On my way to #SLSBristol24 SLS Annual Conference - look forward to the whole week and to meeting colleagues old and new! If you’re going and don’t yet know anyone or that many people, do please get in touch with me and I’ll try to help!

Insights from Jim Robottom on reforming and rethinking Inquests The Dickson Poon School of Law #SLSBristol24

Mad excited to present my paper on the language and purpose of inquests alongside amazing work on by Ed Kirton-Darling @ekd.bsky.social Shivangi Gangwar at the public law section of SLS Annual Conference #slsbristol2024 thanks for having me! The Dickson Poon School of Law Matrix

I remember when the young rosy cheeked lad on the right first came to the Law Commission when I was there. Great to see his work blossom in this area.

‘Being an academic requires brains, but it also requires heart and courage’, my legendary PhD supervisor James Lee giving a fantastic plenary on supporting colleagues and ecrs with @DrPMCollins and Magdalena Furgalska SLS Annual Conference #SLSbristol2024

@conorgearty @markbennett_ @RachelPougnet Eliza Xue Henrietta Catley Dimitrios Kivotidis Ed Kirton-Darling @ekd.bsky.social Shivangi Gangwar Jim Robottom Kenta Tsuda Albert Sanchez-Graells Karen McCullagh

This is by far the most solidarity I have ever felt with the Immigration Act 1971

Considering coming back from blusesky cos cannot believe me moving there actually didn't turn things round for the world

Pro bono work taught me how to advocate, how to give my clients a voice, and how to be a lawyer. Although no substitute for legal aid, it is fundamental to our justice system & now sadly needed more than ever. Read my op-ed for the Law Society Gazette marking Pro Bono Week here ⬇️

Pleased with the result in this sad case which raised important questions on the facts about open justice, the potential for rehabilitation, and the purpose of the youth justice system. The brilliant Danielle Manson and I represented the Birmingham Youth Justice Service

So good they named it thrice.

I have just come back for pupillage day. Much better than that Ed Balls crap

The true story the Papal conclave system was actually originally based on the processes of a barristers’ chambers pupillage committee

#CAFC

Lawyers in UK and around the world do important, often courageous, work. They must be able to get on with the job free from threats. That’s why we recognise their contribution to the rule of law and our justice system by signing the Convention for the Protection of Lawyers.

Sure people like to go on about the cricket one but this morning I discovered what must surely be the greatest Lord Denning introduction

Chief Brody Voice: you're gonna need a bigger book of landmark cases