Clara

⚖️ Barrister | Ndebele | Polyglot | Passionate about community, coffee ☕️and stationery 🗃x

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

And just like that, pupillage is over 👩🏽‍⚖️x

[Dominic Grieve @dominicgrieve_]

Your post is quite astonishing.
You either believe in jury trial or you do not. For as long as I can remember the Conservative Party has seen it as a key part of our freedom under law. If so, you have to accept the right of a jury to bring in a verdict with which you might disagree.
You call it "two tier justice" and try to blame the Labour government for something that you know or ought to know has nothing to do with them. That is the hallmark of the the rabble rouser not a Shadow Home Secretary.

[ViewFromTheNorth (JHKC) 🐝 @jaimerh354]

Rosa Dean is an exceptional Judge.

But what is really important is that the defendant was acquitted by a jury. A jury. 12 ordinary people.

[Miranda Grell @MirandaGrell]

Rest in Power Courtenay Griffiths 🙏🏾

[9kbw @9kbwlondon]

Atticus Blick (@atticusblick) has written an article on the recent change in CPS policy that non-fatal strangulation does not have to involve a restriction of breathing and the tension between this policy and the 'ordinary meaning' of strangulation: https://t.co/vzudDLCbYw

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

@ChairCBA Thank you Mary. That’s kind of you to say.

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

I am grateful to everyone who supported me whether by voting or sharing the news of my nomination. It’s been a brief but thrilling campaign, necessitating communicating with colleagues on a wider and more personal scale than I have had to thus far.

[9kbw @9kbwlondon]

We are very proud of @NotYourAvBrief, who is running for @TheCriminalBar Assistant Secretary 2025.

Voting is electronically on the CBA website: https://t.co/QpID1lE54f

Select CBA Assistant Secretary Election 2025 from 'My CBA' and cast your vote!

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

I extend my warmest congratulations to Matilda on her successful election and wish her all the best in the role. I have no doubt she will be an excellent and effective Executive Assistant.

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

I look forward to continuing to support the CBA and representing the interests of the Bar through my work in the Social Mobility Committee.

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

Reminder: Voting ends at 16:00 today.

If you are yet to vote please do - Every vote counts.

[9kbw @9kbwlondon]

We are very proud of @NotYourAvBrief, who is running for @TheCriminalBar Assistant Secretary 2025.

Voting is electronically on the CBA website: https://t.co/QpID1lE54f

Select CBA Assistant Secretary Election 2025 from 'My CBA' and cast your vote!

[The CBA @TheCriminalBar]

“Trials that are delayed also have major knock-on effects across the courts.”
@Telegraph @TeleBusiness
In one recent case relating to the death of a child, delays in bringing the defendant from a prison in the north of England to a court in the Midlands led to significant delays at three entirely separate trials.
A separate rape trial at Guildford Crown Court lost six hours of court time in a single week, with the defendant appearing at least an hour late each day from HMP Wandsworth.

https://t.co/vB7rr0gm4Z

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

To vote in the CBA election, please click on the link below.
Every vote counts

https://t.co/iTP7aaWdWA

[Dr Tunde Okewale OBE @UrbnLawyer]

Very proud of @NotYourAvBrief

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

It isn’t all doom and good and these aren’t issues without solutions. I am a believer in practical and effective situations and for more on that, see my personal statement here - https://t.co/kE9vnDzWxp

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

It is a privilege to do this work with all of you. It is in recognition of the fact that with all that is at stake, we should be supported in doing it as well as it should be done, that I offer my time and dedication to supporting the @TheCriminalBar as Assistant Secretary.

[Clara @NotYourAvBrief]

The listlessness brought about by waiting in court for hours waiting for a morning matter to be called on only to be told after 16:00 that there is not enough time for the case to be heard.