TalithaGilpin

Solicitor at Hodge Jones & Allen incorporating Birds Solicitors

[Forensic Access @ForensicAccess]

💭 Did you know?

In some cases, you need a detailed #forensicexamination to distinguish a real firearm from a replica, which matters because each falls under different #legislation.

👉 Find out more about firearms examination in our article: https://t.co/d5crakZrBl

#firearms

[HJA Civil Liberties @HJAcivillibs]

Almost a year after one of the most serious data breaches in the British government's history was made public, thousands of Afghans whose details were exposed are still in Afghanistan, waiting to learn whether they will ever reach safety they were promised https://t.co/Af5YN3i9ZN

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Greetings, David Lammy!

I had hoped you & I could stop this merry morning routine. But here we all are. Staring into the abyss once more.

Could we, please, open the 21% of courtrooms closed today instead of restricting jury trial?

The horrors persist, but so do I,
Joanna

[Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service @RBFRSofficial]

Today is Firefighters Memorial Day.

It is a day to pay tribute to, and remember, all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of their communities.

Their courage and dedication will never be forgotten.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

The online system the Crown Courts use to run criminal cases is glitching. Some case documents randomly disappear. Some widely-shared messages from lawyers & judges revert to earlier versions. Notifications already dealt with reappear.

Backlog: 80,000 cases.

And counting. 🎪

[CrimeLine @CrimeLineLaw]

New offence in force from today: Intentional harassment, alarm or distress on account of sex (s 4B POA 1986)

https://t.co/jum53lgqMu

It covers intentional harassment directed at someone because of their sex including where perpetrators target women and girls in public places, including streets, parks, public transport, taxis, shops and other everyday spaces.

[CrimeLine @CrimeLineLaw]

A murder appeal brought by the CCRC.

"The Court emphasised that an appeal is not an opportunity to relitigate the same expert dispute simply by calling different experts later."

https://t.co/K5nY4YdAHL

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Read this thread. Every word.

And then read it again, because you will not believe it can be true.

But it is. Every word.

@DavidLammy and @sarahsackman want to remove the right to jury trial in cases involving *death*.

Homicide cases.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Hello, there 👋

Have you heard David Lammy MP and Sarah Sackman MP talking about people stealing bottles of whisky and swiping mobile telephones as examples of people who should not get jury trials?

Well. I’d like to tell you a story.

🪡 🧵

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

On and on it goes. The ABH guideline. The Sexual Assault guideline. The Fraud guideline. The Affray guideline. Thousands & thousands of cases falling in a range where people will have no choice but to have the worst moments of their lives tried summarily - or by judge alone.

[Prisons and Probation Ombudsman @PPOmbudsman]

The latest deaths in custody have just been added to our website: https://t.co/kW54EuTPXd

[Geoffrey Cox KC MP @Geoffrey_Cox]

Why trial by jury must be saved.

[Raj Chada @Raj_Chada]

this is the biggest constitutional change in the criminal justice system in generations . Juries are “the lamp through which liberty shines” - and it vandalised without it being in a manifesto - and this is your response ?

[The CBA @TheCriminalBar]

Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan - BBC News

More than 3,200 lawyers including 300 top barristers and retired judges have called on the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.

Letter led by The Bar Council https://t.co/vjHWmvtT2p

[Mary Aspinall-Miles @MAMBarLife]

Oh btw, the introduction of “independent legal advisors” for rape complainants is going to be a potential minefield. Have a read of this article from @lawsocgazette to see why.
“ A third sector organisation will be commissioned to run the service through a government grant”

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms

"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Blue badge holders and others can now get a Disabled Person's Railcard. Read more here: https://t.co/aZzVpgylT2 #MartinLewis

[Idle Courts @CourtsIdle]

If the jury reforms go through, what is to happen when the prison population explodes?

Even with the changes in the Sentencing Act 2026, that is absolutely bound to happen.

It is so depressingly predictable.

But these new measures won't allow us roll back to where we are now.

[TalithaGilpin @TalithaGilpin]

To say I’m disappointed in Govt efforts to erode a cornerstone of our society is an understatement. This is disgraceful, the public should be afraid-this move would encompass even some sex offences & S20 GBH’s #JusticeNeedsJuries #JuryTrials #CJS

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: MPs have voted to progress the jury trial reforms

Yes: 304
No: 203

Labour MP Karl Turner is said to be confident that the reforms in the Bill will be scrapped at committee stage

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

They use an example of stealing a bottle of whisky deliberately, you see. Because it sounds lightweight & silly. But either way offences with sentences less than 3 years will include some sexual assaults, some ABHs, some s20 GBHs & some frauds.

It’s not about whisky.

Or knees.