🚆 DfI vs. Dargan Bridge - the contradiction at the heart of NI Rail planning When Phillip Brett asked the Department for Infrastructure when the Dargan Bridge in Belfast would be double-tracked, DfI replied: “The dualling of the bridge was not identified in the All Island Strategic Rail Review

Another massive win for the Republic of Ireland's railway network. Meanwhile here in Northern Ireland, the NI Executive are yet to even publish long-awaited feasibility studies into reopening former railway lines across Ulster. We need better leadership. #RebuildOurRailways

Fantastic turnout online & in-person for the QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice and British Criminology book launch of Dr John Taggart's book "The Intermediary in the Criminal Justice System". Thanks to John, panel members and the audience for a great discussion. QUB School of Law SSESW at Queen's #QUBCrim

Congratulations to Dr John Taggart on the launch of his groundbreaking book, 'The Intermediary in the Criminal Justice System'. Introduced by Dr Penny Cooper, this work explores one of the most innovative and controversial developments in English criminal procedure: the

🎥Dr John Taggart celebrated the launch of his book, 'The Intermediary in the Criminal Justice System' on Wed, Nov 26th in the Moot Court. John's remarks and introduction from Dr Penny Cooper available via link. QUB School of Law @QUBcriminology shorturl.at/cl8bm

Full house at this evening's Stephen Livingstone Lecture 2025. The lecture is being delivered by Professor Gordon Anthony and is entitled "The Sovereign Ironies of the Belfast Agreement"

The Stephen Livingstone Lecture 2025 – The Sovereign Ironies of the Belfast Agreement We are delighted to announce that the video of last night's Stephen Livingstone Lecture is now available on YouTube! In this thought-provoking lecture, Professor Gordon Anthony examines the

Brilliant news from Scotland: key provisions from the Scottish Languages Act 2025 (sections one and 33) have now come into effect, meaning Gaelic and Scots are now recognised as official languages. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

None of the 350+ disabled-led organisations which oppose the AS Bill, among whom we are proud to count ourselves, are religious. We oppose it for evidence-based, principled, reasons. Not a single bona fide disabled-led group supports it. Go figure.

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.

QUB School of Law was ranked joint 1st in the UK for research impact in REF2021. We are deeply committed to producing research that benefits and impacts society, public policy, and the lives of individuals and communities, extending beyond academia. #lovequblaw

Call the whole thing off! The Department for Infrastructure Minister has now confirmed what we’ve known: Dargan Bridge is a recognised capacity constraint in the All Island Strategic Rail Review… but there is no plan at all to upgrade it. Every train from the North and North West enters Belfast

As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency. The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries. Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.

Exciting PhD Opportunity! Queen’s University Belfast School of Law is offering a DfE-funded PhD studentship focused on regulating plants and agriculture—exploring the role of intellectual property law in protecting biodiversity and food security. The successful candidate will

Lammy seems to have forgotten the concept of the presumption of innocence. "If you steal an iPhone from Curry's this afternoon why should you have a jury trial?" he asked, in a lame attempt to defend the indefensible. 🤔 What if you actually didn't steal the iPhone and were

In 1922 when "progressives" like H G Wells, V Woolf, M.Stopes were sure that eugenics was the way to higher civilisation, G K CHesterton wrote " Eugenics and other Evils". This is one of the opening sentences ...

This is big. Gordon Brown (clearly unpersuaded by Lord Falconer’s hectoring) calls on parliament to halt the AS bill:

Left: Labour's Sarah Sackman a barrister explains on #C4News why David Lammy's plan to cut jury trials is ok Right: Barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind explains how funding will solve the backlog, not cutting down jury trials #PoliticsLive

When Keir Starmer calls time on this utterly ridiculous idea of doing away with jury trials, as he will have to do, in the vast majority of cases I will call for the resignation of my friend David Lammy. He knows that though because I’ve told him so.

Sarah Sackman might be a barrister, but I would be willing to bet that she has conducted precisely zero Crown Court trials as one. Joanna Hardy-Susskind, on the other hand, has conducted hundreds. I know who I trust on the question of how to cut the Crown Court backlog!