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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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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
4/4 Solidarity isn’t a slogan. It’s something you do- day in, day out. Not for a day. So don’t just post about it. Do it. It matters. A lot. #IWD2026 #WeSetTheBar
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I wrote We Set the Bar because I believe this profession can be fairer, healthier and genuinely inclusive - without losing its independence or integrity. Day by day we must keep talking. Keep listening. And act 2 because word are not enough. #IWD2026 #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
Lost income, stalled careers, unpaid caring work, exhaustion treated as personal failure. The Bar still rewards constant availability - a model built around lives many women don’t live. When staying comes at a higher price, equality is only theoretical. #LegalAid #WeSetTheBar #IWD2026
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Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
5/ Anger,when grounded in truth, is not a threat to the profession. It’s a demand that it does better. If this resonates -your anger is valid. Don’t stay silent. Don’t let others smother your voice or your experiences. Own them.Share them. Be made stronger by them. #IWDCountdown #EqualityAtTheBar
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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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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 · 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 · 20/10/2024
A selection …
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