'Activist blob' and 'lefty lawyer' comments by @SuellaBraverman and @RishiSunak "betray a startling and regrettable ignorance about the role of lawyers in society" says Chair of the Bar Nick Vineall KC. Read our statement:
https://t.co/6BXACjtfpL
Thrilled to bits with this result, 6yrs in the making, ending with a 6wk pitched battle in the ChD. A privilege to rep the successful Ds alongside my brilliant colleagues. Thank you so much to the team at @CroftSolicitors for the instruction & for all your hard work. We did it!
Judgment for the Defendants today in Libyan Investment Authority v King (Miles J) − represented by Patrick Green KC, Henry Warwick KC, Rachel Tandy and Reanne MacKenzie, instructed by @CroftSolicitors
https://t.co/hcFmQPmsFU
Judgment for the Defendants today in Libyan Investment Authority v King (Miles J) − represented by Patrick Green KC, Henry Warwick KC, Rachel Tandy and Reanne MacKenzie, instructed by @CroftSolicitors
https://t.co/hcFmQPmsFU
Thrilled to have been ranked in the L500 as a leading junior for commercial litigation and for group litigation. Thank you so much as always to my lovely clients and referees for their kind feedback, and for continuing to instruct me in all manner of weird and wonderful cases.
The VW NOx Emissions Litigation has settled. A pleasure and privilege to have represented the Claimants for the past 4 years alongside a FIERCE counsel team. Thank you @SlaterGordonUK@LeighDay_Law @PGMBMlaw for the instruction & for your hard work&support https://t.co/YuOc4K5D7J
Those calling for an apology from Boris Johnson and Priti Patel include:
14 retired members of the Judiciary
84 Queen’s Counsel
76 partners and directors of law firms
69 Professors of Law (UK)
294 junior barristers
162 further solicitors and legal executives
90 legal academics
Whatever the truth here, you can't have it both ways. If you complain that this kind of remark has led to you being abused, you can't also dismissively say that your bosses' remarks (e.g. about lawyers) have nothing to do with abuse or violence that follow.
If you missed our webinar this morning on (i) healthcare inquests and (ii) fire safety sentencing - we are re-running it at 2pm this thursday and there are still spaces available. Details here:
Members of #HendersonChambers, Tim Green, Elizabeth Tremayne and @r_tandy are speaking at an HSLA webinar on 16 & 18 June 2020. Topics are Inquests arising from deaths in healthcare in the light of #COVID19 and Sentencing in Fire Safety Cases. https://t.co/YNegqx9Jby
Members of #HendersonChambers, Tim Green, Elizabeth Tremayne and @r_tandy are speaking at an HSLA webinar on 16 & 18 June 2020. Topics are Inquests arising from deaths in healthcare in the light of #COVID19 and Sentencing in Fire Safety Cases. https://t.co/YNegqx9Jby
@jaimerh354@behindthegown Interesting and important - thank you. It's not just in crime either: a depressing 12% of all commercial ct advocates are women (and just 3% of those are silks). We must all do better.
The High Court has handed down judgment in the VW NOx Emissions Group Litigation – the class action arising out of what is often described as the 'emissions scandal'.
Please read the full summary here:
https://t.co/b1K3Ad0CeL