Catherine Baksi
@legalhackette.bsky.social
Barrister turned freelance journalist, writing for The Times & Law Gazette. Please get in touch with stories: [email protected].
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For those of you struggling to find the @TimesLaw page after @thetimes.com website redesign, you need to click on ‘UK’ and then ‘Law’: thetimes.com/uk/law
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Labour peer dismisses plan to scrap jury trials as ‘old party trope’ - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Labour peer dismisses plan to scrap jury trials as ‘old party trope’
Baroness Kennedy adds to cross-party opposition to David Lammy’s proposal, saying it assumes ordinary people ‘are not up to’ determining guilt
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November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Labour peer dismisses plan to scrap jury trials as ‘old party trope’ - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Reposted by Catherine Baksi
Juries don’t cause backlogs — underfunding does, ’ Jason Lartey, LCCSA president, tells @thetimes.com, asking justice secretary David Lammy to meet him and see what it's like on the "frontline" of the system. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jason Lartey: ‘Juries don’t cause backlogs — underfunding does’
The new president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association tells Catherine Baksi why he fears scrapping jury trials risks inflicting greater harm
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November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Juries don’t cause backlogs — underfunding does, ’ Jason Lartey, LCCSA president, tells @thetimes.com, asking justice secretary David Lammy to meet him and see what it's like on the "frontline" of the system. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Reposted by Catherine Baksi
Years of neglect take toll on Inner London crown court -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Years of neglect take toll on Inner London crown court
A leaky roof, holes covered with tape — and an attempted murder suspect released amid lack of funding
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Years of neglect take toll on Inner London crown court -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Booming legal services add £37bn to the economy -- says report by Hook Tangaza for the Ministry of Justice -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Booming legal services add £37bn to the economy
Lawyer numbers soar as report finds that strong sector bolsters UK growth
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Booming legal services add £37bn to the economy -- says report by Hook Tangaza for the Ministry of Justice -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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“Solicitors are not just photocopiers” - the best advice received by Darragh Mackin of Pheonix Law, who is Lawyer of the Week in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Darragh Mackin acted in challenge over religious education teaching
Darragh Mackin, a solicitor at Phoenix Law in Belfast, successfully represented a pupil and her father in a challenge to the teaching of religious education and collective worship in Northern Ireland
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November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Solicitors are not just photocopiers” - the best advice received by Darragh Mackin of Pheonix Law, who is Lawyer of the Week in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Jury’s out over trial shake-up; Convicting a serial killer; Justice is ‘low in pecking order’ - in the law pages of @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury’s out over trial shake-up
The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Jury’s out over trial shake-up; Convicting a serial killer; Justice is ‘low in pecking order’ - in the law pages of @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Reposted by Catherine Baksi
In The Brief from @thetimes.com today: Bin the emails, says @helixlaw.bsky.social ; Stephen Denyer Scholarship launched. Sign up for the latest #legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In The Brief from @thetimes.com today: Bin the emails, says @helixlaw.bsky.social ; Stephen Denyer Scholarship launched. Sign up for the latest #legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
Juries don’t cause backlogs — underfunding does, ’ Jason Lartey, LCCSA president, tells @thetimes.com, asking justice secretary David Lammy to meet him and see what it's like on the "frontline" of the system. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jason Lartey: ‘Juries don’t cause backlogs — underfunding does’
The new president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association tells Catherine Baksi why he fears scrapping jury trials risks inflicting greater harm
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Juries don’t cause backlogs — underfunding does, ’ Jason Lartey, LCCSA president, tells @thetimes.com, asking justice secretary David Lammy to meet him and see what it's like on the "frontline" of the system. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Years of neglect take toll on Inner London crown court -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Years of neglect take toll on Inner London crown court
A leaky roof, holes covered with tape — and an attempted murder suspect released amid lack of funding
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Years of neglect take toll on Inner London crown court -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Booming legal services add £37bn to the economy -- says report by Hook Tangaza for the Ministry of Justice -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Booming legal services add £37bn to the economy
Lawyer numbers soar as report finds that strong sector bolsters UK growth
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Booming legal services add £37bn to the economy -- says report by Hook Tangaza for the Ministry of Justice -- in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
“Solicitors are not just photocopiers” - the best advice received by Darragh Mackin of Pheonix Law, who is Lawyer of the Week in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Darragh Mackin acted in challenge over religious education teaching
Darragh Mackin, a solicitor at Phoenix Law in Belfast, successfully represented a pupil and her father in a challenge to the teaching of religious education and collective worship in Northern Ireland
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Solicitors are not just photocopiers” - the best advice received by Darragh Mackin of Pheonix Law, who is Lawyer of the Week in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury’s out over trial shake-up; Convicting a serial killer; Justice is ‘low in pecking order’ - in the law pages of @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury’s out over trial shake-up
The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Jury’s out over trial shake-up; Convicting a serial killer; Justice is ‘low in pecking order’ - in the law pages of @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
In The Brief from @thetimes.com today: Bin the emails, says @helixlaw.bsky.social ; Stephen Denyer Scholarship launched. Sign up for the latest #legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In The Brief from @thetimes.com today: Bin the emails, says @helixlaw.bsky.social ; Stephen Denyer Scholarship launched. Sign up for the latest #legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
Labour peer dismisses plan to scrap jury trials as ‘old party trope’ - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Labour peer dismisses plan to scrap jury trials as ‘old party trope’
Baroness Kennedy adds to cross-party opposition to David Lammy’s proposal, saying it assumes ordinary people ‘are not up to’ determining guilt
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Labour peer dismisses plan to scrap jury trials as ‘old party trope’ - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Our scoop from yesterday made the front page of @thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Our scoop from yesterday made the front page of @thetimes.com
Reposted by Catherine Baksi
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
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November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this tweet by the Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy, in 2020 when he was in opposition.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this tweet by the Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy, in 2020 when he was in opposition.
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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BREAKING: Judge blames lack of funding as he frees attempted murder suspect - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Judge blames lack of funding as he frees attempted murder suspect
Despite ‘significant risk’ of reoffending, shortage of courtrooms mean bail will be granted because the pre-trial custody time limit cannot be met
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
BREAKING: Judge blames lack of funding as he frees attempted murder suspect - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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“I’d like to see the courts fixed — missing ceiling tiles & taped-down carpets replaced, lavatories & lifts working ... & all the things that make our working conditions really dreadful improved,” @thecriminalbar.bsky.social chair tells @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Riel Karmy-Jones: Labour should get on with fixing courts
The chair of the Criminal Bar Association tells Catherine Baksi why she thinks ministers should invest in the existing justice system, rather than overhaul it
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“I’d like to see the courts fixed — missing ceiling tiles & taped-down carpets replaced, lavatories & lifts working ... & all the things that make our working conditions really dreadful improved,” @thecriminalbar.bsky.social chair tells @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Where there’s a will there’s a claim - 50th anniversary of the Inheritance Act has coincided with a rise in claims brought under the legislation - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Inheritance act branded out of touch with societal norms
With probate disputes rising, lawyers are calling for reform to legislation to deal with the rise in blended families and a greater awareness of rights
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November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Where there’s a will there’s a claim - 50th anniversary of the Inheritance Act has coincided with a rise in claims brought under the legislation - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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"Pay attention to what people don’t say and what’s not there" - the best advice received by @thetimes.com's Lawyer of the Week, Charlotte Elves @outertemple.bsky.social chambers. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Charlotte Elves acted in a chief constable contempt of court case
Charlotte Elves, a barrister at Outer Temple Chambers, was junior counsel representing Nadine Buzzard-Quashie in a case in which the Court of Appeal found the chief constable of Northamptonshire
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November 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Pay attention to what people don’t say and what’s not there" - the best advice received by @thetimes.com's Lawyer of the Week, Charlotte Elves @outertemple.bsky.social chambers. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Mastercard class-action hero rides again — for rail passengers; Is Central London employment tribunal's new home finally going to open?; Artwork for @thelawsociety.bsky.social 200-year anniversary - in the "out of court" diary of the law pages in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Mastercard class-action hero rides again — for rail passengers
The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law
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November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Mastercard class-action hero rides again — for rail passengers; Is Central London employment tribunal's new home finally going to open?; Artwork for @thelawsociety.bsky.social 200-year anniversary - in the "out of court" diary of the law pages in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Reposted by Catherine Baksi
In The Brief from @thetimes.com today: Top judge, rubbish secretary - who can this be? Beware of scammers, law firm warns. Pink elephant in the room at Clarke Willmott & Snoopy trail comes to #legal London. Sign up for the latest legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
In The Brief from @thetimes.com today: Top judge, rubbish secretary - who can this be? Beware of scammers, law firm warns. Pink elephant in the room at Clarke Willmott & Snoopy trail comes to #legal London. Sign up for the latest legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
“I’d like to see the courts fixed — missing ceiling tiles & taped-down carpets replaced, lavatories & lifts working ... & all the things that make our working conditions really dreadful improved,” @thecriminalbar.bsky.social chair tells @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Riel Karmy-Jones: Labour should get on with fixing courts
The chair of the Criminal Bar Association tells Catherine Baksi why she thinks ministers should invest in the existing justice system, rather than overhaul it
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“I’d like to see the courts fixed — missing ceiling tiles & taped-down carpets replaced, lavatories & lifts working ... & all the things that make our working conditions really dreadful improved,” @thecriminalbar.bsky.social chair tells @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...