Polly Botsford

My back is turned on Twitter. please find me on Threads, Insta @pollyabotsford

[Polly Botsford @pollybots]

We have definitely got our wires crossed

[National Theatre @NationalTheatre]

A statement from @mrJamesGraham on Gareth Southgate's resignation.

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Am so nervous, I am having to iron sheets 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Interesting, niche area of law: trusts for the frozen rich. The law of Thaw?

[Bloomberg Law @BLaw]

Revival trusts, which would allow people who get their bodies frozen after death to have their money when they're resurrected someday, touch a fringe area of law and are built on a tower of assumptions. https://t.co/19aU5Iw80Q

[Polly Botsford @pollybots]

Love this story. I was looking at some old essays from uni the other day and found one where my tutor had written: “You must think harder” (with “think” and “harder” underlined.)

[Legal Cheek @legalcheek]

📝 Law students reveal their worst ever essay feedback

https://t.co/8NjcUspI4J

[Polly Botsford @pollybots]

News of more AI-generated (not literally) litigation: Music labels sue AI song generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement | Music | The Guardian https://t.co/fMComlK9EV

[Polly Botsford @pollybots]

'In people's eyes, in the swing, tramp and trudge; in the bellow and the uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses ... in the triumph and jingle and the strange high singing of some aeroplane overhead was what she loved; life; London; this moment of June.' Happy #DallowayDay

[Sophia Proneikos @Pergament_F]

"What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.
As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
"In 1984", Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure."
In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us."
Neil Postman," Amusing Ourselves to Death"

[Polly Botsford @pollybots]

KlimaSeniorinnen ruling definitely creating waves. See also Sumption: https://t.co/IDVY9sw3Qv

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Hard to believe this is London.

[amelia gentleman @ameliagentleman]

The Bar Council raises concerns about the Garrick

Clubs like this can “create the potential for unfair advantage”

https://t.co/qc38cYTP3M

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

If you struggle with the idea that 24 people sitting on 2 separate juries could reach different conclusions about narrow facts then I have some incredibly bad news for you about the alternatives to jury trial.

[Polly Botsford @pollybots]

Good summary of situation!

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Astonished to discover that it was as late as 1750 that 29th February was formally recognised in Britain as a day in the calendar (appearing each leap year). What diary chaos there must have been up until then. #LeapYear

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Given where the world is right now, probably worth a listen… https://t.co/wi6elAsnlC

[Financial Times @FT]

Meta challenges EU’s landmark digital rules https://t.co/ADFEpwZ082

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The Speech: what lawyers might find interesting. From data protection to arbitration but no money for justice https://t.co/bAQLUZhixB

[Polly Botsford @pollybots]

What I learnt at #IBAParis How Barnier negotiated (with the tactic of transparency), to what extent the cab rank rule may be challenged by climate conscience, mediation is a must and if you have any questions, ask ChatGPT Version 4. See everyone in Mexico City 2024!

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Can you be a good lawyer if you're not a good person? - Legal Cheek https://t.co/6N6ogj7W6y

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Some thoughts from #IBAParis
Can you be a good lawyer if you're not a good person? - Legal Cheek