Richard Parnham 🏳️‍🌈

Our latest article for Counsel magazine on the Bar Standards Board's ongoing digital comparison tool study. @barstandards counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/click…

Evenin'

Progress.

What I wanted to happen today....and what did happen today.

Legal London is looking lovely.

Lomdon ing with Harry.

@NickJRishwain He's currently focusing on hardcore academic science stuff, which can just about cope with newspaper articles and blogs, in terms of mainstream content. When he pivots to social sciences, it's going to get wild. X? TikTok? OnlyFans? 😬 But, heck, they're all references...

@RichardParnham Oh man, I feel like he's going to have to maybe consider how to cite social media. I mean, someone has to have covered this before, right?

Wonder how the history text books will handle 6/5/2025? What's the proper citation for social media posts?

Good morning Woolwich! #legalgeek

It's my first #LegalGeek tomorrow for *ages*. Last time I attended, all kinds of mayhem ensued, including *that* incident with a Donkey pinata... Me and @HenryFingerhut 's talk will not involve pinatas. Instead, we're talking barrister tech. 10am, workshop room 2. Say hi!

News: First-tier complaints rule changes should help everyone improve 'When things do go wrong, the way solicitor firms deal with complaints is a key indicator of service quality for consumers.' Paul Philip, SRA Chief Executive sra.org.uk/ftc-consultati…

We’re consulting on how first-tier complaints are handled. We want your views on proposed rule changes, data collection, and where guidance is needed. Find out more and have your say: bit.ly/4dIhDim #BSB #Consultation

Final call for tonight's Tech at the Bar research launch event. We're at capacity in-person (so please don't rock up at BSB towers, expecting to get in) - but there's an online option. You'll get a Teams link when you register. barstandardsboard.org.uk/news-publicati…

Having worked on a @sra_solicitors study of tech in the solicitors' profession, I've enjoyed reading the @barstandards first ever in-depth study of tech at the Bar. Not for the first time, we're seeing patchy tech take up, and a low bar (as it were) of what amounts to tech itself

Scenes from legal London.

First gig of the year booked. And it's a retro banger. You can blame the Glastonbury legends set from 2022.

Playtime.

@markchristie @joncoupland I'd seen one of those in Cathays Lidl earlier this week, and paused... "Could I? Is there room for one?" No, as it happens, but it was a close thing.

@joncoupland To be fair, that’s probably a little smaller than Poppy’s dog bed.

I'm sorry ... A what now? Did I read that right?

I've just bottled some homebrew county wine I first set off in fermenting in 1993 and has been resting since. I'm not a wine conneseir (it gives me heartburn) but this seems like drinkable sweet plonk. If I go blind / mad overnight, please send help to Cathays, Cardiff...

Good morning from Cardiff.

It's snowmaggedon in Oxford!