Jacqueline Lean

Barrister practising in planning/environment, property and local government law. All views my own

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@Joanna__Hardy Hopefully they haven’t been taking notes from Frank Kelly’s 12 Days of Christmas…

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@Fortnums Hi I have been trying to contact you to cancel an order since Saturday. I have tried email, the online form (apparently the email address given for those purposes on order email is not checked?), WhatsApp, calling customer services, and DM to no avail. Please advise

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

*Now* it’s Christmas @BrixChamber

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@Fortnums Good evening. Have been waiting to be connected to a member of the customer service team (via Whats App) since Saturday afternoon. Is that a standard wait time at the moment or do I need to re-start the process? Thank you!

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@SW_Help Thank you for your response and the explanation. Much appreciated

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@SW_Help All credit to the driver /guard on the 12.47 Salisbury to EXD for their attempts to resolve the situation, but a 3 carriage train to the SW at Friday lunchtime in August…. Really?

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@CrimeGirI Bit late to the party, and neither is part of a series (as far as I am aware) but might I recommend Lawrence Durrell’s White Eagles over Serbia and Colin Forbes’ Avalanche Express? Both pretty gripping reads (if a bit of their time) neither is particularly graphic

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@Joanna__Hardy Clearly some sort of judicial Narnia. Now, which DFS (or competitor) hosts the equivalent of Platform 9 3/4 to access this magical world?

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@nearlylegal Particularly (if any sort of possession claimed) if not registered at HMLR. Once had great fun trying to work out how to meet the evidential requirements for proving title given the deed of grant (from I think James I) was on vellum and held in the National Archives.

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@RichardHarwood2 Legal representatives! But no waste recycling centres in sight, so maybe autocorrect had the same thought in mind. Though there are probably several such facilities rather closer to the Inquiry venue than Wimbledon

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

Autocorrect has really excelled itself today. ‘Inquiry’ became ‘I squint’ (to be fair, not an uncommon expression when trying to make out detail on too small plans pasted into proofs). ‘Womble’ became Wimbledon. That’s tonight’s ear worm sorted …

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@justinbates28 My thinking precisely!

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

Intrigued by this new feature on a Google search when it asks 'locate results close to you'? This morning's search was for the CPR: is Google saying it will find the nearest White Book?

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@JKSemakula It seems there are times when tending towards the Luddite end of the IT scale may have its advantages..

[PLA Org UK @PLA_Org_UK]

Join the Junior PLA North and Landmark Chambers for their FREE training on the Building Safety Act on Thursday 1 February 2024 at Eversheds Sutherland Leeds. Registration from 5pm. Open to PLA Members and their guests. https://t.co/dHPiEwwc0z

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@cjr1968 Not just you

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

Dear Outlook. No, I would not like to start my reply to a senior colleague with "Teamwork makes the dreamwork". Nor to reply using emojis. Yours faithfully, Bemused of EC4

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

Quick Q: which Minister gets the privilege of signing the statement of ECHR compatibility for the emergency legislation / confirming the Gvt intends to proceed despite not being able to sign such a statement and which of those two will it be?

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@JKSemakula I hope this is not due to any sort of karma-backlash following Friday's merriment at the afflictions of other young felines?

[Jacqueline Lean @jleanLC]

@Joanna__Hardy Hatton Cross IAC (basically Heathrow) instead of Taylor House (Rosebery Avenue EC1). To make matters worse I had travelled there from Chambers (EC4) having got the 5.30 am train in to prep and make the trip out there....