To cheer everyone up, whatever mistakes one may have made recently, they are nowhere near as embarrassing as the experienced solicitor advocate who, faced with a massive costs bill from a vexatious private prosecution, brought an appeal in the wrong court. buff.ly/3Tm02Ue

Steven Quinn was released from Brixton prison today as part of the government's early release scheme to free up space in UK jails. In total, he says he's spent 27 years of his life in the prison system and he has little hope that he will be able to stay out again this time.

Interesting question posed by Daniel Finkelstein on putting the theory of a smaller state into practice thetimes.com/article/8c0d90…

“Gun and knife crime is not mentioned specifically in the current relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in schools. “But the government says it includes references to situations that often lead young people to carry weapons, such as involvement in gangs and county lines”

Exclusive: Faron Paul, a govt-backed anti-knife crime campaigner, has won damages from the Met Police after being illegally strip-searched by 6 white, male officers. "Fighting back has made me feel as though I’ve reclaimed some of my power,” he told me. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

The The Times and The Sunday Times have revealed Jo Sidhu KC is facing allegations of sexual harassment. One prominent KC told The Times this week that there was widespread unease about the claims against Sidhu. thetimes.com/uk/law/article…

The Gazette understands that Sidhu had intended to apply for an anonymity order at the BTAS. A judge at the tribunal had refused to consider representations from the media challenging the proposed anonymity. ✍️ for Law Society Gazette lawgazette.co.uk/news/bar-legal…

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Breaking legal news today from The Times and The Sunday Times. thetimes.com/article/dfd347…

Jo Sidhu KC has instructed lawyers to ask for his misconduct hearing to be held behind closed doors. Sidhu’s former solicitors subsequently warned the media not to publish this fact. 👏👏 by Louise Tickle at Tortoise tortoisemedia.com/2024/09/13/bar…

Jo Sidhu KC seeks anonymity in his misconduct case for alleging sexually harassing women, while barrister Charlotte Proudman applied for a public directions hearing in her own regulatory process for criticising a domestic abuse judgment & it was refused. tortoisemedia.com/2024/09/13/bar…

Two barristers take a very different approach to secrecy v transparency at their Bar Standards Board disciplinary hearings - my piece for Tortoise today shorturl.at/8yVd0

Very excited to announce The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's first Family Court Reporting Week, a series of events, mentoring and support in November for journalists looking to cover family court cases in England and Wales thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

Reminder to Eng/Wales journalists: since January 31 statutory automatic anonymity protects any victim/alleged victim of intimate image abuse (eg 'revenge porn') in any reporting of what happened. Journalists usually readily agreed to such anonymity anyway, but now it's law

The Guardian has agreed a two-year pay deal that will see the salaries of most of its journalists increase by 3%, backdated to the start of April pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-…

Even though the case was going to Westminster magistrates without a jury that journalists could risk prejudicing, Metropolitan Police threatened me with contempt of court to halt the publication of the story I wrote about the case for Al Jazeera English in May, even though the article was fair.

I’m in an NCTJ booklet talking about how important shorthand is for me as a court reporter - I hope I’ve made Sandra Loy proud! ✍🏻 I’d love to speak to more students about my job & the NCTJ, so please do pop me a message if you have aspiring journos at your school!

The NYT seeing so clearly what is often so confused here in the UK - these public inquiries are really about governments kicking responsibility for scandals down the road. That is obvious. What is less obvious is why we the public accept this, let alone why we often call for it

The fact that the James Middleton ST cover interview reads exactly like an Orwell evisceration of the British upper middle classes in the 1920s from something like Burmese Days or a Clergyman’s Daughter ….

These were the reasons Pump Court Chambers asked for anonymity. They're feeble. Anyone could make these arguments, anytime. It's an affront to open justice.