James Turner KC

Ooooh, political. 😮

Does that count as good news?

What were you doing in 1974/75? I was one of this lot.

What happens to those who are disabled to the extent that they can’t use buses?

@barristersecret.bsky.social : The Mail Online and its readers are shocked to the core by this:

White Christmas YouTube video by Joshua Held

The usual Christmas message to all of my followers (sound on): youtu.be/Ooc5eJc5SHA?...

I’d have thought a compensation order for the cost of cleaning the suit and something to compensate for the indignity, plus a fine, might be thought of as a proportionate approach.

I think the numbers of James Turners is cheapening the brand. 😮

Yet another James Turner?

I’d really like to see that impression. 🤔

The United Kingdom constitution - a mapping exercise A briefing paper which "maps" (or summarises) the main elements of the United Kingdom's uncodified constitution.

The wonderful Commons Library has done us all a favour by mapping the Constitution- no plans for reform, just a faithful account of what we have. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

“COMPUTER SAYS NO”: JUDGE MAKES TRENCHANT OBSERVATIONS ON LOCAL AUTHORITY’S WITNESSES: SOMETHING THE COUNCIL TAX PAYERS OF WAKEFIELD MAY WISH TO READ I am always reluctant to invade the patch of the many erudite family law bloggers.  However I read the judgment of HHJ Trotter-Jackson in Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v A & Ors [2024…

Slightly outside my usual writing, but this is a remarkable judgment about the conduct of the local authority. Only rectified in the face of a threat of judicial review www.civillitigationbrief.com/2024/11/26/c...

I’ve nothing which is that tidy.

Note the grubby knees:

Yes indeed.

Appointment of a High Court Judge: Harrison KC - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary The Lady Chief Justice is delighted to welcome the appointment by his Majesty the King of Richard Harrison KC to the High Court. Mr Justice Harrison will be assigned to the Family Division where he wi...

This makes me feel really old. But it seems like only yesterday when he was my pupil: www.judiciary.uk/appointments...

I’m referring to a mixture of gin and vermouth.

I don’t think I should mix my drinks. 🙂

I’ve just finished a very nice dry martini. What now?

Although they don’t seem to be here, the lawyer/magicians include (1) Sir Andrew McFarlane (President of the Family Division), and (2) www.4pb.com/barrister-pr...

Not on the credit card receipt it doesn’t.

I’ve no idea. It seems to be saying that in relation to lots of people. 🤔

That’s freedom of speech for you. 🙂

That was what made it even more frustrating. The screen at the bus stop was completely blank. Apparently, Waterloo Station became completely impassable.

I waited 45 minutes at Aldwych for an 87 bus but there was not a single bus to any destination arrived during that time, so I gave up.

👏👏👏

Do you really need to ask?

I had one where it was only a little way through cross-examination we discovered that the witness was driving an HGV on a motorway somewhere in continental Europe.

CHILD: Mummy, mummy, there’s a man at the door with a bill.

MUMMY: Are you sure it’s not a duck wearing a cap?