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Motonormativity: who must travel out of their way to go through a dingy underpass, and who gets a smooth uninterrupted route across the surface?

submitted 32 days ago • 15 comments

It's worth refuting some of the assertions in this article: 1. "Mr Howe...could have spent his money before his death as he saw fit." - In fact, the 1975 Act has anti-avoidance provisions. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/wills/...

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Please vote for this great charity, helping orisiners connect with famiky through reading. And please share :) smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/solace...

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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

submitted 35 days ago • 8293 comments

I fear there is deep truth here.

submitted 52 days ago • 1486 comments

With freezing temperatures continuing, SWEP remains activated to provide emergency shelter for those sleeping rough. You can help by connecting someone in need to support through StreetLink or donating to TAP London. Every action counts. www.taplondon.org

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The image that speaks a thousand words about our inhumane migration debate

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New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work www.404media.co/its-total-ch...

submitted 54 days ago • 394 comments

The people who want the race of criminals to be included in reports are going to get sick of hearing the words “White British”.

submitted 55 days ago • 5 comments

Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...

submitted 55 days ago • 132 comments

So, 2025 is the year that I get to introduce/inflict my new pseudonymous pen name - S.J. Fleet. And send this little critter out into the world. August 2025 will be the debut of The Cut Throat Trial (although you can pre-order now). And good Lord I’m terrified. www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...

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As we enter a new year, here's a message to all my trans followers, readers and friends. You are valid. You deserve respect. You deserve healthcare. You deserve love. You deserve to live in a world in which people are treated as individuals, and without prejudice. You deserve acceptance.

submitted 62 days ago • 16 comments

This article is 109 years old. And we still aren't doing enough to act on climate change.

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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

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Sam Townend KC joined Sally Penni for 'Talking Law' to reflect on his year as Chair of the Bar. From working on a demolition site to getting involved in Bar politics and from what makes a good advocate to the Bar's approach to equality and diversity... Listen now: www.buzzsprout.com/1614520/epis...

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It’s time for my annual search for this C16th miniature portrait of #ThomasCromwell, after #Holbein, stolen from Hever Castle in 2003. I’d love to see it returned to Hever. Have you seen it? Pls consider sharing! www.arthistorynews.com/articles/562... #Tudor #WolfHall #arthistory #miniatureportrait

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🖊️ In a new guest blog, Treasury Solicitor Susanna McGibbon reflects on the past year and the changes the GLD has been through. “The word for 2024 could be ‘change’", she writes. Read the blog ⬇️ bit.ly/4ghfLO9

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#BlackSky @11kbw.bsky.social has launched this year's scholarship round to help support black students who want to train to become #barristers #UKLegal.

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Share if you can, please

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Study of trans athletes concludes blanket sports bans are a mistake. The lead researcher of a landmark IOC-funded study looking at strength, power & aerobic capacity of trans athletes says “sports federations should consider its findings carefully.” www.outsports.com/2024/4/12/24...

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This ⬇️ gets my vote (any undecided office) @ishankolhatkar.com

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Our on demand pupil supervisor course has been designed for you to build a positive relationship with your pupil and feel more confident in your role as a pupil supervisor. Sign up for our online course and learn at your own pace: www.barcouncil.org.uk/training-eve...

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Looking to find charities to follow? Start here - My starter pack 1 of the early adopters: go.bsky.app/UVMCfpi And now starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/7mP5Af9

submitted 104 days ago • 18 comments

This is very welcome. Anyone remotely interested in this issue should read in full - it’s a real page turner - Sir Andrew McFarlane’s excoriating judgment in this case. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH.... If I had to pick one reason why the last government deserved to lose power, this was it.

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Wow. Who has the energy for this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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📣 Advocate is hiring a Floating Caseworker! Support us to provide essential help for our applicants amid increasingly high demand for our services in this role that will see the successful candidate working across all areas of law. ➡️ bit.ly/Advoc8Careers #LegalJobs #Hiring

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Windrush monument #waterloo

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The Bar Council is looking to nominate barristers to sit on the selection boards for regional and special advocates panels. Interested? Find out more - www.barcouncil.org.uk/about/bar-co...

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October is #MenopauseAwarenessMonth - a great time to read practice tips in Counsel magazine by @briekc.bsky.social and Lyndsey de Mestre KC - covering attitudes, experiences, and adjustments. www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/men...

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An extraordinary evening at the Royal Courts of Justice to celebrate 75 years of women silks (King’s Counsel). The Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr congratulated over 350 women KCs from the most senior #16 Shirley Anwyl KC to the most recently appointed #641 Clea Topolski KC.

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Pro bono work allows you to assist people who would otherwise have nowhere else to turn to for legal help, whilst also enriching your career at the Bar. 🔎 Hear from pupil Jasmine Knapman of 29 Bedford Row, who undertook the Pupil Pledge during her second six.

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Delighted that @instituteforgov could support the historic first meeting of the UK parliament’s Women’s caucus, organised by the Fawcett Society 😊

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I found this a thought provoking listen from Dr Victoria McCloud about her experience of transitioning at the bar and life on the bench and her reasons for leaving - a big loss to the bench, although we are very pleased that she has joined Gatehouse. youtu.be/LXAtK5TLoBQ?...

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Is professional ethics a joke? Does humour open or close lawyer minds on their failings, what happens when PO lawyers make a joke about ethics, and a non-joke about Al Fayed. lawyerwatch.wordpress.com/2024/09/19/i...

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Advocate were delighted that 483 barristers were recognised on the inaugural Pro Bono Recognition List this year! 🌟 ⚡️ There is still time to contribute 25 or more pro bono hours in 2024 to be included on next year's Recognition List. Find out more: bit.ly/3UirYt5

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The Prime Minister’s commitment to 'swift justice' and the missions on public safety & economic growth can only be realised if it commits more resources to the justice system - read the Bar Council's submission to the Spending Review: www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/swi...

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