SecretSolicitorAdvocate

Solicitor Advocate, crime. A bit like @BarristerSecret but not as good, obvs. 25 years of legal aid, mostly with no increase, about to give it up.

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

I have been very impressed with the @TheCriminalBar action.
Great leadership by @JoSidhuQC!
I was proud to stand with fellow advocates during this protest.
Sadly, I am leaving legal aid work -it’s been rewarding in every way but one -financially.
#barStrike #legalAid

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

@RavinderSaimbhi @TheCriminalBar @DominicRaab Don’t know if I was a “great” advocate, but I was a pretty good one. I believe the @TheCriminalBar will win their #barstrike dispute- they deserve to - but it’s too late for me. After 20 years, I’m leaving #legalAid for private client work. Good luck, and God bless

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Please read this by @BarristerSecret #barStrike

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

NEW BLOGPOST: The Criminal Bar on strike - 9 Things You Need to Know

https://t.co/dYMoimHDiC

#Action4Justice

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Well played @TheCriminalBar

[Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden]

Breaking: Barristers are threatening to sue the government as their continued strike continues to wreak havoc in courts

The Criminal Bar Association has issued a letter before action to the Ministry of Justice over refusal to backdate legal aid increase
https://t.co/NhWicqgBee

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

I am supporting the bar in their NO RETURNS action, and will continue to do so until the very end.

[Monidipa Fouzder @MonidipaFouzder]

How many higher court advocates are on the Legal Aid Agency's list to provide back-up support during @TheCriminalBar 'no returns' action? I've been told I have to submit an FOI request to find out.
https://t.co/dBPtl6NJZy

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

As a lawyer I knew how bad West Midlands Police Serious Crime Squad were. As a football fan I knew how bad Yorkshire police (not just South Yorkshire) were. Hillsborough -the tragedy and the cover-up- was the consequence of bad policing, and corruption. #Hillsborough #JFT97

[Adrian Tempany @AdrianTempany]

#Anne Good to see West Midlands Police' role in Hillsborough cover-up exposed here. Their team was led by Det Supt Beechey, who was at the time suspended from operational duties pending an investigation into the dubious practices of his notorious West Mids Serious Crime Squad 1/3

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

@lawsocgazette The poll is on @edwardhenry1 Twitter account (Edward please make it your pinned tweet until poll over)

[Edward Henry KC @edwardhenry1]

#CriminalPractionerAssociation if you are a solicitor or barrister would you join this joint association to negotiate what’s right on your behalf, for fair financial compensation, reasonable working hours, & the mitigation of regulatory burdens?

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

@edwardhenry1 Brilliant idea

[Edward Henry KC @edwardhenry1]

#CriminalPractionerAssociation if you are a solicitor or barrister would you join this joint association to negotiate what’s right on your behalf, for fair financial compensation, reasonable working hours, & the mitigation of regulatory burdens?

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

NEW BLOGPOST: Do the verdicts in the trial of the Colston 4 signal something wrong with our jury system? 10 things you should know https://t.co/piFTAi46AC

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Interesting. Solicitors and barristers speaking with one voice? Yes please @lccsa @TheLawSociety @TheCriminalBar #Unity

[Law Society Gazette @lawsocgazette]

Criminal silk investigates if there is appetite for new practitioner body that would represent interests of both solicitors and barristers to provide 'hard stick' in negotiations with government on criminal legal aid:

https://t.co/GDiNwLGRFq

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Legal warning! Despite what “save our statues” and others are pretending to be outraged about, this verdict does not give a “green light” to criminal acts. This is a jury verdict, and cannot be cited as a precedent, unlike an appeal case. It’s very, very basic law.

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

@CharlotteCGill No, it is a symptom of our “trial by jury” culture.
Tried by a jury of your peers.
Sorry if you are so out of touch

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Referring to Claudia Webbe, the judge added: “Some things she said in the witness box just don't bear scrutiny.
"In short, I find Ms Webbe to be vague, incoherent and at times illogical." Ouch!

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Claudia WebbeMP guilty of threatening and harassing woman
Judge Goldspring said he had found Webbe "untruthful" in her evidence.
"Some of the things she said I believe were made up on the spur of the moment," he said.
https://t.co/EKfHENOGSR

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Sarah Everard vigil: Police officers contacted arrested woman on Tinder -shameful behaviour by ⁦@metpoliceuk⁩ https://t.co/snqZWpdURK

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

'Rotten culture': London law society blasts SDT treatment of young solicitors https://t.co/4qwLIWHy8T

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Labour’s pro bono plan confirms that it won’t fund the justice system either. Can’t disagree with this opinion by ⁦@JohnHyde1982⁩.
Labour long ago gave up on fixing legal aid, but this is disappointing from ⁦@DavidLammy⁩ https://t.co/6s58IKqHsf

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

Burnt out, sleep deprived and hiding mental illness: lawyers reveal struggles. Look after yourselves folks, and support each other x https://t.co/Uxl0IANvBh

[SecretSolicitorAdvocate @AdvocateSecret]

It’s good to read that the defendant was allowed to sit next to solicitor in court instead of the dock. Hopefully this is the new norm, not just because she is an MP. (Claudia Webbe allegedly called woman 'a slag') https://t.co/ce1GOGnZ3Y