Nicholas Nicol

Barrister. Mediator. Tribunal Judge. Skeptic. European and English. Spurs fan.

[Nicholas Nicol @NikNicol63]

This is why I do what I do (rather than just cry): https://t.co/iXDwOa1X99

[Nicholas Nicol @NikNicol63]

As Awaab's law is due to come into effect soon, mould remains a serious problem in so many homes: https://t.co/MNPAXIhzH6

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Scandal is right: https://t.co/cV7qPUck3H

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Hackney don't want evidence that means they will actually have to help someone and, when this was put to the relevant Council member, their instinct is to protect the officers, not their victims/constituents: https://t.co/YQ1TBnZUW8

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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards https://t.co/xgBvS9L6TY

[Nicholas Nicol @NikNicol63]

The Government is planning mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Please sign the petition now! https://t.co/uUtc1uAeqO via @38degrees

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London's temporary housing postcode lottery as people moved 250 miles https://t.co/JE248A4WHd

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Why does @lb_southwark have to be forced to improve their plans for redeveloping housing? https://t.co/jPSPczWBp7

[HLPA @HLPA_UK]

A moving obituary to our friend, colleague and HLPA stalwart - we all miss him so very much https://t.co/HrVYZvvhez

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Please tell @lb_southwark how to improve their homelessness service: https://t.co/0XiHxQw4ew

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉

Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.

In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls. The new legislation is wide open to abuse by activists who wish to silence those of us speaking out about the dangers of eliminating women's and girls’ single-sex spaces, the nonsense made of crime data if violent and sexual assaults committed by men are recorded as female crimes, the grotesque unfairness of allowing males to compete in female sports, the injustice of women’s jobs, honours and opportunities being taken by trans-identified men, and the reality and immutability of biological sex.

For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable. The re-definition of 'woman' to include every man who declares himself one has already had serious consequences for women's and girls’ rights and safety in Scotland, with the strongest impact felt, as ever, by the most vulnerable, including female prisoners and rape survivors.

It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man. Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.

I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.

If you agree with the views set out in this tweet, please retweet it.

#ArrestMe #AprilFools #HateCrimeActScotland

11/X

[Nicholas Nicol @NikNicol63]

Is it fair to criticise Keir Starmer for representing terrorists? No, it isn't. Here is why: https://t.co/JpyisChVeD

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Another excellent video from @OnePumpCourt International Women's Day 2024: Nilab's story https://t.co/pefO45Q7CC via @YouTube

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@OnePumpCourt's contribution to International Women's Day 2024: Tamanna's Story https://t.co/JOoK3fXr4E via @YouTube

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Another piece of evidence that social landlords routinely ignore their own fine policies or, indeed, their reason for existing.

[Housing Case Law Bot @housing_law_bot]

Khan v Notting Hill Genesis [2023] EW Misc 14 (CC) (17 November 2023) https://t.co/po0LDXOxJ2

[One Pump Court @OnePumpCourt]

In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals ruling that Rwanda is not a safe third-country destination for asylum seekers. David Chirico acted for the UNHCR team instructed by @bakermckenzie. Ben Bundock acted in the UNHCR team in the Divisional Court

[North West London Law Centres @NWLondonLC]

In this month's @LegalActionMag our trainee solicitor
@oleyens had his first reported case - HS4U v Teklies. HMO licence was held by the wrong party at date of service of the Notice Seeking Possesion. Great work! With thanks to @AmritpalBachu and @NikNicol63

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And still empty, every one a rebuke to a homeless family sent hundreds of miles away or stuck in temporary accommodation.

[35% Campaign @35percent_EAN]

Your regular reminder that there are 600 EMPTY COUNCIL HOMES on the #AylesburyEstate.

[One Pump Court @OnePumpCourt]

Next we salute Patricia Tueje, our current chair of the One Pump Court Executive Committee, as well as Co-chair of @HLPA_UK

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One Pump Court welcomes Andrèa Hounto and Isabel Bertschinger as Tenants.

We are pleased to announce that @andrayuhh_xo and @bizberts have accepted our invitation to join One Pump Court as tenants after the successful completion of their pupillage.