Brendan Brett

Barrister at @ftb_law (public, planning, environmen) | always cooking | lapsed trombonist | Catholic | member of @gpesmom | one of two squirrels

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@SineadPaghan @yuanyi_z This is moronic. Her crime wasn't punished by a life sentence - she was hanged. That is history, which is unalterable.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

I regularly think about country pubs when pondering the "future of mobility" - but the reality is that it will take far, far longer to roll out driverless cars out of the closed (and safe) confines of urban spaces into the countryside, and I suspect it may never happen.

[The Critic @TheCriticMag]

Everyone assumes driverless cars will transform London — but they're probably looking in the wrong place, writes Robert Chalfont. The biggest winners could be Britain's villages
https://t.co/1LxVWkZLOR

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

Can we just appreciate how absurdly epic Lord Hailsham's signature is?

[Jason Loch 🏳️‍🌈 @JasonLoch]

The dating of Letters Patent can be flexible. The Warrant for the 1980 Great Seal Commission was submitted to Queen Elizabeth II on February 21. While she signed it by February 26, the subsequent Letters Patent were dated March 6 [LCO 6/3932].

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@RadTradKaflik @TonyW32257847 @holysmoke I think you misunderstand the presumption of innocence... If you have to claim a presumption for it to apply, then it's not a presumption, is it? Even if someone accused says nothing at all, the presumption still applies to them.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@KyleButcher @jtheleast If they took the oath or affirmation and visibly crossed their fingers, the judge would ask them, using normal words, whether they intended to tell the truth. If they answered in the affirmative, they would be considered bound. If they refused, then they could be in contempt.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@lukei4655 If I recall, when I went on the Camino with a priest a small group, there was a fabulous Missa Cantata in Pamplona, and in the countryside we just didn't ask and got on with it. By the time we arrived in Santiago, our group had grown significantly....

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@JackEORobinson Hilariously bad reasoning: "our bill might have been blocked by people anyway, so there's no reason it shouldn't be crap". Also totally ahistorical: lots of MPs expressed voted for the bill so that the Lords could spend the time improving it.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@meltorights @StMichael71 the *rite* is mediaeval though....

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@BaldwinIVofJer No priest requires permission to use the editio typica tertia of the Roman Missal.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@WASPapist @hmkherman This is used all the time at @MarkElliottSmi1's church in London

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

Charles III, of England, France and Ireland.

[Medieval History Buff @Medievalhtybuff]

Who is your favourite King of France?

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

Oh wait, so you can just put the word "Chancery" in a glossary if anyone is unsure what it means/signifies? 🧐

[Daniel the MouseInTheCourt @MouseInTheCourt]

Terms such as "Settlor…Settlement…Trustee…Bare trust…IIP or Interest in possession trusts…Vesting rights…Minor child…Partnership…Partner…Profits…Capital…Residuary Partner…Barristers…QC or KC…Chambers…Clerk…Chancery" have been explained, with examples, to the jury

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@tc1415 @mcelderrytruth (also can I just say that the term "apex court" is horrid)

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@mcelderrytruth @tc1415 Ugh - absolute legal positivism is so tedious and reductive - and unprincipled. After all, if taken at face value, then there is no principled reason e.g. why the apex court should not be elected; or to have a court at all, rather than some other sort of determining body.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@SCP_Hughes @jo3hill @ezraklein There's some prima facie double-counting here though - the Future Homes Standard is part of the Building Regs; complying with the Building Regs will determine elements of the materials used; and does "taxes" include NI, which presumably also contributes to labour costs?

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@cusackandrew The problem with "Governorial" is that it isn't a word...

[Harry Samuels @hnjsamuels]

Far too confusing and alienating for commuters. Clearly needs renaming to “Business and Property Lane”

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@DavidAGottlieb What an absurdity - it's not intuitive at all. So it doesn't come close to achieving even its stated end.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

The senior judiciary also apparently persist in thinking that practitioners and lay people are very stupid... (this is the same attitude which lies behind the idea that we are incapable of understand Latin or what a "writ" is) ... https://t.co/eTUUqn4r8z

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

The relentless march of lanyardism, gradually leaching all interest and historical colour from our legal system. There's absolutely no reason whatsoever why the Chancery Division's name could not remain the same whilst it gains some additional functions.

[Brendan Brett @mbb_brett]

@TonyDowson5 Many of the judges (especially the senior ones) hate the RCJ and regularly moan about it - they would much rather be in an anonymous office-type building which could be a drs surgery or an office block.