Curiouser and curiouser. Jolyon Maugham is raising money to overturn the Children Act. He has finally revealed the ‘leading counsel’ who will help him do this.

A man skilled in public sector pension schemes.

I do hope those giving their hard earned cash to find this are aware of the implications of this. It’s insane as asking a family barrister like me to advise on public sector pensions.

To go beyond the bounds of our competence is an ethical issue.

But I hope the fact that Maugham could not find a family silk willing to advise on how to over throw section 1 of the Children Act, means that this legal challenge is doomed - albeit very expensively.