Britney’s Back-ed by a Pre-nuptial Agreement! Head of Family Law, Chelsey Bayliss discusses Britney #Spears pending divorce from her husband, Sam #Asghari after he filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences”. To read more on this, click here: shorturl.at/aimuB

Baroness Warsi is an incredible politician. Fantastic and principled position on Sky news tonight.

Some of the UK's worst libel lawyers have written to the Law Society demanding a role in shaping anti-SLAPP rules. They say the real problem is unfair criticism of media lawyers. Here's a very small violin, and here's a thread. Thread:

What a lovely fella Well said 👏

Martin Lewis providing a reminder to get your affairs in order. If unmarried & without a will, your partner has no immediate legal right to your estate and they could find themselves without any control or access to your finances or business interests.  metro.co.uk/2023/11/22/unm…

Is UK inheritance tax high compared to other countries? Yes, and also no. And also yes. Thread:

The Post Office's compensation scheme is designed to minimise payouts. One postmaster received £15.75. That isn't a typo. I count nine ways the Post Office's HSS compensation scheme is rigged:

A short thread about a ship: this is Magnus, currently entering the English Channel off the Kent coast. There is a lot we don't know about Magnus...

The Divisional Court has ruled that the Government acted unlawfully and irrationally when deciding not to implement the full funding recommendation in Lord Bellamy’s Criminal Legal Aid Review. I had the rare honour of acting for my professional colleagues, Criminal Law

The Interested Parties along with the Law Society presented a large body of evidence from criminal defence solicitors about the conditions they are now working under due to chronic, long term underfunding of the system. Much of it was very distressing, even to the point that the

How did we end up with a rate of tax on capital gains so much lower than the rate of tax on employment income? The very silly history of UK CGT, in five charts.

The Post Office has finally stopped intimidating postmasters into silence; but it’s too late. The latest on the "without prejudice" scandal - quick thread:

The Hardest Geezer. The most incredible achievement. 💪 Russ Cook has finally finished his epic challenge, running the length of Africa - the equivalent of 385 marathons - in 352 days. Simply sensational. 🏃‍♂️

Ran africa. Was proper hard. Got it done. Strawberry daiquiri secured. Gave my beautiful girlfriend a big kiss. Went absolutely potty to SOFT PLAY at the afters. Back in the UK later

Update on the landlord tax avoidance scheme promoted by Property118 and the curious barristers chambers "Cotswold Barristers".

We are aware of a new form of VAT fraud which came close to stealing £m from HMRC last week, after fraudsters impersonated a FTSE 100 company. The fraud is remarkably easy to implement, and immediate action from HMRC is required to close it down. Quick thread:

Nadhim Zahawi’s SLAPP has now resulted in disciplinary action for his lawyer. A thread on why it happened, and what it means - for the lawyer, for SLAPPS, and for Zahawi himself.

Educational makeup of the new cabinet: 90%+ state school educated. This is big (and very different)

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR). Quick thread:

Even farms worth £5,000,000 will in practice only pay Inheritance Tax of less than 1% per year (for 10yrs). How can that be? Some worked examples...