Lex
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Lex
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Law and writing.
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Woman says she was followed off a bus & sexually assaulted

Three-and-a-half years later, suspect is charged

Trial in Nov 2025

Judge: "It's especially horrendous as allegation is so old.
I regret the trial is so far off but counsel know the score - the woeful state of all crown court listings"
December 11, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Will get this framed. Thrilled that my piece honouring Madame Pelicot is the cover.
December 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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I think one day I’ll probably just bump into too much furniture and that’s how I’ll die
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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“The law is failing people - and we have a duty to fix it”

Kim Leadbeater kicking off today’s #AssistedDying debate with both clarity and compassion - as has typified her approach throughout her campaign
November 29, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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“Carr, in post since October last year, said the ministry of justice was “one of the most underfunded departments across government” and that “we have courtrooms and some entire courts being stopped running for significant periods”.

www.ft.com/content/edb7...
England’s top judge hits out at government’s refusal to boost court funding
Sue Carr says preventing full operating capacity at crown courts has had a ‘drastic effect’ in worsening backlogs
www.ft.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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NEW - Final asylum seekers have now left the Bibby Stockholm

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Final asylum seekers have now left the Bibby Stockholm
Most claims from 400 men on vessel moored in Portland, Dorset have been processed, with majority accepted
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Dr Fatou Bensouda in closing our international #RuleOfLaw lecture tonight at Gray's Inn said: "Humanity’s quest for a more just world has travelled a long path but it is yet to arrive at its destination. Let’s keep those legs moving, ever faster."
November 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Me seeing that accounts I love from Twitter have made it over.
a brown and white dog is sitting on the floor next to a couch and a chair .
ALT: a brown and white dog is sitting on the floor next to a couch and a chair .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Creating your own holiday traditions is so important! For instance, every Christmas my husband and I watch the entire extended edition of the LOTR trilogy, which is great because they’re amazing films, but also because it’s 12 hours of stfu for the whole family. Follow me for more holiday tips.
November 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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We have had a press briefing with senior police officers and commissioners about the ongoing investigations into the riots that followed the Southport attack

Here are the key updates:
🚨1,590 arrests, 1,015 charges
👮‍♂️17% of those arrested were children, 46% were 18-35 years old
November 20, 2024 at 3:08 PM