Sincerely one of the funniest things the WSJ has ever written or done. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

One of those sad days when a person you remember as a toddler becomes a defendant in a case…. you check the name, place and date of birth about three times before giving up any hope that you’re possibly mistaken. The cycle continues.

Fantastic detail from the PA court coverage of Lib Dem peer Lord Razzall getting his second driving ban of the year.

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Jews can’t live peacefully in their homes, they can’t go to a music festival and they can’t congregate openly on a beach in Australia and there are still people out there who will say these massacres and attacks are justified. Or just as bad, stay silent when it happens. Call it out for what it is

The cutest argument you can have with small children is when you ban them from growing up because they are too small and cute and you don’t ever want them to get big

New career lowlight yesterday when I finished speaking on a remote conference to see my lay client had moved his phone over to his bed, laid down and gone to sleep. And yes, I know, fellow criminal hacks, it could be a lot worse.

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

“Mummy, do our bodies sink or float in water?” *launch into explanation of what happens to the human body in water ante and post mortem in pathological detail* “Mummy I just meant.. when we swim in the sea do we float” Oh, right.

Google maps knows me so well now that when I put a city’s name into it, it immediately offers up the crown court as the first option.

I will never get over the weirdness of robing at home to sit in front of a laptop and think it should be banned.

Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute

A wonderful example of why disinvestment in arts and humanities is too clever by half. These are fundamental to a society's curiosity and imagination!

It’s the time of year where barristers all over the country balance the solemnity of the crown court with improving client morale by the wearing of cute festive earrings. Sure, you got 15 years for firearms trafficking but your barrister did wear tiny Rudolph earrings that made you smile.

I didn’t have quoting David Lammy to argue against David Lammy on my 2025 bingo but here we are

"Curtailment of jury trials has generally been reserved for exceptional circumstances, such as war or force of terrorism… the idea of jury trials being pared back in peacetime suggests a failure of governance. It is a symptom of national crisis." David Hardstaff, partner at BCL Solicitors

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A really sobering story about how vulnerable UK universities are to intimidation to get them to abandon human rights research. Claims by China in this report of inadequate "fact checking" should always be accompanied by mention of their exclusions from Xinjiang: share.google/KY9SxTEk3rUM...

Looks like extraordinary cowardice. "...following pressure from the Chinese state and a separate defamation law suit against the university, Sheffield Hallam decided not to publish a final piece of research by Prof Murphy and her team into forced labour." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Really specific crappy amount for an apology. £18.72 worth of apology. It’s the saved-you-the-pizza-crust of apologies

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“I have no hesitation in describing the continuing aftermath of the ill-starred IPP sentencing regime as the greatest single stain on our criminal justice system.” What are IPP sentences? And how can we end this scandal? Read our explainer article: https://howardleague.org/what-are-ipp-sentences/

I don’t know any cardiologists and this is way too goth for me but if you’re looking for a gift for the cardiologist in your life, look no further

Apparently this is an HISTORICAL ARTEFACT yes this document from 1993 yes as I explained to my children yes indeed it was made long long ago in a previous century OK BYE

VOTING HAS STARTED FOR APRIL 2026 lawpawcalendar.com/vote-now-for...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

😮📸I spent a day on my own photographing the breathtaking C12th circular nave at Temple Church London - built by the Knights Templar (and a location for Da Vinci Code). It's not a place defined solely by geometry and dimension. It’s a sensory place - spatial, sonic, aesthetic.

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The Bars, Faculty and Law Societies in the UK have come together and accused politicians of "irresponsible and dangerous" language that is putting lawyers at risk. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

My Twitter followers helped me start a charity, got food to people hiding from the Taliban and saved thousands of lives. I’d say that was pretty great.

The Sun corrects Katie Lam's numerous errors and lies about foreign nationals claiming benefits. archive.ph/vQ7Tn

Chaos in the Crown Court today as two unrepresented defendants with the exact same name appeared in a hearing in a large multihanded case… one over a link from prison and one in the dock from bail. No one knows how the random same-named man was linked in to us from his prison but he was NOT happy.

If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe cst.org.uk/donate-now

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

Well-known actress Amy Nuttall, (whose father is a Barrister and Recorder and a darling man) is featured in this issue of Runner’s World magazine. She is running for her wonderful mum whom they lost recently to brain cancer. Please donate if you can? www.justgiving.com/page/amy-nut...

Being a barrister in 2025 is just being told off constantly by health tech

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

What in the scraping-the-barrel, desperate housewives, haven’t you heard of tinder, come on ladies just stop, is this?

Does your pet look good in a horsehair wig? Do they deserve to be seen and admired by thousands? Why not dress them up as a lawyer and submit their photo for inclusion in this year’s Law Paw Calendar (www.lawpawcalendar.com)? All proceeds will go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social

In broad daylight, in Flensburg, Germany, today in 2025 “JEWS Are banned from here!!! Nothing personal, Also not antisemitic, just can't stand you”

This is a grim but powerful watch on the death of a young Ugandan woman lured to Dubai on false pretences, and the shaming power of the internet (I'd not heard of the #dubaiportapotty hashtag before, just grim). The first BBC film my other half has executive produced. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Barrister cites fictitious case (from ChatGPT). When challenged by Tribunal, uses ChatGPT to confirm the case exists. This does not go well. tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/2025-u...

Astounding conspiracy theory here

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9/11 changed everything. It took my school friends to war. It changed the course of my life. It seems inconceivable that it is so long ago now that when baby lawyers come to shadow me in court, they weren’t even alive when it happened.

🧵I had no control over what happened to me but what I do have control over is what I do with it. If by speaking out I can create some good out of what was an awful situation for so many reasons, then that is what I am going to do… www.bbc.com/news/article...