allison

she/her | American in London | criminal barrister | views my own | likes/RTs not endorsements

[allison @wigintraining]

During political arguments in the US, I was told “if you don’t like how it is here then leave”.
So I did.

[Bummer T. Vibes, Esq @VibesBummer]

When I’m eating shared nachos I’m always thinking 3 nacho moves ahead of my opponent.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Beware rumours of compromise regarding the restriction of jury trials if Starmer is politically wounded or politically finished tomorrow.

It isn’t enough to compromise on judge-alone trials. It’s not nearly enough.

It was never the real issue 👇🏼

[🇧🇧Power in my name🇻🇨 ♡ @Niaaaaa_xo]

This is simply incorrect. Int’l students are ineligible to access student loans and public funds. Furthermore, tuition fees are significantly higher for international students than home students. In many cases they are double. Universities rely heavily on int’l students’ fees.

[Mntrazana @moanerleaser]

A lady of leisure.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

‘Practice at the Criminal Bar is a constant lesson in the subtle differences between empathy and sympathy and, on occasion, the calamitous consequences of confusing the two.’

Wise words from Hardy as pupil barristers begin their journey.

[Max Hardy @MaxJLHardy]

This is the week pupil barristers get to their feet for the first time. And every barrister, however senior, can remember their first time. I wrote this about the experience: https://t.co/qtIbeG03fI

[valeeen. ୨ৎ @saturdynghts99]

what kind of irish is your themed pub

[Rebecca Paul MP @Rebecca_SPaul]

My favourite moment from yesterday.

@NECircuitleader giving the Minister a reality check on Labour’s nonsensical plans to limit jury trials to address the backlog.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Hello, there 👋

Have you heard David Lammy MP and Sarah Sackman MP talking about people stealing bottles of whisky and swiping mobile telephones as examples of people who should not get jury trials?

Well. I’d like to tell you a story.

🪡 🧵

[Okong' Okuna @XivTroy]

His eloquence: a thing of beauty. Lost craft.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

🚨 Judge Only Trials 🚨

The law of unintended (👀) consequences.

An old-fashioned long thread.

And a prediction.

👇🏼🪡 🧵

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

[culture @notgwendalupe]

Bad Bunny's Full Super Bowl Halftime show #SuperBowl

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Trayvon Martin should be turning 31 today. He should be surrounded by friends and loved ones celebrating him.

He and his family were robbed of that because a grown man stalked him and killed him.

Without accountability.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

The unpopular, uncomfortable truth about jury trials is that those who need them are not ‘others’.

People I’ve represented: police officers, university students, taxi drivers, teachers, chemists, business people, *children* & those who simply went for a drive in their car.

[Max Hardy @MaxJLHardy]

If the Government wants to reduce the Crown Court backlog it should simply remove cases from the backlog. Apply a public interest test to prosecutions that reflects the fact that it will take 5 years to try someone for selling some Weed.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”

Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Please support Keith Porter Jr’s daughters as they grieve the murder of their father by an ICE agent.
https://t.co/k9D3ojDplD

[Kate @_katemack]

The thing I keep thinking about Alex Pretti is that he became a licensed RN in 2021. That means he saw what was happening during the COVID pandemic and did it anyway. He saw the burning building and ran into the fire. A hero multiple times over and they shot him in the street.

[nico ☭🔻 @strongerpotions]

if they're getting this comfortable murdering people in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing to the people in the concentration camps