@sarahlikesthinking.bsky.social
KC, criminal law specialist. 5% of Legal Feminist.
How will the backlog will look in the event that even a bare majority of criminal barristers decide not to accept instructions for serious cases which will no longer be tried by a jury?
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Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How will the backlog will look in the event that even a bare majority of criminal barristers decide not to accept instructions for serious cases which will no longer be tried by a jury?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A significant number of people have been encouraged to believe that, in any and all circumstances, the fact of their sex is no one's business but their own. They are being misled, at serious risk to themselves and others.
www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2025/09/10/c...
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Ciara Watkin: Where did the deception start? -
When I first saw the photographs of Ciara Watkin (CW), a trans identified man, taken during his sexual assault trial at Teesside Crown Court, I wondered how anyone gifted with sight could mistake him ...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A significant number of people have been encouraged to believe that, in any and all circumstances, the fact of their sex is no one's business but their own. They are being misled, at serious risk to themselves and others.
www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2025/09/10/c...
www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2025/09/10/c...
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On Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump and the spectre of political violence. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US is on the brink of another era of political violence – and Donald Trump ‘couldn’t care less’ | Jonathan Freedland
In their humane responses to the killing of Charlie Kirk, Democrats are observing the old norms. Things are different now: anger and division rule, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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September 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump and the spectre of political violence. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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With the invaluable assistance of Mark Lewis of Patron Law & Beth Grossman of Doughty Street Chambers, I’ve reached settlement with @theguardian.com in relation to an article written about me by @peterwalker99.bsky.social, published on 6 June 2025, which was incorrect as admitted in this statement ⬇️
August 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
With the invaluable assistance of Mark Lewis of Patron Law & Beth Grossman of Doughty Street Chambers, I’ve reached settlement with @theguardian.com in relation to an article written about me by @peterwalker99.bsky.social, published on 6 June 2025, which was incorrect as admitted in this statement ⬇️
