Abigail Penny

Congratulations to Abigail Penny who has been ranked for the fifth consecutive year as a Leading Junior by the Legal 500. #legal500 #criminaldefence at 4bb.co.uk linkedin.com/in/abigail-pen…

4BB is delighted to announce that Philip Misner has once again been recognised by the Legal 500 as a Leading Junior. #legal500 #criminaldefence at 4bb.co.uk 4bb.co.uk/barristers/phi…

Congratulations to Chloe Lennon for her winning entry in the RASSO category of the @TheCriminalBar Inaugural Chair’s Essay Prize!

@disillusioned66 Apparently there is an injection that you can be given once a year?

Anyone else suffering with hay fever at the moment? Even though I take strong, prescription only antihistamines, I’ve done nothing but sneeze, blow my nose & swear at my itchy eyes today.

@nsandihelp You need more staff to answer telephone calls. It is unacceptable to expect someone to wait 45 minutes on hold. No one is buying “we are unusually busy” . . .

Our online service is now back to normal 👍 The service was temporarily unavailable while our technical teams worked on the issue. Thank you for being so patient with us on this busy morning. We’re really sorry if we caused you any inconvenience.

Once it becomes acceptable in the UK to imprison people without any court process, knowing that some of them are not only innocent of any crime but are fleeing persecution, where will it end?

‘I am innocent. Finally, I have a chance to prove it:’ Andrew Malkinson's case referred back to Court of Appeal after 18yrs following DNA breakthrough as a result of tenacity of @we_are_APPEAL - no thanks to Gtr Manchester Police who lost key exhibits thejusticegap.com/andrew-malkins…

@T21Joan Thank you for speaking up.

Thank you to everyone who has contacted me. It has had 20 million views so far. Incredible.

We are proud to welcome our new pupils Claudia-Lauren Williams (@ClaudiaLauren) and Chloe Lennon. We wish them all the best for the year ahead.

Lord Woolf interview in the Times: ‘The present strike over criminal legal aid fees was another downgrading of the justice system, he said. The squeeze on fees was “incapable of justification” and resulted in “good people being driven away”.’ thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-w…

Ellie our super talented house music organiser decided she wanted to sing for us so she just pulled this out of the bag WOW @_JaneLunnon @Alleyns_School @alleynsbrowns

@CrimeLineLaw At Crown Square today a senior judge refused to extend CTLs for a D charged with multiple rapes. Conceded CPS had acted diligently/expeditiously but absence of counsel due to Bar action and no trial date in a reasonable time meant there was not good and sufficient cause to extend

At Bristol CC today, HHJ Blair QC has rejected another CTL extension. It was accepted the Crown had acted with all due diligence, but the issues at the bar were down to funding. It was not proper to extend. CJS is united. @TheCriminalBar @Haroon_Siddique @BBCDomC

@AntoniaRomeoUK @DominicRaab @MoJGovUK You have delivered nothing other than chaos, and you should not use a civil service account to spread politically partisan misinformation.

Yesterday, new Justice Minister @Dines4Dales wrote to the @TheCriminalBar to say that she believes junior criminal barristers earning below minimum wage have “a good deal” and should “come back to work”. This government is burning criminal justice to the ground.

The lord chancellor, @DominicRaab, is boo’d during his speech at annual judges’ dinner when he says that industrial action by @TheCriminalBar is ‘regrettable’ & ‘disappointing’.

@CWOA Awful experience - none of the big rides are open - no vampire, no dragons fury, rattlesnake - hundreds of disappointed school kids on end of term trips

35 years ago today, we became the 'World of Adventures'!

This is a lie. 81.5% voted for this action. There is no “15% pay rise” on offer. There is no “£7,000 more a year”. Junior criminal barristers will remain on less than minimum wage. Read the truth here: twitter.com/barristersecre…

'So we've experienced, over the last five years, a quarter of our workforce leaving the industry.' The Criminal Bar Association's Jo Sidhu QC speaks to LBC as criminal barristers have voted to strike in a row over legal aid funding. @TomSwarbrick1 | @JoSidhuQC

It is regrettable that it has come to this. But the government’s continued defunding of the criminal justice system, and refusal to engage with those whose goodwill keeps the courts running, has left us with no choice. Criminal barristers are walking out. ✊