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Today is Firefighters Memorial Day.
It is a day to pay tribute to, and remember, all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of their communities.
Their courage and dedication will never be forgotten.
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TalithaGilpin
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TalithaGilpin
@TalithaGilpin
Solicitor at Hodge Jones & Allen incorporating Birds Solicitors
Wandsworth, London Inscrit le Haziran 2018
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The online system the Crown Courts use to run criminal cases is glitching. Some case documents randomly disappear. Some widely-shared messages from lawyers & judges revert to earlier versions. Notifications already dealt with reappear.
Backlog: 80,000 cases.
And counting. 🎪
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New offence in force from today: Intentional harassment, alarm or distress on account of sex (s 4B POA 1986)
crimeline.co.uk/knowledge-base…
It covers intentional harassment directed at someone because of their sex including where perpetrators target women and girls in public places, including streets, parks, public transport, taxis, shops and other everyday spaces.
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A murder appeal brought by the CCRC.
"The Court emphasised that an appeal is not an opportunity to relitigate the same expert dispute simply by calling different experts later."
crimeline.co.uk/thomas-2026-ew…
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Read this thread. Every word.
And then read it again, because you will not believe it can be true.
But it is. Every word.
@DavidLammy and @sarahsackman want to remove the right to jury trial in cases involving *death*.
Homicide cases.
Joanna Hardy-Susskind@Joanna__Hardy
Hello, there 👋 Have you heard David Lammy MP and Sarah Sackman MP talking about people stealing bottles of whisky and swiping mobile telephones as examples of people who should not get jury trials? Well. I’d like to tell you a story. 🪡 🧵
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Hello, there 👋
Have you heard David Lammy MP and Sarah Sackman MP talking about people stealing bottles of whisky and swiping mobile telephones as examples of people who should not get jury trials?
Well. I’d like to tell you a story.
🪡 🧵
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On and on it goes. The ABH guideline. The Sexual Assault guideline. The Fraud guideline. The Affray guideline. Thousands & thousands of cases falling in a range where people will have no choice but to have the worst moments of their lives tried summarily - or by judge alone.
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The latest deaths in custody have just been added to our website: ppo.gov.uk/death-investig…
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this is the biggest constitutional change in the criminal justice system in generations . Juries are “the lamp through which liberty shines” - and it vandalised without it being in a manifesto - and this is your response ?
Luke Akehurst@lukeakehurst
@Labanb Trial by jury isn't being ended. Just stops applying to trials that would result in sentences of under 3 years. There is no need to exaggerate what is being proposed.
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Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan - BBC News
More than 3,200 lawyers including 300 top barristers and retired judges have called on the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.
Letter led by The Bar Council bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Oh btw, the introduction of “independent legal advisors” for rape complainants is going to be a potential minefield. Have a read of this article from @lawsocgazette to see why.
“ A third sector organisation will be commissioned to run the service through a government grant”
Law Society Gazette@lawsocgazette
Lawyers to advise rape complainants on 'unnecessary' requests: lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers-t…
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🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms
"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"
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Blue badge holders and others can now get a Disabled Person's Railcard. Read more here: moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/03/d… #MartinLewis
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If the jury reforms go through, what is to happen when the prison population explodes?
Even with the changes in the Sentencing Act 2026, that is absolutely bound to happen.
It is so depressingly predictable.
But these new measures won't allow us roll back to where we are now.
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To say I’m disappointed in Govt efforts to erode a cornerstone of our society is an understatement. This is disgraceful, the public should be afraid-this move would encompass even some sex offences & S20 GBH’s #JusticeNeedsJuries #JuryTrials #CJS
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: MPs have voted to progress the jury trial reforms Yes: 304 No: 203 Labour MP Karl Turner is said to be confident that the reforms in the Bill will be scrapped at committee stage
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They use an example of stealing a bottle of whisky deliberately, you see. Because it sounds lightweight & silly. But either way offences with sentences less than 3 years will include some sexual assaults, some ABHs, some s20 GBHs & some frauds.
It’s not about whisky.
Or knees.
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NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty
For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.
thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/kei…
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Guilt when carried becomes shame - ‘In Conversation’ Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Deborah Frances-White #TheGuiltyFeminist #InternationalWomenDay2026 #DoughtyStreetChambers
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25.03.26 – Harris Academy, St John's Wood 0930-1230
Volunteers sought for @KalisherTrust mock trial exercise. All materials provided & negligible prep. A small team of barristers/pupils is required.
Travel paid & a modest gratuity available for loss of earnings.
Please DM.
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