Jon Kiddie, Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Lawyer)

@TCYJimB @GlasgowAdvocate It's remarkable that, even after all these decades of TV & movie legal dramas, the most realistic depictions of courtroom scenes are to be found in the comedy "My Cousin Vinny" 😉

@GlasgowAdvocate @KiddieJon I thought the use of “defendant” in the trial scenes in BBC’s “Bombing of PanAm 103” was bad enough … will eagerly wait your further reviews ! 😂

If it’s true that Netflix spent £1 million an episode to shoot it in Edinburgh - you would have thought it might have occurred to somebody to send a production asst to the Lawnmarket in a taxi to see what a Scottish High Court trial looks like. Yes I know only lawyers care !

@jdpoc Read all about it: "San Francisco car thief wins $1 million lawsuit against car owner beekeeper who left swarm inside car"

Sign WIn.

"The *ban* on assisted dying", as one MSP proposer put it, is perhaps the most contrived exercise in euphemism I've heard in years. Aye, there's an old fashioned word for that... bbc.co.uk/news/scotland

@pjm1kbw 🐷

Train etiquette? The passenger opposite me has just opened and devoured a whole (large) packet of ham with her fingers. Nothing else; just a whole packet of ham. Slice by slice. Yes or know? #KCOnATrain 🚂 🥴

@DrJoBeswick Suddenly, in a puff of smoke, & as if by magic, Trump gets relegated to only the 2nd most important USAmerican in the world, ha.

Pope Leo XIV.

@HouseChambers Beware of girls named after trees. And, be particularly wary of the landlord's daughter.

Got an invitation to an island this weekend (genuinely). Happy Mayday Everyone!

@LordThurlow Invitation to treat (oneself)... ? 🤔

"The Lost Boys" (1987) seems fated for a remake, thus likely joining a catalogue of remakes I outright refuse to watch (because one can't improve upon perfection, viz:— Dr Zhivago; The Wickerman; Rollerball, etc...). That said, surely the original can't be almost 40 !! 😯🙄🧛

Let's just not forget how the Star Wars originally began with a trade standoff...

@casescasescases After 30 years in legal practice: it's all the same under the sun, & who knows what's true anymore anyway ?...

before legal training: this statement is true after 4 years of legal study: this statement is prima facie true

@pjm1kbw @BBCWorld Apparently it was just that particular correspondent's bad grammar...

@KiddieJon @BBCWorld maybe 👍🏻

Just heard a BBC economics correspondent give an entire news briefing in which he referred to the Chancellor throughout as "they". How confusing, particularly for listeners with a first language other than English. Doesn't he know her gender @BBCWorld ? 🙄

@pjm1kbw @BBCWorld Perhaps. However, in that case shouldn't it be "perhaps they prefer" ? And that doesn't make it any less confusing.

@KiddieJon @BBCWorld perhaps she prefers to be referred to as they (although I have absolutely no idea)

Harrison Ford once said of George Lucas's draft screenplay for Star Wars, "You can type this shit, but you can't say it." Sound advice also for lawyers writing up questions / submissions to be delivered orally at court— always try reading it out aloud first (even to your pets)...

How true...

@DBentleyMiller Mink oil is also good for softening leather, although care is apt to avoid staining on lighter colours.

@KiddieJon Shoes

This product is an absolute game changer!