Richard Percival

Professor of Criminal Law and Practice at Sheffield University, previous at Cardiff Law School and the Law Commission.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

Apologies, I don’t really use this account any more. I might come back to it one day.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@Ocado Thanks, all sorted now.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@Ocado where can we find out about a no-show delivery, please? The website goes straight to a “no slots” screen, so we can’t access that.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@FABSITEUK Who eats tea?

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

He values an impartial civil service except when civil servants do their duty to impartially implement the Government’s policy and be really doesn’t agree with the policy. Hm.

[Andrew Adonis @Andrew_Adonis]

I value an impartial civil service - but I doubt I would employ anyone in future who had been a part of planning for Brexit, particularly those engaged in ‘no deal’ preparations who are literally wrecking jobs & businesses in pursuit of an immoral & illegitimate policy

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@AFrance2018 All looks fun! Felix is OK, is he?

[Adam Wagner KC @AdamWagner1]

1/ Remember last month’s Daily Mail headline ‘Another Human Rights Fiasco!’? The one lots of people were saying was based on a series of false claims? Well, today the Daily Mail have printed a fulsome correction. Please share this thread to get the facts out

[Adam Wagner KC @AdamWagner1]

Some exciting professional news! From Monday I will be joining Doughty Street Chambers (@DoughtyStPublic).

I'm leaving wonderful @1crownofficerow after 9 happy years including pupillage.

Can't wait for the new challenge and to join an amazing group of human rights lawyers! 😊

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@harringtonj3 Very many thanks, John!

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

Wonderful to be starting properly at Sheffield today - what a great bunch of people!

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

A win for the Warboys’ victims in the Supreme Court will give the Law Com team which worked on the project on remedies against public bodies a pretty pronounced, if substantially delayed, “I told you so”.

[Aileen McHarg @[email protected] @AileenMcHarg]

Things I'm happy to spend more on: income tax

Things I'd rather spend less on: donations to my local foodbank.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@rorypercival I suppose you could say, re price, that gold would have *some* value even if it wasn’t a store of wealth, unlike bitcoin, but that counter-factual isn’t of any significance, since its, well, not the case.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@rorypercival My point about the *price* of gold is that it is entirely determined by wealth store use, not use in jewellery (or whatever). As to ancientness, well quite, that’s the difference. Gold was made up as precious a longer time ago.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@rorypercival But it’s price has nothing fundamental to do with what you can do with it. It’s price is overwhelmingly as a value store.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@rorypercival Value of gold is basically “artificial” in the same way, isn’t it? The making up was just longer ago (so more stable over time and thus more reliable, but not different in kind).

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@rorypercival Chap on the radio the other day was saying it’s better to think of Bitcoin as an asset like gold rather than a currency. It doesn’t make that much difference to the fact people have to imbue them with value. But then again, gold.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@davidallengreen Oh dear, yes it’s that time again.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

@MalcolmCombe @AndrewJMSteven Absolutely. I remember it well. With only a little shudder.

[Richard Percival @RAPercival]

I hope someone credits him with his considerable contribution to law on, and law reform of, railway level crossings. https://t.co/MFbj0107Xv

[Malcolm Combe (also with bluer skies, same handle) @MalcolmCombe]

Next, in a session chaired by @Culbokster, Professor Alexandra Braun attempts to map succession law (acknowledging the dangers of legal cartogrophy), highlighting instruments with succession-type effects (some insurances/will-substitutes/mortis causa gifts) #grettonfest