Alistair Barrister

Barrister and Bass player. All comments sometimes my own. @thebarcouncil employed advocate of the year 2018.

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@forallcurious April fool!

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@aldi taking us back to 1979 with a 1p off special offer!

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@BBCPolitics @BBCNews Please remove the banner from the bottom of the screen when exhibits and documents are displayed. We cannot see them on the live covid enquiry

[25 Bedford Row @25BedfordRow]

After a 6 week trial, Tyrone Smith KC and Alistair Grainger @ali_grainger secured an acquittal for their client. He was one of 4 charged with the Jericho murder in Oxford. They were instructed by Keshina Bouri of @carsonkayelegal.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay

Nor an offence for which they should be penalised

But a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community

Please RT if you want to keep it that way

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@Enezator @TheFigen_ Surely 'home' is the best place to do this, rather than at work or in the bistro?...

[Medical Xpress @medical_xpress]

Musical expertise makes #olderadults better listeners by keeping #brain young, says study @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/IFmNVwUixW

[LCCSA @lccsa]

Criminal legal aid:

4y, 4m since CLAR was announced

1y, 5m since Bellamy’s Review was published

18 Recommendations by Bellamy (many of which have been ignored

3 Govt responses since Bellamy

The central recommendation has not been implemented - “no scope for further delay”

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

He blames the NHS, GPs, care workers, Kate Bingham, his scientific advisers, his cabinet colleagues. Yet - guess what - he gets every single big call right.

I read Matt Hancock’s Pandemic Diaries so you didn’t have to. And they’re absolutely nauseating.
https://t.co/I0MPxdxi0S

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Dear @Jeremy_Hunt, are you really OK with your government choosing to prioritise making nurses look bad above talking to them?

You know patient safety is at stake here.

Refusing to talk with @theRCN is playing politics with patients' lives - so wrong.
https://t.co/DdK7RP8Ytt

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

Safe travels my friend... Bye x

[Danny Robins @danny_robins]

#UNCANNY IS BACK - Season 2 trailer here.

Who's ready to get investigating?

https://t.co/OI88BkYkbl

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@fuckedupfoods No I wouldn't eat because my dad's dead already, so I couldn't be happier! 🤔

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

What next! Really?

[Gizmodo @Gizmodo]

A Deadly Super-Fungus Is Spreading Fast in U.S. Hospitals and Care Homes https://t.co/ZWRainhZIZ

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@stephens_ben It's now a listed building. It's going nowhere

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@annaluciacodes Purple

[Alistair Barrister @ali_grainger]

@GregDoreyIT Fickle irony is a cruel mistress

[Reform & Rebuild @Reform_Rebuild]

According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, around 10% of the prison population (circa 8000 people a year), should be diverted into Mental Health Treatment by the courts, but instead, are placed in custody where their conditions worsen.

[James Rossiter @JamesDRossiter]

May2018“rise in historical sexual abuse cases had an impact on both prosecuting and defending lawyers
Self-employed barristers with tendency to take on whatever work came their way could end up handling back-to-back cases involving allegations of serious sexual nature for months”

[Natalie Berman @nataliecberman]

Whilst good news , time for defence solicitor fees to be properly remunerated surely.