Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social

Retired from practice as an advocate at the Scottish bar . Embra born and by nature. Also makes pretty good ice cream. Not active on this site nowadays 🧐

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@DalryCemetery More about the tomb here! As at Dalry, a history of an attempt to deprive the public of access rights

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

I love Edinburgh's old graveyards, and here, with a geeky legal twist, is what must be the smallest public one in the city: John Livingston's tomb in Chamberlain Road, well worth a short visit in the sunshine. #mementomori #greenhill #bruntsfield (thread 1:4)

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@SilenceInPolish Gylippus, sent by Sparta to aid Syracuse against the Athenians (with whom Sparta was formally at peace) in 414 BC. Later exiled for embezzlement.

[Andy Mitchell @AndyMitchMedia]

**200 years of football in Edinburgh** To mark the bicentenary of the foundation of The Foot-Ball Club, I'll be giving two talks, with free admission and online. First up, 4 December at Register House in Edinburgh, hosted by National Records of Scotland: https://t.co/qw9s0jXd0s

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@ForWomenScot EHRC did so in the Court of Session, and nagged everyone else to (with ultimate success!) ....
https://t.co/YegmbgP8Cj

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

Dropbox links to (1) the EHRC note of argument in FWS v SG no 2, heard on 9-10 Nov, is https://t.co/JzbPMkSgsl and (2) the pre-hearing reading list is https://t.co/m4GvUo3ncZ

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@ForWomenScot If parties/interveners won't publish their submissions themselves, and I trust you've asked them (?), you need to ask the Court itself for an order: unlike the Court of Session, it has such a power https://t.co/GyRwn1KkV0

[Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @FARED_ALHOR]

Syrians are demonstrating in Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria, demanding the overthrow of dictator Bashar al-Assad, his regime, and his allies Russia and Iran.

October 18, 2024

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@annereidedin @edinsketcher Don’t do that please.

[Dani Garavelli @DaniGaravelli1]

“There is a national tide against us & having been elected on a national tide that was for us, I have to accept those results.” I wrote about the election in Scotland thro’ the prism of Glasgow South West for the @LRB, following the candidates & campaign. https://t.co/WONlnLGrOa

[Amanda Sdairia @AmandaSdairia]

We need 100k signatures for this petition to be heard in parliament. Please sign & share to help 🙏
@jessphillips @Imran_HussainMP @alisonthewliss #ToriesBrokeBritain #Toriesout #Sunakered #FamiliesBelongTogether @ReuniteDivFamil https://t.co/2jn92ZWFx1

[Thomas Leonard Ross KC @GlasgowAdvocate]

@ProfChalmers 😂 never in the field of legislation has so much utter tripe been talked by so many

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@libby_brooks This appeal is actually against the Inner House decision, for which see https://t.co/x0kkhvsAbx , which unanimously upheld the earlier decision you refer to as ‘Lady Haldane’s ruling’ ; I’m struck by how much of the discussion unhelpfully ignores what the Inner House wrote.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

The remarkable witness statement of Johnny Mercer.

How a government minister tried and failed to get to the bottom of serious war crimes allegations. And how we almost never found out.

This is @d_a_t_green at the very top of his game.

https://t.co/xOL4dpGqux

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

Always a fine source of Edinburgh historical nuggets, but this thread is a gem for aficionados of Scots family law

[Diarmid Mogg @diarmidmogg]

1929—Paul Slater, who, seeking a divorce from his estranged wife, Jane Small, asked a friend of his, a private investigator and former detective inspector named George Hall, to provide proof that Jane was having an affair. However, months passed and no such proof was forthcoming.

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

Roses are fading
Violets are green
Res ipsa loquitur
Lawyers are mean
#legalvalentines

[Judges Scotland @JudgesScotland]

At Airdrie Sheriff Court today, Sheriff Scott Pattison sentenced each of the accused, Sarah McDermott, Margaret Hughes and Eileen Igoe to 3 years in prison. All three had been found guilty of historic charges of child cruelty whilst in a position of trust
https://t.co/XR3wxXmYtB

[David Bleiman (grandfather poet) @BleimanDavid]

"Dalry Day of the Dead" (below) celebrates the work of the Friends of Dalry Cemetery. Please support their appeal for funds to defend legal action which may disrupt peaceful access to this green community space:
https://t.co/6XXjhntaWD

@DalryCemetery
@AthleticArms
#Edinburgh

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

When I was a young advocate, this sort of evidence from witnesses (usually not quite as dopey as they claimed they were) was sometimes tagged 'non mi ricordo' in homage to the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820 where this was one witness's answer over 200 times. Nothing changes!

[Nathan Oswin @nathan_oswin]

Here's a running thread of all the things the current Prime Minister cannot recall whilst under oath at the Covid Inquiry.

Some more understandable than others I'd humbly suggest.

🧵

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

There must be some parallel in Scottish legal history… 🤔

[Ruth Cannon @RuthCan75563366]

After an amorous encounter resulted in the theft of his clothes, Irish barrister Richard Tucker had to think quickly if he was to arrive in court in time to represent his client. The course of action adopted got him there all right - as the accused! Read: https://t.co/c21tDBHJnV

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@BrianDr1960 @NeilBriogaisean @PresidentSsc @RoddyQC @Broonjunior Note different pens have been used at different times. Easier if saw the whole paper.

[Jonathan Mitchell KC is at jjmitchell.bsky.social @jjmitchell]

@BrianDr1960 @NeilBriogaisean @PresidentSsc @RoddyQC @Broonjunior ‘Checked’. This seems to be a document in the course of proofreading , see next photo, where someone (‘N.L.’, ?)has made typographical corrections. The next rewrite by the printer would incorporate these, and leave out changes such as ‘X _d’ which won’t be in the final print.