But is this really an answer to Mr Grant’s point? The upside from a claimant’s successful Part 36 offer is dwarfed by the potential downside of failing to beat a defendant’s Part 36 offer.

I think there’s a mismatch, but not sure how best to remedy it … thetimes.co.uk/article/hugh-g…

I served as a justice minister in 𝙢𝙮 government.

I’m honoured to sit in 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮’𝙨 Parliament.

“Their own”? The trope of dual loyalty - the oldest antisemitic slur - updated for 2024 by a former associate editor of the The Guardian.

“Someone said to me recently, is it really the end of the world if Jews just have to stay out of central London for a few months on weekends?
Yes …
If we just accept that we are no longer welcome on the streets of London, it is the end of that world.” thetimes.co.uk/article/i-was-…

Often in litigation a witness says something, but when they realise it’s unhelpful to their case, they change their story

Courts usually assume that the witness’ first statement is what they really meant.

Metropolitan Police need a new approach and also, it would seem, new leadership.

One Essex Court sponsors C5 Crypto and Digital Asset Fraud & Recovery - London

The conference is taking place next week at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London. We are delighted that two members of Chambers will be speaking at the event.

oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/one-…

Lord Wolfson on the need for 🇬🇧 support for Abraham Accords as the way to bring long term peace to the region👇David Wolfson

My parents (in Jerusalem and in their 80s - may they be well) appear to have brought their British stiff upper lips to Israel … (perhaps once his ears are de-waxed, my Dad might actually hear the air-raid siren …)
#KeepCalmAndCarryOn

Read my statement on the Iranian regime’s reckless attack against Israel.

“Safe space” (noun):

A designated room or area at a University to prevent students being exposed to opinions with which they might disagree or find offensive.

NB: A politician’s (and their family’s) private home is *not* a safe space.

Res ipsa loquitur (although apparently not to the @bbc).

Advisers advise, ministers decide - and civil servants implement.

If civil servants don’t like Government policy, whether on sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda or arms sales to Israel, they may resign - but not frustrate policy.

My Foreword to a PX paper: policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

This is (very) old news:

Haman said to King Xerxes: “Your Majesty, there are some people who live in your kingdom but are cliquey and insular. Their customs are different from everyone else’s, and they won’t obey your laws. We’d all be much better off without them.”
(Esther 3:8)

Amid the various epithets - disgusting, factional, divisive, transparent - the one charge Zack Polanski doesn’t make is that what Miriam Mirwitch said isn’t true.

Because it is.

Interesting idea being floated to deal with the “gap” when an election is called and all MPs cease to hold office, leaving the executive in charge.

Instead, House of Lords would hold residual powers and govern without the need for a vote in UK House of Commons.

I see advantages …

Apparently Oliver Alexander did “feel comfortable being silent” on 7 October and in the aftermath of the atrocities.
But once Israel asserted its right to self-defence, he found his voice.
Let’s hope he achieves a more harmonious sound for the Eurovision Song Contest final.

An important point (with which I agree) in Times Law, but I nonetheless prefer the classic version:

A good lawyer knows the law.
But a great lawyer knows the judge.

David Wolfson BZ Gilinsky Daniel Finkelstein Simon Hattenstone The Jewish Chronicle Keren David

The newly-elected Rector of University of Glasgow, which (as he well knows, and as it should) partners with Tel Aviv University.

What was that about “performative”?

“They had resorted to becoming members of the British Library so they could seek refuge in a peaceful place.”

It’s unclear from this report whether membership of ⁦⁦British Library⁩ formed part of the claim - or why they didn’t return the ball… thetimes.co.uk/article/father…

I remember in the late 1980s, as a new undergraduate at Cambridge, attending a Jewish Society event at which someone was honoured as “The One Who Saved Jewish Life in Cambridge”.

I asked what service he’d given the community …

“He persuaded Rabbi Shmuley to set up in Oxford”