May 2009 Archives

MANY THANKS to all those who gave encouraging feedback from last week's inaugural blog.

And to those kind souls who pointed out that, despite the fêted media access rules, I was still spotted around Vernon Street without lipstick. Or matching shoes.

Thank you, very helpful comments indeed.

LAST WEEK I went to a breakfast event in support of European SME (Small and Medium Size Enterprise) week, hosted by The Federation of Small Businesses and Liverpool John Moores University.

As part of the event, Liverpool City Council's executive member for enterprise and tourism, Gary Millar signed the FSB's "Small Business Engagement Accord", a voluntary code of practice designed to improve the level of participation between local businesses and the council.

I THOUGHT I'd kick off my LDPLegal blog with the 'exciting' news that the media are now allowed in the family courts... or so it was reported in the national press this week.

As a family barrister the new reforms regarding media access are of special interest to me and my kind and, given the fanfare surrounding the introduction of the new rules on April 27, I fully expected to turn up to Court this week being chased by the paparrazzi, and with cases being delayed whilst the queue to the ladies (for a quick re-application of lippy) stretched around the block.

I shouldn't have been worried.