Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
Just when you thought the world had no more horrors to offer …
January 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Just when you thought the world had no more horrors to offer …
❤️. BTW thank you for the recommendation:
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
❤️. BTW thank you for the recommendation:
Today I found a job I absolutely would not want.
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today I found a job I absolutely would not want.
OK. Now leave me alone for a bit you flea-ridden avian torturer.
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
OK. Now leave me alone for a bit you flea-ridden avian torturer.
North Berwick allows the jaded lawyer at Christmas to step off the road and onto the street.
December 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
North Berwick allows the jaded lawyer at Christmas to step off the road and onto the street.
Finally, a bar I really can practise at.
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Finally, a bar I really can practise at.
Reading some Dickens for Christmas
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reading some Dickens for Christmas
The true spirit of Christmas
December 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The true spirit of Christmas
Just got back from Professor Dominic Regan’s party where I met two of his good friends.
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Just got back from Professor Dominic Regan’s party where I met two of his good friends.
We have a false widow in our kitchen. Or should I say in its kitchen.
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We have a false widow in our kitchen. Or should I say in its kitchen.
Drug prices have fallen by … 700%?
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Drug prices have fallen by … 700%?
What on earth is giving him that impression?
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What on earth is giving him that impression?
It’s amazing that the NYT here covers a President’s use of the DoJ as a tool for expressly partisan investigation as simply a contextual factor which may delay disclosure of some Epstein-related material.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s amazing that the NYT here covers a President’s use of the DoJ as a tool for expressly partisan investigation as simply a contextual factor which may delay disclosure of some Epstein-related material.
CDC
Tiny Cows and Vaccines
Questions and Concerns
Vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body.
The claim that vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body is not an evidence-based claim, because studies have not ruled out the possibility.
Tiny Cows and Vaccines
Questions and Concerns
Vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body.
The claim that vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body is not an evidence-based claim, because studies have not ruled out the possibility.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
CDC
Tiny Cows and Vaccines
Questions and Concerns
Vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body.
The claim that vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body is not an evidence-based claim, because studies have not ruled out the possibility.
Tiny Cows and Vaccines
Questions and Concerns
Vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body.
The claim that vaccines will not make tiny cows sprout from your body is not an evidence-based claim, because studies have not ruled out the possibility.
But there some other old usages of fulsome, I really want back, e.g:
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
But there some other old usages of fulsome, I really want back, e.g:
Agreed, the fulsome battle is lost, sadly:
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November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Agreed, the fulsome battle is lost, sadly:
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No. In so far as it is an Americanism it is a survival of an older English usage. Our objection to it would be sounder if we complained it was an archaicism.
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
No. In so far as it is an Americanism it is a survival of an older English usage. Our objection to it would be sounder if we complained it was an archaicism.
But if that is a problem, how about a further meaning, including an example from 1340?
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
But if that is a problem, how about a further meaning, including an example from 1340?
All the good taste of an earwax lollipop.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
All the good taste of an earwax lollipop.