Barrister: Crime | Regulatory| Military | Mainly tweeting on the splendours & miseries of life at the junior Bar
Warwickshire, London & Kent
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In war - resolution
In defeat - defiance
In victory - magnimanity
In peace - goodwill
#ChurchillWisdom #TT
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Lawyers don't necessarily want more money. Some just want enough money to stop checking their email on vacation.
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Lawyers aren't pessimists.
We've just seen what happens when optimistic people refuse to read contracts.
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For Armistice Day here’s a very touching account by Lord (Tom) Denning about the death of his brother Jack on the Somme.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
#LestWeForget
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#AbuseofProcess in #criminal, #regulatory and #extradition proceedings 5th edition Oxford University Press to be published soon linkedin.com/pulse/abuse-pro… via @LinkedIn
Thus was reparation made; in treasure, sweat and blood, year after year until the trade was destroyed.
In 1830 HMS PRIMROSE captured Spanish Slaver Velos Passagera rescuing 555 Africans destined for slavery. PRIMROSE was part of the Royal Navy's West Africa Sqn tasked with anti-slavery duties.
Between 1808-60 the RN intercepted 1,600 slave ships, freeing over 150,000 Africans
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Back in the day, if you committed a crime you could either go to war (enlist in the military) or go to jail.
In the case of the vandalism that occurred at the Marine Corps Monument at Quantico, Virginia, the solution is simple: put the vandal into the Marine Corps for four years.
It will be the absolute worst punishment; the Marines would see to it. AND by the time it’s over he’d probably have so much respect for the Corps that he want to rebuild the monument himself.
Followed by a consultation on regulating carol singing, may pole dancing and warm beer.
Ahead of Bonfire Night, the Gov' is taking welcome action, consulting on how fireworks are regulated.
This includes the safety of certain products and proposals to lower the maximum noise level by 50% or more. The consultation closes on 7 October👇
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Not even TfL, in all the profound banality of which it is only too capable, would rename a Tube station “Business and Property Lane”
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The White House media ban
reminds me of the Teddy Roosevelt quote:
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
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Andrew Thomas: ‘Curbing jury trials is about cost-cutting not delays’” @thetimes interview with CBA Chair Andrew Thomas KC by @Catherine Baksi.
“Ministers have been “mis-selling” proposals to curb the right to trial by jury, says the criminal law specialist.
““I feel really sorry for the victims’ groups, who have been asked to support the reform on the promise that it is the solution to the awful delays,” Thomas says, adding that in doing so ministers have “done them a disservice”. He also warns that scrapping jury trials for fraud cases on the grounds that they are too long and complex “is potentially the thin end of the wedge” and opens the door for other cases to be added later.”
Full article here
thetimes.com/article/d0a62b3…
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Established in 1997, the Aspals website is fast approaching its 30th year as the principal military law website in UK, with more than 160 pages to explore.
With 2,210 Articles cited in the Documents Database and more than 600 cases listed in its Caselaw Database, it provides a rapid ability to assist you in your research or case preparation.
Most existing cases are indexed (bookmarked to navigate the decision, often with links to statute and cited cases).
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Toddler Cinema is so pure. The show run time is about 19 minutes. The preparation to get them all there takes about 2 hours. You have to have a toddler to get in and we all display ours proudly at the door. ‘Toddler cinema?’ the staff ask, unnecessarily, because it’s 10am and normal people aren’t at the cinema. Then the little tots sit on their silly little booster seats, like tiny royals, enthralled. Occasionally, one of them scrambles into the aisle to have a casual little wee wee on their travel potty, and the others don’t blink an eye. This is normal in their culture. Respectful, even. One of them might randomly shout ‘where is the Gruffalo, mummy?’ because we all watched that last week - but this week’s offering is ‘The Snail and the Whale’. Audience participation is encouraged and frequent. Mine yells, ‘IT’S AN OCTOPUS’ at a fish, but no one minds because accuracy is unimportant here. Once the show ends we all agree it was the best thing we have ever seen in our entire lives (at least since last week) and the tiny toddlers clap their tiny hands but they stick together a bit because we’ve been eating the snacks we aren’t allowed at home. The adults do not converse. But we exchange tiny little nods of respect. You are a fellow toddler cinema parent. It costs £3.85 for a toddler and 85p for an adult which is the best money you’ll spend in your entire life. Those 19 minutes were worth it, we think. See you next week.
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It would be a good moment to remember who are our friends when it comes to the Falkands and that they should feel we go to extras lengths for them because of this. I can’t really say we’ve done that as of late for Canada much to my disappointment.
🏳️ Position of the world regarding the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This map is both overly simplified and incorrect. The EU and the United States both recognize the UK's de facto administration, but take no position on sovereignty. Furthermore, "support" is too simplified in terms of what the AU and Mercosur/CELAC statements actually say.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_…
We just won’t find the training of those who underwrite our commitment
Milei’s statement overnight tells us more about domestic politics in Argentina than it does about the Falkland Islands.
The Falklands are British because Falkland Islanders choose to be British.
Our commitment to the Falklands is absolute and unshakeable 🇬🇧 🇫🇰
ALT Wes Streeting laying a wreath at the Falkland Islands memorial in Stanley commemorating those who fought and died defending the islands.
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Sweden is no longer exercising only how to fight a war. It is exercising how to endure one.
During Aurora 26, Sweden rehearsed the entire chain for handling mass military fatalities — recovery from the battlefield, identification, registration, temporary storage and burial.
More than 500 simulated dead were used in an exercise involving the Armed Forces and civilian authorities.
Sweden had not rehearsed mortuary operations on this scale since the early 1950s.
This isn't panic.
It is what “total defence” actually means.
Deterrence isn't only about weapons.
It is convincing an adversary that society will continue functioning even after the worst happens.
euronews.com/my-europe/2026/…
