Stephen Oldham

Full-time motoring law solicitor. Part-time European tour guide. Some-time brass player. One-time marathon runner.

[Stephen Oldham @stephenoldhamuk]

@CrimeLineLaw @legalhackette @JoshuaRozenberg @MonidipaFouzder @CrimeLineLaw -always ahead of the game!! Slowly creeping back to the levels of the criminal courts charge.

[Stephen Oldham @stephenoldhamuk]

Just seen information that victim surcharge is going up from 10 per cent to 40 per cent of fine for offences committed on or after 16/6/2022. @legalhackette @JoshuaRozenberg @CrimeLineLaw @MonidipaFouzder

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Is this for real. Magistrates to get increased powers to double the maximum prison sentence 25/4/2022. And the will get just half a day online training. What do you think ⁦@legalhackette⁩ ⁦@JoshuaRozenberg⁩ ?

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#commonplatformfail Par for the course

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@JoshuaRozenberg CPS won’t send papers via email in common platform areas; shortcomings result in courts having to use work arounds; magistrates legal advisers leaving; court delays due to the length of time legal adviser take to write cases up; no court diary function 2/2

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@JoshuaRozenberg It must be time for a big article about the criminal justice system IT disaster - Common Platform. Just a few stories: National rollout suspended; police forces refusing to use it; onboarding technical glitch means no new users can be added 1/2

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@nsandihelp Thanks Jo

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@nsandihelp My wife has found 2 grey investment account passbooks. How can she find out if the accounts are still open and if there are any funds in them?

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@nsandihelp In her own name but at an old address.

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⁦@JaynieBarker⁩ #spudwatch

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@justie4justice @kbennettlaw @teresamatich @JessBirken @jack_newton @goclio I would love to find out about your legal DIY platform. I think it would be a great service to run in parallel with my regular work. I very often sort low-level problems in 10 mins on the phone with a DIY solution. It would be great to have a service to fill that service gap.

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@teresamatich Loving #cliocloud9 and @jack_newton talk on client centred law. Saw your @goclio blog post about subscription based law. Do you know any criminal lawyers who have made subscriptions work?

[Stephen Oldham @stephenoldhamuk]

@JessBirken @kbennettlaw @teresamatich @jack_newton @goclio I like the idea of that. I suppose that you have to set clear boundaries about what the user is paying for.

[Stephen Oldham @stephenoldhamuk]

@justie4justice @kbennettlaw @teresamatich @JessBirken @jack_newton @goclio That sounds interesting. I guess the trick is to make users realise that they can’t blame you if it goes wrong?

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@kbennettlaw @JessBirken @teresamatich @jack_newton @goclio I agree that pricing isn’t everything. I just can’t figure how I would give extra value to subscribers that regular fee paying clients for litigation are not getting already.

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@kbennettlaw @JessBirken @teresamatich @jack_newton @goclio I am open to it. Just wonder if there’s much difference between subscription based and traditional payment plan.

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@JessBirken @teresamatich @jack_newton @goclio @kbennettlaw That might work. I always do flat fees so a blended system might work

[Stephen Oldham @stephenoldhamuk]

@teresamatich @jack_newton @goclio @kbennettlaw @JessBirken Thanks @teresamatich I wonder if criminal law doesn’t really lend itself to a subscription. Lots of one-off cases

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@teresamatich @jack_newton @goclio @kbennettlaw @JessBirken Thanks Teresa

[Stephen Oldham @stephenoldhamuk]

Trying out @theTunnelBear so I can browse privately from my ISP https://t.co/KRUBTeCsK4