Zoë Saunders
@zasaunders.bsky.social
Barrister, Mediator & Arbitrator specialising in family law, co-ownership & inheritance disputes. Bencher of Gray’s Inn. Fan of Louboutin heels. RT not necessarily endorsement
Some really interesting statistics from the excellent @classlegal.bsky.social financial remedy conference 2025.
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Some really interesting statistics from the excellent @classlegal.bsky.social financial remedy conference 2025.
I’m so proud of the bravery of my colleague @everobinson.bsky.social and the others who have spoken out about harassment at the bar - I really hope we will finally take steps to make this kind of behaviour end for good
🧵I had no control over what happened to me but what I do have control over is what I do with it. If by speaking out I can create some good out of what was an awful situation for so many reasons, then that is what I am going to do…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'He put his hand down my tights': Sex harassment widespread among barristers, review finds
Widespread problems with sexual harassment and bullying within the Bar are detailed in a report.
www.bbc.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m so proud of the bravery of my colleague @everobinson.bsky.social and the others who have spoken out about harassment at the bar - I really hope we will finally take steps to make this kind of behaviour end for good
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🙏 Thank you to all our listeners for tuning into the Family Law Podcast Channel. lnkd.in/eDM_xfDE
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If there are specific topics you’d like us to cover, please get in touch — we’d love to hear your ideas!
Listen here. lnkd.in/eDM_xfDE
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August 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🙏 Thank you to all our listeners for tuning into the Family Law Podcast Channel. lnkd.in/eDM_xfDE
If there are specific topics you’d like us to cover, please get in touch — we’d love to hear your ideas!
Listen here. lnkd.in/eDM_xfDE
#sjcfamilylaw #familylaw
If there are specific topics you’d like us to cover, please get in touch — we’d love to hear your ideas!
Listen here. lnkd.in/eDM_xfDE
#sjcfamilylaw #familylaw
😱https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye2q00k51o
August 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
😱https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye2q00k51o
Ah the blissful feeling of weightlessness between submissions and judgment when it feels like everything is possible
July 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ah the blissful feeling of weightlessness between submissions and judgment when it feels like everything is possible
What a surprise - nasty abusive people are nasty & abusive in relationships too www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What a surprise - nasty abusive people are nasty & abusive in relationships too www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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With this sort of lavish expenditure on furniture it’s no wonder the justice system is going bust. (Con room at Plymouth Combined Court Centre.)
July 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
With this sort of lavish expenditure on furniture it’s no wonder the justice system is going bust. (Con room at Plymouth Combined Court Centre.)
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A remarkable judgment, in which the Lady Chief Justice finds that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts. I'm surprised this hasn't had more media attention - it seems quite serious to me.
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
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www.judiciary.uk
July 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A remarkable judgment, in which the Lady Chief Justice finds that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts. I'm surprised this hasn't had more media attention - it seems quite serious to me.
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
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In response to some recent idiocy:
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
A quick one today, addressing a misnomer which began life as a conspiracy theory on Twitter, and this week found itself put forward as a news item by Kevin O’Sullivan and Isabel Oakeshott on “TalkT…
thesecretbarrister.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In response to some recent idiocy:
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
Blissful week off riding the Camino de Santiago just before Easter - lovely to be there for Holy week & see the processions, feels like I have already been back at work for weeks though!
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Blissful week off riding the Camino de Santiago just before Easter - lovely to be there for Holy week & see the processions, feels like I have already been back at work for weeks though!
The comments to this are also hilarious 👇
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
April 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The comments to this are also hilarious 👇
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It is a sad sign of the current situation in the USA that standing up for the rule of law is considered ‘going scorched earth’ - lawyers should not have to choose between remaining employed and respecting the rule of law :/
Brenna Trout Frey attorney resigns from her law firm: Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, in protest at its craven capitulation to Trump after it agreed to provide $100k free services to groups named by Trump because they had previously sued his administration
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Lawyer goes scorched earth on former employer in viral LinkedIn post
‘As an attorney, if my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them,’ former Skadden attorney Brenna Trout Frey declared Saturday
www.independent.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
It is a sad sign of the current situation in the USA that standing up for the rule of law is considered ‘going scorched earth’ - lawyers should not have to choose between remaining employed and respecting the rule of law :/
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Turns out the government’s strategy of ignoring expert advice and continuing the woeful underfunding of criminal justice is working just as well for them as it did the previous lot.
NEW Latest figures show backlogs increasing in both Magistrates & Crown Courts in England/Wales.
Figures for Dec 2024:
Magistrates: 309,838 - up 14% in 12 months & around 80,000 more than before Covid.
Crown: 74,651 - 11% up in 12 months. The backlog has doubled in 5 years...
Figures for Dec 2024:
Magistrates: 309,838 - up 14% in 12 months & around 80,000 more than before Covid.
Crown: 74,651 - 11% up in 12 months. The backlog has doubled in 5 years...
March 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Turns out the government’s strategy of ignoring expert advice and continuing the woeful underfunding of criminal justice is working just as well for them as it did the previous lot.
A peaceful walk up the mountain after a really brilliant time at the International Family Law Conference
March 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A peaceful walk up the mountain after a really brilliant time at the International Family Law Conference
Chamonix is gorgeous - amazing setting for a really interesting International Family Law Conference put on by Expatriate Law
March 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Chamonix is gorgeous - amazing setting for a really interesting International Family Law Conference put on by Expatriate Law
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We’re delighted to announce that the fourth edition of the Dictionary of Private Children Law co-written by @zasaunders.bsky.social has been published by Class Legal this month. This book is a unique reference guide to the key concepts, cases and practice of private children law.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We’re delighted to announce that the fourth edition of the Dictionary of Private Children Law co-written by @zasaunders.bsky.social has been published by Class Legal this month. This book is a unique reference guide to the key concepts, cases and practice of private children law.
lnkd.in/ee9UC-HC
lnkd.in/ee9UC-HC
Looking forward to heading to Chamonix next week for the Expatriate Law International Family Law Conference - who’s coming? ❄️
March 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Looking forward to heading to Chamonix next week for the Expatriate Law International Family Law Conference - who’s coming? ❄️
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Back in 2016, I wrote this post about the legal lunacy of the “Send Them All Back Bill” proposed by some fringe backbench nutters.
Yesterday this was confirmed as official Opposition policy. thesecretbarrister.com/2016/03/11/h...
Yesterday this was confirmed as official Opposition policy. thesecretbarrister.com/2016/03/11/h...
Has Philip Davies MP just proposed the stupidest law of all time?
I’ve heard some stupid ideas in my time. The proposed “sentence escalator” is a classic, providing that “any person convicted of the same criminal offence on more than one o…
thesecretbarrister.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Back in 2016, I wrote this post about the legal lunacy of the “Send Them All Back Bill” proposed by some fringe backbench nutters.
Yesterday this was confirmed as official Opposition policy. thesecretbarrister.com/2016/03/11/h...
Yesterday this was confirmed as official Opposition policy. thesecretbarrister.com/2016/03/11/h...
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This Thursday is our third instalment in our Family Finance Debate Series.
📕 Debate 3: Are financial remedy proceedings misogynistic? Who really comes off worse?
Nick Miller v Zoë Saunders. Chaired by Richard Norman.
Book tickets here: lnkd.in/eFQW3iJs
#sjcfamilylaw #financialremedies #familylaw
📕 Debate 3: Are financial remedy proceedings misogynistic? Who really comes off worse?
Nick Miller v Zoë Saunders. Chaired by Richard Norman.
Book tickets here: lnkd.in/eFQW3iJs
#sjcfamilylaw #financialremedies #familylaw
March 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This Thursday is our third instalment in our Family Finance Debate Series.
📕 Debate 3: Are financial remedy proceedings misogynistic? Who really comes off worse?
Nick Miller v Zoë Saunders. Chaired by Richard Norman.
Book tickets here: lnkd.in/eFQW3iJs
#sjcfamilylaw #financialremedies #familylaw
📕 Debate 3: Are financial remedy proceedings misogynistic? Who really comes off worse?
Nick Miller v Zoë Saunders. Chaired by Richard Norman.
Book tickets here: lnkd.in/eFQW3iJs
#sjcfamilylaw #financialremedies #familylaw
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Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
March 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
Sterling advice
To mark International Women's Day tomorrow, Chair Barbara Mills KC and other women leaders in law share their advice for the next generation of lawyers in @legalcheek.bsky.social
Barbara Mills KC shares the 3 things that have made a real difference to her over the years⬇️
Read more bit.ly/4hkpoel
Barbara Mills KC shares the 3 things that have made a real difference to her over the years⬇️
Read more bit.ly/4hkpoel
March 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sterling advice
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@zasaunders.bsky.social is heading off to Malta to speak at the International Family Law Symposium as part of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Conference 2025 on Saturday, 5th April.
Zoë will be speaking on asset recovery, enforcement and sanctions.
Read: lnkd.in/efYe9GHF
Zoë will be speaking on asset recovery, enforcement and sanctions.
Read: lnkd.in/efYe9GHF
March 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
@zasaunders.bsky.social is heading off to Malta to speak at the International Family Law Symposium as part of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Conference 2025 on Saturday, 5th April.
Zoë will be speaking on asset recovery, enforcement and sanctions.
Read: lnkd.in/efYe9GHF
Zoë will be speaking on asset recovery, enforcement and sanctions.
Read: lnkd.in/efYe9GHF
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Sign by the sink in men’s washroom, NY Supreme Court.
February 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sign by the sink in men’s washroom, NY Supreme Court.