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There has been quite a bit of coverage today about the so-called “rough sex defence”, which the government is claiming credit for abolishing.This is a difficult and sensitive subject, but
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I worry that this seismic change to our constitution is not being given the attention it urgently warrants. So I'll say again:The government wants to abolish jury trials in order
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Indoors, I should add. The government is happy for you to have sex with up to 5 other people in your gardenhttps://twitter.com/barristersecret/status/1267142641965322240 (In law, at least. The Guidance, although not
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So now we have a conflict.The police, having considered the evidence have expressed the view that Cummings did break the law.While the Attorney General and superintendent of the CPS @SuellaBraverman
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I understand that @RobertJenrick has been on Question Time tonight peddling the #FakeLaw myth that we spend more on legal aid than any other country.This was a lie when his
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Note that the government’s reaction isn’t an expression of shock that people have been fined for doing something that was always permissible. It’s to review fines lawfully levied - i.e.
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An important point about the burden of proof in the Cummings saga:The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 provide that it is an offence for a person to leave
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“He followed the instincts of every father and every parent”.You foul and disgusting piece of work, Prime Minister. If you have avoided visiting an elderly or sick parent, in accordance
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As well as being breathtakingly stupid, this appears to amount to a clear breach of the regulations. Unless anybody has any suggestions as to how “Performing the conga” might be
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Although I’ve only been in court for a few Skype hearings these past 3 weeks, I still find that I’m working a full-time week preparing ongoing cases, drafting documents etc.
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It’s not just Labour Reddit that’s on the case. Some folks with a righteous “UK law”/Union flag/gavel motif are now predicting “a pretty big scandal when it comes out” that
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Not the first time I’ve heard this theory, but good to see it getting some serious debate among Labour members. I will pay one thousand of your English pounds to
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