Tesco and Morrison’s repay £859 million in business rate relief. When the government say they don’t have the money to invest in legal aid - I think we’d be ok with this as a lump to start with. Just sayin’.

Woman angry that Lefty Lawyers ground Jamaica-bound deportation flight:

An excellent piece by Dominic Grieve QC, a throwback to the days when Attorney Generals were suitably qualified and prioritised the integrity of their office over personal political gain #TheLawIsBroken theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Met police response to Sarah Everard vigil ‘we had no choice but to act as we did to break up unlawful gathering’. Kill the bill protests - covid justifies use of force. Notice below mass crowds -nothing. Policing is now expression of political will it’s why we must #killthebill

WORST NIGHTMARE. Someone just accidentally unmuted themselves while calling a barrister a "fuckwit" in the Supreme Court.

Excited to be joining Rose Court Chambers as a probationary tenant today :-)

We are excited to announce the appointment of Penelope Gibbs as Chair of Trustees! Penelope has extensive governance experience, including as Chair of the Standing Committee for Youth Justice (now @theAYJ) & deep knowledge of the criminal justice system. appropriateadult.org.uk/about-us/our-p…

John Briant represented a defendant accused of assaulting an emergency worker during BLM protests. The defence team discovered video evidence confirming the account given by the defendant who was acquitted at Southwark CC. Instructed and assisted by Ola Amosu of Amosu Robinshaw Sols

Ishan Davé secures unanimous acquittals in respect of charges bought by TFL against a former employee accused of stealing thousands from TFL ticketing suites. Ishan was succesful in challenging the accuracy and reliability of TFL's cash security and accounting systems.

Delighted to announce that I’ll be joining Rose Court Chambers.

Oldest case at St Albans (June 2018) couldn’t continue because of #noreturns. Will be heard 2023. How can a case be fairly heard 4 years after the fact. #thelawisbroken

New case on arrest of juvenile ST v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2022] EWHC 1280 (QB) 14 year old arrested at 5.30am at home on suspicion of robbery (of mobile phone at school), and taken to police station where placed in adult cell for a few hours.

I had the honour of working with 6 attorneys general close up, both Tory & Labour and you are, by some distance, the worst in my lifetime & possibly in the 800 yr history of the role Your primary role is guardian of the rule of law & you failed shamefully & spectacularly

If you read one thing this year, please let it be this post by Joanna Hardy-Susskind. It is without a shadow of the doubt the best thing that's ever appeared on this blog. It is just stupendously, heartbreakingly, achingly brilliant. thesecretbarrister.com/2022/07/21/gue…

Really pleased with this result. I don’t think I have ever had a better example of the importance of context with phone data.

John Briant & Kate Riekstina represented brothers charged with PWITS Class A. Following representations made by both Counsel in respect of public interest and Modern Day Slavery the Crown halted the prosecution in respect of both clients. Instructed by Ibraheem Hussain of McLartys

June Warwick and John Briant successfully represent two defendants accused of firearms offences at the Old Bailey. They made legal arguments detailing disclosure issues, forcing the Crown to offer no evidence on the first day of trial. Instructed by Emma Tingling Amosu Robinshaw Sols

Dear The Secret Barrister 🦋 do you think that we could suggest that the Bibby Stockholm is used to house the rioters while they’re on remand awaiting resolution of their cases. It seems fitting ;)

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