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Prof Jo Delahunty KC

@jdkc.bsky.social
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Family law barrister at 4PB London, Emeritus Professor of Law Gresham College.Views my own(warts & all) RT=worth a read,not necessarily endorsements:I read & learn. Known for being outspoken about things that matter to me & my profession.

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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My job comes with responsibility & duty. One is to speak up & out when I believe justice is at stake in the work I live & breath. ‘We Set The Bar’ is that voice.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On 31.3.26 @brisunipress.bsky.social published ‘We Set The Bar’. My love letter to legal aid & the people who represent its heart and soul. In 3 days it’s moved to no 3 of Amazon’s legal biographies. That’s a testament to how many people feel the way I do about the work we do for the most vulnerable
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Professor Polly Morgan @pollyemorgan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Just got my copy of Domestic Abuse and the Family Justice System by @jdkc.bsky.social, @brummybar.bsky.social, @ianjmcardle.bsky.social, and Chloe Ashley. Fantastically useful and comprehensive. Current on alienation, latest cases, covert recording, injunctions, overlap with crimes etc.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It makes being a published author real when this happens- as seen in Wildy’s Bookshop window opposite the RCJ. What a legal institution What an honour. ‘Domestic Abuse in the Family Justice System ‘ By me @ianmcardle.bsky.social @brummybar.bsky.social @ChloëAshley with @AnitaMehta
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
So this is starting to happen! #WSTB comes out 31.3.26.Thanks to @middletemple.bsky.social for the welcome at the soft launch last night. Watch out for April’s @thebarcouncil.bsky.social Counsel magazine, @thetimes.com @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social @lexisnexis.bsky.social @familylaw.bsky.social
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
It’s #IWD. That requires SOLIDARITY to count Thread1/4Most women who’ve survived at the Bar can name someone who helped them stay. A call returned. A recommendation made. A voice saying, “That wasn’t acceptable. #WomenSupportingWomen #IWDCountdown
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#IWD ? Is a day enough ? CHANGE is needed day by day This week has been about honesty, not indictment. The Bar can be a remarkable profession - which is exactly why it’s worth fighting for. Change won’t come from pretending the past didn’t happen, but from learning from it and acting collectively.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#IWD2026 is nearly on us. And that means we need to talk oPOWER 1/2 Power at the Bar isn’t abstract. It sits with those who allocate work, recommend promotion, and decide who belongs. #PowerAndPrivilege #WeSetTheBar
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
in the build up to #IWD lets talk about SILENCE There are things at the Bar that everyone knows - and few people report. #BreakTheSilence #WomenAtTheBar #WSTB
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In the count down to #IWD- reflect on Woman at the Bar and COST We talk a lot about the cost of legal aid in numbers. We talk far less about the cost to the women who practise it. #LegalAid #WeSetTheBar #IWD2026
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Thread 1/ Anger has a bad reputation at the Bar - especially in women. We’re told to be calm. Measured. Resilient. #WomenInLaw #WeSetTheBar
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thread 1/ For the next 7 days, ahead of International Women’s Day, I want to talk honestly about women at the Bar. Not in slogans. Not in myths. But from the inside. #IWDCountdown #WomenAtTheBar @brisunipress.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social @4pbfamilylaw.bsky.social
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SMcF @painscastle.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
@jdkc.bsky.social - a really helpful analysis from @familoo.pinktape.co.uk about lessons for the court. Thanks, both, though judgment made scary reading.
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The Transparency Project @seethrujustice.transparencyproject.org.uk · 10/02/2026
new Control & the Law podcast with Prof. Rosemary Hunter and @jdkc.bsky.social discussing domestic abuse in family courts open.spotify.com/episode/2Vs0...
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This was a case I very much wanted to see publicly discussed. The young person I acted for had been failed by the family court system at every stage. He suffered avoidable harm as a result & wanted his experiences to be listened to. He worried about other children trapped by systemic flaws.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I have been too engrossed with work(& trying to survive it) in recent months to engage with social media. I’ve also been writing. I wanted to try to make difference by openly offering up my experience in DA work to avoid mistakes of the past being repeated- for that happens too often- hence this.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I am proud to be associated with the activism & research that went into this excoriating report on the culture of tolerance for bullying and sexual harassment some of us have long called out & to I thank the survivors for their courage in coming forward. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'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.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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My sub title for this was ‘ I’m not mad- I’m F* furious ‘. | Professor Jo Delahunty KC
My sub title for this was ‘ I’m not mad- I’m F* furious ‘. The latest data outage has hit legal aid practitioners hard when we are already broken by decades of weakened fees , rejected fees for work ...
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A key read for anyone who questions why Part 25 experts should be cross examined on their report- Re LB Croydon v D (a critical scrutiny of the paediatric overview) [2024] EWFC 438. As as direct consequence of my cross two experts written opinions concluding NAI were reversed & the family reunited..
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Anything put into the public and professional ether by TSB is worth reading in my book- so it looks like this is soon coming to my shelves :)
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This was a front row talk by sisters in silk speaking with passion & conviction about why there are no short cuts to justice for families accused of NAI where expert evidence is pivotal in determining culpability.We change outcomes through xx.That opportunity is what justice requires.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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#advocacy #familylaw | 4PB
We were thrilled to host a full house at our 4PB #Advocacy Masterclass last night! Professor Jo Delahunty KC kicked off the evening with an energetic and…
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Here’s to the magnificent Chris Barnes-named as @thetimes.com “Lawyer of The Week’ for his superb work,initially pro bono,on behalf of @louisetickle.bsky.social @hansummers.bsky.social in the CA Sherif decision. Bravo 🙌
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Advocate @weareadvocate.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
📢 Last chance to apply! 🚨 Advocate are looking for a new Head of Casework who shares our passion for access to justice & pro bono to oversee the internal running of our casework service. Apply by 19th January ➡️ bit.ly/Advoc8Careers Please do share this post with your network.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Professor of IT ⁦‪@GreshamCollege? If you have a passion for education & a commitment to enabling access to it by all without cost or discrimination then please apply or share. Happy NY 2025 everyone. Do what you can to make it better for all not the few www.gresham.ac.uk/about-us/wor...
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IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Fresh FJC guidance on contact breakdown attached. This is the over view and Link to guidance within it by hyper link - www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and.... We have waited a very long time for this and have let down children & families in the meantime. Things must change in the way we approach abuse.
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Family Justice Council has published ‘Guidance on responding to a child’s unexplained reluctance, resistance or refusal to spend time with a parent and allegations of alienating behaviour’ - Courts an...
Find out more about the guidance, which follows one of the largest consultations in the FJC’s history
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is the lymph diagram of our legal systems. Thank you for bringing it to public attention
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Starter packs by @seanjones.org - please share so we can reclaim the tolerant and generous legal community we once had on ‘that’ other place.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 17/11/2024
As a general rule it is sensible to keep at least one eye on what lawyers are up to. The UK Lawyer List is a collection of what UK lawyers are posting in all its weird glory: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Alexander Chandler KC @familybrief.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Starter Pack for anyone wanting to find and follow UK Family Lawyers: go.bsky.app/6UHzrtX
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello lovely move~overs - just to say that the ‘lay to law’ list so helpfully created by @charlierad.bsky.social below is a great start point to recreate a compassionate and intelligent legal community on this forum. Also please see the lists created by the excellent @seanjones.org.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Domestic Abuse and ccb are prevalent & toxic in our society. So when I was asked by Samantha McFadzean, Family Division Judge of the Royal Court of Jersey, & Robert MacRae, HM Deputy Bailiff, to deliver training to the judiciary & court services in Jersey on #DomesticAbuse, I jumped to it.
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
A very timely reminder here about our social media duties
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Alexander Chandler KC @familybrief.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
The Party's Over: the Death of Legal Twitter (a blog) familybrief.org/2024/11/07/t...
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The Party’s Over: The Death of Legal Twitter
Like a lot of lawyers, I left Twitter over the summer. I joined up in March 2009 (fifteen years ago!) and had a lot of fun with it: getting dopamine hits when people liked my generally inconsequent…
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
@zoedels.bsky.social hello daughter :)
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
Hello BS community. It’s Prof Jo Delahunty KC here. I’m migrating from X. How do I hook up with my X legal community ?!
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