialremediesjournal.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
(3/3) If you feel that you've lost track of Collardeau-Fuchs and want to refresh your memory, then we have a dedicated collection page financialremediesjournal.com/collardeau-f...
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Finality and Funding: The Implications of a Clean Break following CC v UU by Henry Hood & Anna Roiser
The judgment of Peel J in CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214 provides a further glimpse of the LSPO regime....
financialremediesjournal.com/finality-and...
The judgment of Peel J in CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214 provides a further glimpse of the LSPO regime....
financialremediesjournal.com/finality-and...
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Finality and Funding: The Implications of a Clean Break following CC v UU by Henry Hood & Anna Roiser
The judgment of Peel J in CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214 provides a further glimpse of the LSPO regime....
financialremediesjournal.com/finality-and...
The judgment of Peel J in CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214 provides a further glimpse of the LSPO regime....
financialremediesjournal.com/finality-and...
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My son recently found a swastika drawn on the pavement at the end of our street trib.al/iSmg6Uu
My son recently found a swastika drawn on the pavement at...
The Manchester attack didn't come as a shock. The only surprise is it hasn’t happened sooner
trib.al
October 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My son recently found a swastika drawn on the pavement at the end of our street trib.al/iSmg6Uu
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We’ve opened a call for our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships which enable established scholars to have the time to complete a significant piece of humanities or social sciences piece of research, through a one year period of leave
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships
The British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships are intended to enable established scholars, needing relief from teaching and administration, to have the time to bring to completion a signi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We’ve opened a call for our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships which enable established scholars to have the time to complete a significant piece of humanities or social sciences piece of research, through a one year period of leave
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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We invite applications for British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships 2025. The scheme supports established and senior researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to complete research through a sustained period of leave for one year. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We invite applications for British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships 2025. The scheme supports established and senior researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to complete research through a sustained period of leave for one year. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
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Confessions of an Early Career Researcher. We've released a new 'warts and all' podcast, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk which might be of interest to anyone thinking of starting a career in research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher: A new podcast by the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust
A new podcast for early-career researchers has been launched by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher. We've released a new 'warts and all' podcast, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk which might be of interest to anyone thinking of starting a career in research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...
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Around 80% of children's homes are run by for-profit companies, but there is uncertainty if the Human Rights Act always applies to them. This week Peers debated this and we provided a detailed briefing. [1/3]
September 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Around 80% of children's homes are run by for-profit companies, but there is uncertainty if the Human Rights Act always applies to them. This week Peers debated this and we provided a detailed briefing. [1/3]
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📢 Today the Academy launches a major new report urging action to tackle a growing crisis in our universities. Cuts to courses mean more regions than ever are ‘cold spots’ for access to many SHAPE subjects - with even more at risk. 🧵
📍Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
📍Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education
This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📢 Today the Academy launches a major new report urging action to tackle a growing crisis in our universities. Cuts to courses mean more regions than ever are ‘cold spots’ for access to many SHAPE subjects - with even more at risk. 🧵
📍Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
📍Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
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Cracking shortlist for our @britishacademy.bsky.social Book Prize 2025 including @profsophieharman.bsky.social, Bronwen Everill, @willdalrymple.bsky.social, Sunil Amrith, Graeme Lawson and @lucyaash.bsky.social
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/power-p...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/power-p...
Power, Politics and the Environment: British Academy Book Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Six books offering new perspectives on issues of global importance, united by rigorous research and a remarkable ability to tell powerful stories in an engaging and compelling way.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Cracking shortlist for our @britishacademy.bsky.social Book Prize 2025 including @profsophieharman.bsky.social, Bronwen Everill, @willdalrymple.bsky.social, Sunil Amrith, Graeme Lawson and @lucyaash.bsky.social
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/power-p...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/power-p...
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As a previous recipient of a BA small grant, I'd encourage eligible people to apply. It's possible to get a lot of research value in <£10K. (In my case experimentation with different digital skills pedagogy through hosting a number of open workshops, which influenced a bunch of publications.)
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
September 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
As a previous recipient of a BA small grant, I'd encourage eligible people to apply. It's possible to get a lot of research value in <£10K. (In my case experimentation with different digital skills pedagogy through hosting a number of open workshops, which influenced a bunch of publications.)
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The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open for applications. This opportunity allows postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for funding to support their research projects. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA
September 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open for applications. This opportunity allows postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for funding to support their research projects. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA
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Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme are still open to early-career researchers. Award holders will have the opportunity to complete a significant research project and gain valuable experience in a university setting. Apply now: buff.ly/McS8lRk
August 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme are still open to early-career researchers. Award holders will have the opportunity to complete a significant research project and gain valuable experience in a university setting. Apply now: buff.ly/McS8lRk
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Calling all barristers and solicitor-advocates. If you are able to help with my PhD research on the jury, please do get in contact with me. Thank you in advance!
August 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Calling all barristers and solicitor-advocates. If you are able to help with my PhD research on the jury, please do get in contact with me. Thank you in advance!