Are we really going to do this dance IKEA UK IKEA UK Support ?

Important judgment in Scotland - closing the churches wasn't the least restrictive measure. We submitted similar arguments in England in May 2020 (Bradford Mosque)Jude Bunting (permission was granted to JR but Regs then changed). bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… judiciary.scot/home/sentences…

Hear hear. After 14 months separated it’s time for some compassionate travel allowances from these governments.

This is very, very funny dominiccummings.com/2021/04/23/sta…

Please do read the full thread by Adam Wagner KC to put this in context, but it’s not wrong to say that hotel quarantine essentially boils down to “detention centres…staffed by private security”.

Thoughts and prayers for the Covid regulations drafting team at Government Legal Department / Parliamentary Counsel Office

The government’s consultation document on Human* Rights. ( * “good” Humans only?)

I reckon this waiting for Christmas lockdown announcement feeling is about as close as most of the nation will ever get to that special waiting for a verdict feeling you get when your client admitted the offence in cross-examination and swore at the judge in front of the jury.

some things are just more legal if you're more powerful

This is not an "outdoor public place", it's a private garden. The gatherings rules didn't apply to private gardens

I think that it is shoddy analysis to label all those who have not been jabbed as “the unvaccinated” and treat them all as the same homogeneous group. It seems to me that there are many different reasons why people have resisted/rejected being vaccinates

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Top 10 barrister phrases and what they really mean (with thanks to @AnnekaSinclair) 1. It’s a matter for you – you will realise on your own that what I said is right 2. I’m grateful (to judge) – thanks I’m grateful (to opponent) – thanks *sarcastically*

Oh dear Joshua Rozenberg has been slipped a copy of the first page of the Bill of Rights Bill (yes, that's really what it's called). It has an introduction. It's basically a little Daily Mail section of the Bill What a farce rozenberg.substack.com/p/bill-of-righ…

'This is freedom!' - Rob Rinder 'It's the ones that are doing legal aid, that are serving the system that are not even getting minimum wage.' - Kate Garraway Barristers have voted to go on an all-out strike in England & Wales as part of a row with the Govt over jobs & pay.

I’ll have the chips without the chips please!

Me, nominating Susanna Reid for inclusion in the Legal 500 based on this top tier and solid gold cross-examination of Hancock:

Contract drafting tip: While direct language is generally preferable, avoid describing shady deals "in a section entitled 'Shady Deals'"

I need you to know that if your barrister says there’s going to be a ‘hoo ha’ in a court hearing then this is slightly less serious than a ‘ding dong’ which, in turn, is less serious than some ‘argy bargy’ and all of them less serious than a ‘showdown’.