Claire Bradley
@clairebradley.bsky.social
Legal academic, legal researcher and highly experienced teacher. Specialist in EU law and research interests in the history of the Bar, legal rhetoric and historical legal advocacy. www.advocacy.website
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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The important work of holding the state to account as outlined by @stevetombs.bsky.social and shown in the film “The UK is not Innocent” @inquest-org.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The important work of holding the state to account as outlined by @stevetombs.bsky.social and shown in the film “The UK is not Innocent” @inquest-org.bsky.social
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Eager for the latest research on Northern Ireland's special post-Brexit rights and equality protections? Come fill your boots at the Europa Hotel Belfast on 16 December:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-l...
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Research Launch ‘Windsor Framework Article 2: Enforcement and Remedies'
The NIHRC is delighted to invite you to the launch of its new research report 'Windsor Framework Article 2:
Enforcement and Remedies’.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Eager for the latest research on Northern Ireland's special post-Brexit rights and equality protections? Come fill your boots at the Europa Hotel Belfast on 16 December:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-l...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-l...
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HL Constitution Committee evidence session with First Parliamentary Counsel, to discuss the drafting of laws and in particular the justification for “standard” Henry VIII powers to amend future Acts of Parliament by secondary legislation parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/....
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Constitution Committee
parliamentlive.tv
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
HL Constitution Committee evidence session with First Parliamentary Counsel, to discuss the drafting of laws and in particular the justification for “standard” Henry VIII powers to amend future Acts of Parliament by secondary legislation parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/....
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Deporting British born children does not secure our borders, Shabana Mahmood. No one voted for this. I'd rather you stop the performative cruelty than you stop the boats.
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The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Deporting British born children does not secure our borders, Shabana Mahmood. No one voted for this. I'd rather you stop the performative cruelty than you stop the boats.
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TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
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Bluesky tax legal folk:
If an item is designed and used solely by disabled people, does that make it exempt from import tax? (My understanding is that it is).
Item: wheelchair rugby ball
Any tips on challenging the import tax demanded by HMRC to have the item released?
If an item is designed and used solely by disabled people, does that make it exempt from import tax? (My understanding is that it is).
Item: wheelchair rugby ball
Any tips on challenging the import tax demanded by HMRC to have the item released?
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bluesky tax legal folk:
If an item is designed and used solely by disabled people, does that make it exempt from import tax? (My understanding is that it is).
Item: wheelchair rugby ball
Any tips on challenging the import tax demanded by HMRC to have the item released?
If an item is designed and used solely by disabled people, does that make it exempt from import tax? (My understanding is that it is).
Item: wheelchair rugby ball
Any tips on challenging the import tax demanded by HMRC to have the item released?
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My @thomasmorechambers.bsky.social colleague & former pupil mistress, Laura Collignon, has written an interesting article about limitation periods in child sexual abuse claims, having been involved in the first English case which considered the Scottish law that has influenced the reforms here.
Time limit for child sexual abuse claims
Personal injury.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
My @thomasmorechambers.bsky.social colleague & former pupil mistress, Laura Collignon, has written an interesting article about limitation periods in child sexual abuse claims, having been involved in the first English case which considered the Scottish law that has influenced the reforms here.
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SRA closes down practice of leading sports lawyer zurl.co/P1Vhh
SRA closes down practice of leading sports lawyer
The Solicitors Regulation Authority yesterday closed down the practice of a high-profile sports lawyer who has acted for the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Tyson Fury.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
SRA closes down practice of leading sports lawyer zurl.co/P1Vhh
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Scottish judges have violated the rights of rape suspects, the UK Supreme Court decided yesterday. Scotland's courts must now modify their approach to the admissibility of evidence in sexual offences cases. The ruling affects past, current and future hearings.
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Suspects have rights too
Scottish judges told they have been handling rape trials wrongly
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November 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Scottish judges have violated the rights of rape suspects, the UK Supreme Court decided yesterday. Scotland's courts must now modify their approach to the admissibility of evidence in sexual offences cases. The ruling affects past, current and future hearings.
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Memorandum of understanding between the Regulator of Social Housing and the Charity Commission. Important for charitable social landlords in England:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Memorandum of Understanding between the Regulator of Social Housing and The Charity Commission for England and Wales
www.gov.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Memorandum of understanding between the Regulator of Social Housing and the Charity Commission. Important for charitable social landlords in England:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Congratulations to Mr Justice Coppel!
We are delighted to announce that Jason Coppel KC has been appointed a High Court Judge, assigned to King’s Bench Division. He will take up his appointment on 12 January 2026.
www.11kbw.com/knowledge-ev...
www.11kbw.com/knowledge-ev...
Jason Coppel KC appointed to the High Court Bench | 11KBW
We are delighted to announce that Jason Coppel KC has been appointed a High Court Judge, assigned to King’s Bench Division. He will take up…
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November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Congratulations to Mr Justice Coppel!
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We are delighted to announce that Jason Coppel KC has been appointed a High Court Judge, assigned to King’s Bench Division. He will take up his appointment on 12 January 2026.
www.11kbw.com/knowledge-ev...
www.11kbw.com/knowledge-ev...
Jason Coppel KC appointed to the High Court Bench | 11KBW
We are delighted to announce that Jason Coppel KC has been appointed a High Court Judge, assigned to King’s Bench Division. He will take up…
www.11kbw.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We are delighted to announce that Jason Coppel KC has been appointed a High Court Judge, assigned to King’s Bench Division. He will take up his appointment on 12 January 2026.
www.11kbw.com/knowledge-ev...
www.11kbw.com/knowledge-ev...
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🚨Fantastic news: the EU Adequate Wage Directive is (mostly) valid!
Every member state must have an action plan to get 80% + collective bargaining coverage. Plans expected by the end of 2025.
The UK has something like 25% to 40% cover (the official staticians don't know!). Britain needs a plan too.
Every member state must have an action plan to get 80% + collective bargaining coverage. Plans expected by the end of 2025.
The UK has something like 25% to 40% cover (the official staticians don't know!). Britain needs a plan too.
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🚨Fantastic news: the EU Adequate Wage Directive is (mostly) valid!
Every member state must have an action plan to get 80% + collective bargaining coverage. Plans expected by the end of 2025.
The UK has something like 25% to 40% cover (the official staticians don't know!). Britain needs a plan too.
Every member state must have an action plan to get 80% + collective bargaining coverage. Plans expected by the end of 2025.
The UK has something like 25% to 40% cover (the official staticians don't know!). Britain needs a plan too.
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
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The more one delves into British institutional decency and honesty, the more appalling it appears to be. It points directly to individuals more interested in their own welfare than those they are supposed to protect.
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The more one delves into British institutional decency and honesty, the more appalling it appears to be. It points directly to individuals more interested in their own welfare than those they are supposed to protect.
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🔥 Harrods: What do the survivors do now??
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
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November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🔥 Harrods: What do the survivors do now??
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
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Which adults? All we have is obsessed toddlers shouting out ‘I can be nastier to immigrants than you’ in the loudest voices they can find. If you want to be considered the adults in the room, you need to behave like adults.
He's right. Just because I might prefer Zacks populist policies to Nigels doesn't make any of it more achievable.
The current government have inherited an absolute mess snd it is going to take adults a long time to sort it out.
The current government have inherited an absolute mess snd it is going to take adults a long time to sort it out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Which adults? All we have is obsessed toddlers shouting out ‘I can be nastier to immigrants than you’ in the loudest voices they can find. If you want to be considered the adults in the room, you need to behave like adults.
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Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
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UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
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Labour imo are haemorrhaging votes because they are demonstrating their inhumanity towards those who are vulnerable and marginalised which is repulsive to their core base.
Labour imo are haemorrhaging votes because they are demonstrating their inhumanity towards those who are vulnerable and marginalised which is repulsive to their core base.
Labour could stop every single boat and they’ll still lose. You lot can project this as the most important issue in your race to the right-wing bottom all you like; what WOULD stop a defeat is tackling it humanely and repeatedly stressing that the boats are not the cause of the cost of living crisis
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Labour imo are haemorrhaging votes because they are demonstrating their inhumanity towards those who are vulnerable and marginalised which is repulsive to their core base.
Labour imo are haemorrhaging votes because they are demonstrating their inhumanity towards those who are vulnerable and marginalised which is repulsive to their core base.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Maybe we just need more lawyers on the fountain pens feed 🤓
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Maybe we just need more lawyers on the fountain pens feed 🤓
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No publication or press release yet, but yesterday the EU Commission took a decision implementing the Digital Services Act - perhaps a response to French government concerns about Shein?
ec.europa.eu/transparency...
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Register of Commission Documents
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November 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
No publication or press release yet, but yesterday the EU Commission took a decision implementing the Digital Services Act - perhaps a response to French government concerns about Shein?
ec.europa.eu/transparency...
ec.europa.eu/transparency...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM