Judgment being given in #Rwanda appeal now.
Singh LJ points out that because of urgency there is no approved transcript of the Swift J's judgment.
Apr 6, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
@DrProudman Some people have been blocked by @DrProudman, so here's a screenshot of her tweet. @DrProudman 1. Dr Proudman does not acknowledge that the purpose of a trial is to establish who is the victim and who is the abuser. The complainant is not always the “victim” and the defendant is not always the “abuser.”
Jan 5, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The jury had at least 3 separate legal routes to finding the defendants not guilty. The verdict was absolutely not an "assault on the rule of law."
1. A defence of honest (not necessarily reasonable) belief that the owners of the statue would have consented. S. 5 (2) (a) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971.
We're planning for an extra 20,000 prisoners. The cost of incarcerating one prisoner is roughly £40k p.a. With £40k here & £40k there, & a new prison here & a new prison there, quite soon we're talking big money.
Remorseless tinkering with the law, always with a view to filling up these warehouses of human misery at vast expense to the rest of us.
Nov 26, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
HT @jonnielovely for the appeal against sentence, which concluded yesterday. The criteria for a rare "common law life sentence" were not made out, largely because the offences of perverting justice though extremely serious, were not violent.
The barrister's life sentence was quashed and a 10 year determinate sentence substituted. bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…
Sep 3, 2021 • 34 tweets • 6 min read
A thread on the report of the Pet Theft Task Force which reported today. You can download their report here. gov.uk/government/pub…
Although its remit extended to all pets, it concentrated on dogs, although cat theft gets a brief mention.
Feb 22, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
The astonishingly brave Saif-ul-malook is again representing alleged blasphemers in the Pakistan Supreme Court. They have been on death row since 2014.
One of the appellants was held, still may be, in the same cell that was used for Assia Bibi before her blasphemy conviction was quashed.
Jul 21, 2020 • 41 tweets • 6 min read
Suella Baverman tells @CommonsJustice she supports "extending the court day."
"Speaking of my experience as a barrister ... I would have jumped at the chance of any work, especially in my early days, regardless of the time of day at which it was being held."
Sep 15, 2019 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
I disagree with @barristersecret here. Johnson does appear to intend much tougher sentences, and not just for child murderers. The current whole-life tariff for child murderers is reserved for those with an abduction or a sexual or sadistic motivation.
@BarristerSecret For some reason the plan is for killing of 4 year olds to become automatically more serious than the killing of 5 year olds.
Oct 5, 2017 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Some preliminary thoughts on the approach adopted by #OpConifer.
#OpConifer has adopted the same approach as #OpMidland. It uses the term “victim” not “complainant.”
