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Oliver Conway

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Solicitor specialising in complex family matters. @lawyerswhocare_ Champion. Finalist in the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 21&24. Dyspraxia 🤓/ Cat dad 🐈

London, England

Joined May 2021

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@OliverConway

Oliver Conway

9 months

I am humbled to receive this recognition from @ICARSBanRandS No child or indeed anyone should be subjected to cruel or degrading treatment. Not in school, not in hospital and not in ‘care’.

@ICARSBanRandS

ICARS (Int. Coal. Against Restraint and Seclusion)

9 months

This year, we are proud to acknowledge Mr. Oliver Conway ( @OliverConway ) as ICARS' inaugural Person of the Year. Throughout 2023, we have had the honor of collaborating with a multitude of distinguished international professionals from various sectors. In this context, it is our

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Oliver Conway

2 years

Makes me sick, the amount of court time these show trials are taking up, while my clients get an hour of court time to decide whether the state removes their children or not. 🤨

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Oliver Conway

2 months

I have spent my entire professional career trying to protect women and children from the type of men that have been rioting in the streets this week.

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Oliver Conway

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This approach does not work. DfE are just continuing an inherited regime. All children have a right to education, parents do not have a responsibility to place their child in an environment of mental or physical harm for the sake of statisticians and a system on its knees.

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Bridget Phillipson

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I make no apologies for saying the best place for children is in school. The Tories tinkered around the edges of a generational challenge. Labour are gripping it. This week must be back-to-school week, not just for some children, but for all children.

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Oliver Conway

2 years

As a family lawyer you get to hear a lot of brilliant children’s names. Often in the most difficult and complex situations. Here is a thread of children’s names from some of my current clients ! 🧵 1/4

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Oliver Conway

1 year

The solicitor and client relationship.

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2 years

A year ago my client was facing their child being removed at birth. Today, months after proceedings concluded, I received a photo of them together on their first family holiday. With the right support all parents can parent.

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Oliver Conway

2 months

Shame there was no mention of legal aid lawyers @guardian - we are on a fraction of such salary I suppose, so it’s not much of a headline.😅 No increase in fees and thus wages, after 30 years - same hours, in worse conditions, all for the benefit of vulnerable people.

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The Guardian

2 months

Starting salaries are £180,000 – but do young lawyers believe the hours, stress and burnout are worth it?

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Oliver Conway

6 months

@colinrtalbot @Defencebrief The empty bookshelves behind him are a perfect visual metaphor for this appointment.

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3 years

@NiamhMaryCurran @AnyaMartin8 Estate agent: charming corner view of tropical birds

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Oliver Conway

2 months

If I had a kid, and they came home from school and told me this happened, whether they got an ice cream or not, I would take my kid out of that school.

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Oliver Conway

1 year

As I’m a family lawyer these are actually 100% allowed at court.

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Oliver Conway

2 months

It is very likely that the data they will compile on your kids attendance will be kept on record for years after they turn 18. Kids don’t need a truancy database, spend all that money on making schools inclusive and safe spaces for them to want to attend.

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Neil Henderson

2 months

SUNDAY TIMES: Truant register to save Covid lost generation #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Oliver Conway

2 months

🚨 I AM HIRING 🚨 I am seeking a paralegal to work with me in London. An ideal role for anyone seeking to one day be president of the family division. 😎 No experience necessary but attitude is everything. Send CV + Cover Letter to oliver @oliverfisher .co.uk

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Oliver Conway

2 months

Let’s put 84 extremely damaged and likely abused children into a nearly 200 year old prison where they will be locked up for months/years in appalling conditions. It is not rocket science why this system is not working.😫

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Article 39

2 months

Feltham child prison now described as "most violent prison in the country". Of 84 children imprisoned there at time of inspection, 51 had been in care. 22% of all children too scared to make a complaint. 2 children locked in their cells for 100 days. #EndChildImprisonment

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Oliver Conway

8 months

As with most things in this country the argument is the wrong way around. SEND kids are not a problem to be solved. The problem to be solved is how we have allowed the privatisation of essential services to the point that private provision can charge whatever they like.

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Elissa Noves

8 months

Cllr Hammersley responds to being told that children with SEND were institutionalised with "they must have had better ways of dealing with them. Let's go back to some of those ways"

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Oliver Conway

2 years

Today is the first time in my career, a severely disabled client is going home with their child under a final order. This was the result of months of hard work from my client and their family. If only they all ended like this.

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Oliver Conway

1 month

Being a legal aid lawyer is basically having to tell someone some of the best/worst news of their life then being paid £3.69 for the call 2 years later.

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Oliver Conway

21 days

Reflecting on Rachel Braverman’s words at the Trauma Informed Lawyering event last night. “The whole system is sick.” The family court is hugely triggering and however well trained we are as practitioners, most hearings are like walking your client into a burning building. 😔

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Oliver Conway

3 years

As bleak as this job can be at this time of year, finding out a client who spent Xmas in a very dark place last year, will have their children back for Xmas, and have just cleared their rent arrears, is a very good way to start the day 💫

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Oliver Conway

3 years

Today in private children’s law: an email at 8.15am from a solicitor marked URGENT!!… the subject is arrangements for an after school club. As a profession we need to stop letting our clients set the tone of correspondence.

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Oliver Conway

5 months

So both my current paralegal and previous paralegal got calls today. 🤩 Goes to show if you can suffer me for 6-12 months you have a lifetime at the bar as a reward 😏

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Oliver Conway

4 months

Just had a final hearing listed in February 2025 for a private law case that was issued in the summer of 2023. Imagine being a child and having to wait 2 years to find out who you will live with?

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Oliver Conway

4 months

6 months ago I liked a @teamsquarepeg tweet. That turned into an hour long conversation with Ellie about how to best support families facing prosecution for struggling to get their kids to school. Today I am chairing a panel @gardencourtlaw about changing English Truancy Laws.

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Oliver Conway

3 years

I think it sometimes gets lost in the mix of exquisite recipes and personality how great a writer @Nigella_Lawson is. You hear her voice from the page. Here she is summing up my whole relationship with food. #cookeatrepeat

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Oliver Conway

2 months

LA: we cancelled your clients’ appointment last minute, can they say yes in the next hour to a new appointment?!. Me: well can you explain why you cancelled? and why this is so last minute ? LA: No. I am not engaging in any further correspondence about this. Me: 😳

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Oliver Conway

3 months

Can confirm @JakeBenRichards is a child protection lawyer, as I have had the honour of instructing him. He is brilliant at working with particularly vulnerable clients. I hope he brings this experience to his new role after he replaces Mr Stafford in July🙏

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Emily Barley

3 months

Sad to see @Alex_Stafford , who has known me since we were candidates together in 2019 and was our MP while I was LOTO at Rotherham Council, stoop this low. In his rush to attack @JakeBenRichards , he has forgotten who clinical negligence legal advocacy is for.

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Oliver Conway

1 year

🚨CALLING ALL LAW STUDENTS🚨 We are looking for an admin assistant at the firm over the summer. Great PAID opportunity to get experience in a busy west London law firm. Email oliver @oliverfisher .co.uk with a brief covering letter and CV.

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Oliver Conway

1 month

🎉 Celebrating 10 Years @OliverFisherS today 🎉 I began my role as a legal clerk that wore silly hats and today I’m a family solicitor that wears silly glasses 🤓 Time flies. So grateful to my firm for believing in me and letting me speak truth to power for so long. 🙏

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Oliver Conway

1 year

LA lawyer O-O-O: I am on leave for the next 6 weeks no one will check this email box in my absence. I may never be back. 🥳 Parent lawyer O-O-O: I am now on leave until tomorrow checking emails every 10 minutes and here is my paralegals email in case of an emergency.

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Oliver Conway

6 months

Agreeing the draft Order.

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Oliver Conway

2 years

I was recently interviewed about being a legal aid lawyer and I made the observation that being under 35 in this sector is becoming increasingly rare. Without future legal aid lawyers there is no future in the rule of law.

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@LegalActionGrp

2 years

"Legal aid is in crisis and that means that the route into becoming a legal aid lawyer" – because in no small part of LASPO – "have dried up".

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Oliver Conway

2 years

When you mute CVP and don’t notice the judge join the hearing

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Oliver Conway

2 years

Bingeing the Lincoln Lawyer on your annual leave, counts towards CPD right?

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Oliver Conway

2 years

Really tired of seeing my clients described by professionals as “unskilled or low skilled” because they work in hospitality or retail. I learnt more transferable skills for my job as a lawyer working behind a bar, than I ever did in law school.

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Oliver Conway

2 months

It’s wild that as a new mum you can be kept in a hospital after you are fit for discharge, under no legal framework, simply because the solicitor at the LA is on annual leave 🫠

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Oliver Conway

4 months

I have never understood why legal aid is not considered to be a foundational pillar of the welfare state.

@TomRHickman

Tom Hickman

4 months

What is the point of legal rights if the system requires you to compromise them because they are too expensive to litigate? (I had similar thoughts when I read this case about an aborted cruise through the Northwest passage)

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Oliver Conway

3 years

So tomorrow I qualify to practice as a Solicitor in England & Wales ⚖️ ✅ As I didn’t give a speech at the @LALYawards this year please humour me with a soppy thread 🧵…

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Oliver Conway

1 year

We just don’t have any kind of functioning family justice system anymore. Children are being left in awful circumstances with no remedy for months. This is the same for every other front line service. The social fabric of this country has been torn to shreds.

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Oliver Conway

4 months

Such an honour to be a finalist in #LALY24 To my clients - thank you for trusting me with the worst times of your lives. 🙏 My parents @JoShortland & @Russboy11 have provided legal aid to our community through @oliverfishers for decades. Thank you for teaching me to care.❤️

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Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards

4 months

We are delighted to announce our #LALY24 finalists. Congratulations to the 27 individuals, 6 organisations & 1 team shortlisted in 11 award categories, covering every area of social justice law. Commiserations to those who didn't make it this year.

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Oliver Conway

2 years

Being told your bill will be rejected by the LAA for 12 months work you did preventing a child from being separated from their family, because of a 45p discrepancy. We will likely be paid the same amount that lunch cost for the ministers that came up with these policies. 😪

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Oliver Conway

2 months

Came out of court, checked my inbox - far too many brilliant people want to be my paralegal. 😳😭 You have absolutely no idea what you are getting yourselves into! Note to self: make a special email for recruitment next time 🙈😅

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2 years

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Oliver Conway

7 months

Why do we as a society think that someone is going to come out of this cell a better person?

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Russell Webster ✍️

8 months

Today @HMIPrisonsnews has published the desperate report on HMP Bedford which resulted in that establishment's second Urgent Notification. The photo attached is of a segregation cell.

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Oliver Conway

8 months

I always see housing as my client’s main issue. MH struggles, domestic abuse and alcohol and substance dependencies often stem from poor or precarious housing. But instead of sorting housing issues we spend £££ on care proceedings, foster placements and MBUs.

@PrfChrisPainter

Professor Christopher Painter

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8 months

Calls for a royal commission on social housing. Such is the shocking state of provision, a commission of this kind (improbable under current Government) last set up in 1884! In so many respects, our society has been driven back to Victorian conditions.

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Oliver Conway

4 months

In 2019 I asked my partner to paint 5 of the most trailblazing female lawyers in UK legal history to celebrate @First100years . They used to be a tad lonely hanging in meeting rooms by themselves. Great to see the whole gang together in the new offices. 🤩

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Oliver Conway

3 months

Another day, another client, instructing me that she is regularly having her new born, removed from her arms by care workers on the labour ward. No s.20 agreement in place let alone ICO👀 Do new mothers' human rights just not exist?😤

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Oliver Conway

11 months

Thank you for your email, I am seeking instructions.

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Oliver Conway

11 months

DOLs need to be reformed root and branch. Lieven J is completely right the whole system “normalises the wholly unacceptable.” Great reporting on a terrifying issue from @louisetickle

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Coventry council used Airbnbs to house ‘vulnerable’ teenage boy accused of rape

A judge has accused the local authority of a ‘lackadaisical’ attitude to the 16-year-old’s care after regulated providers refused to give him accommodation

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Oliver Conway

6 months

Me trying to organise an advocates meeting.

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Chris Bryant

6 months

End the psychodrama. End the speculation. End the uncertainty. Call the date.

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Oliver Conway

3 years

IT HAS ARRIVED 🤩 (No the SRA did not send the doughnuts 😅)

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Oliver Conway

2 months

If you treat kids like animals don’t be surprised by their behaviours. Feltham needs closing.

Feltham YOI found to be most violent prison in England and Wales

Inspectors find some children at institution refusing family visits in order to keep relatives away from danger

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Oliver Conway

4 months

My new court bag is completely professional and appropriate and I will not be taking any further questions at this time.

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Oliver Conway

1 year

I read a lot of judgments but this one will sit with me for a long time. Incredibly put. “I want you to know that none of this means that you are anything less than anyone else. I want you to know that your mother fought incredibly hard to protect you.” - Recorder Dias KC

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Family Law News

1 year

A Mother v A Father [2023] EWFC 105 (14 April 2023): Combined judgment in private law proceedings concerning applications for costs following fact-finding hearing where F was found to have abused the child, and to remove parental responsibility. Report:

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Oliver Conway

4 months

It’s wild we have spent months talking about VAT on schools that provide education to under 6% of the country Yet the SEND crisis is not on every front page and every party election leaflet.

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Eleanor Wright

@eleanorjwright

4 months

This echoes so much of what I'm working with every day. Every election candidate needs to be questioned about what their party will do about the growing disaster in SEND education.

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Oliver Conway

28 days

Would it be possible to get data on how many parents are diagnosed with ‘personality disorders’ within care proceedings? @NuffieldFJO @seethrujustice @Jendaffin @Sanchia7

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Oliver Conway

2 years

Just because my client is in prison doesn’t mean they and their family lawyer should not be put on notice of an application by an LA to take their children into care. Appalling litigation conduct from LAs at the mo. The HRA still exists, even if our govt doesn’t want it to!

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Oliver Conway

3 years

Went to a chambers event and only had 1 glass of wine. Am I an adult now ? 😳

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Oliver Conway

8 months

A deeply tragic case. I am always most concerned about the families I work with at these times of the year. Before people jump to blame individuals we must look at a system which simply cannot care for children with the current lack of resources.

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Bronson Battersby: Police force refers itself to watchdog after toddler found starved to death

Bronson Battersby's body was found with his father Kenneth's at their home in Skegness.

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Oliver Conway

2 years

When the LA threshold document is 5 pages of wild allegations dating back 15 years and isn’t referenced to any primary evidence 😬

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Oliver Conway

5 months

Your Honour can I have an adjournment as it’s a sunny day ?

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Oliver Conway

6 months

Very proud of my paralegal Sofia Santos who was called to the Bar of England and Wales today. 🥳 The only possible gift to mark the occasion was a @WigAndPens Pen of course! 🖊️🤩

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Oliver Conway

2 years

There are currently no perinatal Mother and Baby Units in London. London mothers in the midst of a mental health crisis while pregnant will now be far more likely to have their children removed at birth as there is nowhere to safely care for their baby.

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Oliver Conway

2 months

So my job advert made it on to UK Law Reddit. 😭

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Oliver Conway

5 months

Parents are getting prosecuted via the single justice procedure for struggling to get their kids to school. Most never respond to the notice. I wonder how many miss the post due to multiple moves in temporary accommodation 🤔

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Lewis Goodall

5 months

NEW: Latest @TheNewsAgents Investigates - Britain’s hidden homeless children Nearly 140,000 kids in Britain are now homeless, in so-called “temporary accommodation”. We went to a school where half of the kids don’t have a home to call their own.

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Oliver Conway

6 months

It is a strange part of my job that sometimes I am present in the hospital on the day of a client’s child being born. Often the circumstances are very difficult. I’m always reminded of John Berger’s words “Every child begins the world again.” 🙏

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Oliver Conway

1 year

LA: Our entire decision is based on this document.😤 Me: Can I see it please so I can advise my client 🥹 LA: No of course not, it is confidential 🤫

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Oliver Conway

6 months

From the 15th April all judges at the CFC will be robed as part of a 3 month pilot to see if it improves litigants behaviour! 👩‍⚖️ Practitioners don’t have to robe tho so my dreams of wearing a cape to work are in tatters 🧛

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Oliver Conway

10 months

My secret Santa this year was a miniature version of the award I didn’t win at the legal style awards😆 @itsalawyerslife Top marks for effort! 🎅😎

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Oliver Conway

3 years

Over the moon to be a finalist in the Family category of the @LALYawards Honoured to be shortlisted with such incredible talent. Huge Thanks to my clients for the nomination and my firm @OliverFisherS for supporting me every step of the way. #wearelegalaid

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Oliver Conway

4 months

Im @gardencourtlaw live tweeting the launch of @lawyerswhocare_ A new CIC which aims to increase the number of care experienced people in the legal profession by providing mentoring training to lawyers 🤩 Over the moon @OliverFisherS have been one of the firms to sign up!😎

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Oliver Conway

11 months

It’s never about the money when I’m asking LAs to change their care plan to something less draconian at court. It’s always about the money when I’m asking LAs for early help support to prevent the family being taken to court in the first place.

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Oliver Conway

4 months

Wowzers what a day 🤩 Lawyers working in legal aid and people working in education have a lot in common. 😅 Thank you @teamsquarepeg and @gardencourtlaw for making such an important day happen. I can’t wait to see the end of the SJP and a kinder and better education system.

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Oliver Conway

5 months

Not legal advice, but if multiple victims of alleged abuse come forward about the actions of staff in your organisation, best not to simply respond with; "LOOK OVER THERE AT THE LOVELY BIRDS"🤪

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HM Courts and Tribunals Service

5 months

🐦A pair of peregrine falcons have once again returned to nest on the roof of one of our buildings. 🐣The incubation appears to be progressing smoothly, and our livestream has already captured the hatching of three chicks. Follow their progress here⤵️

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Oliver Conway

4 months

Acting for a YP in DOLs proceedings was one the hardest thing I have ever done. My client is the most incredible and resilient YP I have ever met. The trauma inflicted, professional incompetence and criminalisation of our young people is a national disgrace.

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Sanchia Berg

4 months

Young people subject to Deprivation of Liberty Orders speak out… talking of inappropriate restraint, isolation from family and friends, long term impact on their lives.

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Oliver Conway

4 months

Ending the week with several positive parenting assessments and a 3-bed forever home for a very vulnerable family. 🤩

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Oliver Conway

11 months

Well I didn’t win most stylish solicitor 2023. 😝 But at least I showed up…and met some incredibly stylish lawyers! 🤩 Huge thanks to @itsalawyerslife and @42BR_Barristers for a fab evening!🥳

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Oliver Conway

3 months

When are we going to start talking about the crisis in CAFCASS? I was told yesterday at CFC that they need 50% more SWs and a s.7 will now take 28 weeks.😫 A great 👨‍⚖️ once described CAFCASS to my client as the “eyes and ears of the court.” V worrying! 😳

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Oliver Conway

24 days

OPENING LINE OF LAWYER LETTER: Our client doesn't want to engage in unnecessary adversarial correspondence. NEXT 3 PAGES OF LAWYER LETTER: totally unnecessary adversarial correspondence.

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Oliver Conway

4 months

One part of the MH system I will never understand is that people who are feeling mentally unwell are being reported to the police by crisis teams. If you’re feeling unwell, being arrested when you are in crisis is probably not going to help. 🤨

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Oliver Conway

2 months

My paralegal Sofia is going to make an excellent barrister. 🤩 We have done some great work with vulnerable families in the last year. It is not easy work but Sofia excels always. 🙌 September is coming far too soon 😭

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Oliver Fisher

2 months

The whole team here at Oliver Fisher are so thrilled and proud of Sofia Santos at being called to the bar! Well done, Sofia! 🤩🎉🎉 We offer you our very warmest wishes as you go on to begin your Pupillage.☺ #barristerpupilllage #uklaw

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Oliver Conway

8 months

Sensitive and thorough Judgment from legal twitter’s favourite cat dad DDJ Harrison. More judgments like this please!

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Oliver Conway

6 months

Trauma informed support is great, but we also need a functioning welfare state to support parents after their child is removed, instead of the loss of their child leading to the loss of societal support. What greater harm can the state do to a person? A grief beyond words.

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CoramBAAF

6 months

Trauma-informed support for birth parents to end repeat removals 9 April | 11.30am - 1pm | FREE FOR MEMBERS We will explore learnings from the past 10 years of providing support to parents who have had children removed from their care.

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@OliverConway

Oliver Conway

10 months

It’s wild that it’s not a bigger news story that one of the largest LAs in Greater London went to the SC and said they can not afford to provide accommodation to a disabled person and their family.

@UKSupremeCourt

UK Supreme Court

@UKSupremeCourt

10 months

Judgment has been handed down this morning in the matter of R (on the application of Imam) (Respondent) v London Borough of Croydon (Appellant) UKSC 2022/0102:

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Oliver Conway

13 days

Does LA management only make decisions between 4-5pm on a Friday 😭

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Oliver Conway

6 months

It will never not be bizarre for an LA to rely on a parent being care experienced, as threshold in proceedings where they are seeking to take children into care. 😑

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Oliver Conway

2 months

“What has happened here is shocking and disgraceful on so many levels.” 300 paragraphs setting out LA misconduct on every level😳 Cases like this is why you ALWAYS have to get the case notes.🫠

@familylaw

Family Law News

2 months

A (A Child), Re (Contested Adoption and Local Authority Conduct) [2024] EWFC 192 (B) (11 July 2024): Application for adoption by foster carers, opposed by LA and F. Adoption order made. Includes judicial criticism of local authority conduct of case.

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@OliverConway

Oliver Conway

9 months

So rotten for LAs issue proceedings on the last days of the year. It means parents and their lawyers are spending Christmas preparing a case instead of taking a break. Scrooge-like behaviour!

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Oliver Conway

4 months

Everyone knows spending millions £££ locking up very vulnerable kids in airbnbs is vile and wrong, but it is the end point of a social care system which has been cut to shreds and is not fit for purpose.

@guardian

The Guardian

4 months

Britain’s judges are sick of locking up children who just need help. Why has nothing been done?

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@OliverConway

Oliver Conway

2 years

Maybe as a society, we should simply not refer to people who murder their wives and children, as husbands and fathers. Murderer is a more appropriate title.

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Oliver Conway

11 months

I want to give evidence

@LawTrades

Lawtrades

11 months

Terrify your lawyer in 5 words.

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Oliver Conway

4 months

My takeaways from the panel. @gardencourtlaw - The Single Justice Procedure denies acces to justice by design. -No parent should be in a court room without representation. -14000 people got prosecuted last year without legal aid. - Scrap the SJP for truancy it doesn’t work.

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Oliver Conway

1 year

A very exciting week professionally 🤩 But nothing excites me more than a late harvest of home grown tomatoes. 🍅 Not bad for a wet summer in a London flat! 🤗

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@OliverConway

Oliver Conway

1 year

Children aren’t possessions, this obsession with 50% time with each parent is so damaging to children. Make peace with your partner, it is the greatest gift you can give your kids!

@familylaw

Family Law News

1 year

E v G & Anor [2023] EWFC 72 (11 January 2023): Long-running children dispute, in which F was not prepared to accept less than the child spending half her time with each parent. F's contact reduced to letterbox contact only. Full report:

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Oliver Conway

17 days

Adult social care seems to be weeks of Teams meetings about something for a client. Only for a manager to say “that’s not our job” at the end of it all.😒

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Oliver Conway

2 years

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Oliver Conway

1 year

The no recitals allowed rule at CFC is frustrating as recitals allow parents to feel like they were heard even if the order is something they could never agree to. Recitals are a useful tool (if sometimes abused tool) and a blanket ban is a shame.

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