Faisel Sadiq @FaiselSadiq Twitter profile

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Faisel Sadiq

@FaiselSadiq

5 months

I had to spend a large chunk of my afternoon dealing with the theft of money from my mother’s bank account. She has Alzheimer’s disease and a close relative took advantage of her. The @metpoliceuk and @BarclaysUK were both absolutely amazing. I hope no one has to go through this,

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Pondering the events of the last week, I think the Muslim community needs to have an open discussion about the anti-semitism that is rife within our community, our failure to properly grapple with it, and the effect of this on our community. 1/n

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As a child, I was the victim of sustained and serious DV perpetrated by my father. The hardest thing was coming forwarded and asking for help. Tweets like Dr Proudman’s (below) would have dissuaded me from doing so. 1/4

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@BraunandRed @BBradley_Mans @MarcusRashford Ben, this school governor says that the Headteacher doesn’t agree with you. If the school governor is not telling the truth call him out. If you made an innocent mistake just say so. You radio silence currently speaks volumes. One might think you’re as dishonest as @BorisJohnson

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@yuanyi_z We pounced when the natives were having a midday siesta. It’s why the siesta is frowned upon all over Blighty. If everyone in the country ever had a siesta, the next day we’d all be speaking French and have a better selection of pastries.

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I am sorry, I disagree. A stream of thuggery and racism has always been a feature of large parts of English society - just ask any English person of colour. My first, second, and third times going into a CIU Working Mens Club was terrifying. Ditto living near Wimbledon FC in the

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@PaulEmbery

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Britain doesn't have a 'far-right problem'. Britain has a problem with a dominant liberal class that for years ignored legitimate mainstream concerns over economic injustice, crime and immigration, and is now experiencing the blowback.

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3 years

I cannot fathom the reasons for her tweet, but Dr Proudman’s tweet gives the impression that there is something nefarious about a practice that is both helpful and protects victims of DV. Tweeting in this way is unhelpful as it can dissuade victims of DV from coming forward.

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Really disappointed that @RoryStewartUK and @campbellclaret chose in @RestIsPolitics to discuss the sentences handed down in R v Hallam without (it seems) bothering to read the published sentencing notes of HHJ Hehir. It’s rather like criticising a speech without listening to it.

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Why lawyers discourage rushing to judgment - a true story About 15 years ago (when I had hair) I was instructed last minute in a trial at the Central London County Court in front of the lovely David Barnard. My Client’s claim was for nuisance/harassment. She claimed that her

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Wow. In order to critique the police arresting Yaxley-Lennon, @SBarrettBar contends that Schedules to Acts of Parliament are not “direct law” - whatever that means. This legal illiteracy/disingenuousness by a practicing barrister is breathtaking.

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7 months

@LanceForman I was the victim of a racially aggravated assault in September 2020. I didn’t hear from my MP, the Mayor, the Home Secretary, the PM, or the SG of the UN. I didn’t complain about it because I understand that the universe doesn’t revolve around me and they were likely very busy.

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3 months

British values include a commitment to the rule of law. This requires even the worst of us to have access to legal advice and representation. Attacks on lawyers due to the identity of their clients undermines this key building block of British society and Western liberal

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4 months

Dr Proudman lost a case. She then made serious and unwarranted allegations of misogyny against the judge. There is an independent disciplinary process considering if this breached the Bar Code of Conduct. Dr Proudman will have the right to be heard in this process and the right

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The racial, gender and class based bias of the justice system must be addressed.

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4 months

Troubling that @RobertBuckland did not go public about @NatalieElphicke ’s alleged attempt to interfere with a criminal trial when she was a Tory MP and this is in only in the public domain once she’s no longer a Tory. I like my principles to be blind to political affiliation.

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Curious that Robert Buckland didn’t remember Natalie Elphicke had lobbied him over her husband’s court case when she was still a Tory MP

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I increasingly wonder whether our politicians hate our young people? I am 47. I got a grant to go to university. Tuition was free. I could study, live and work through out Western Europe. Buying a house was affordable (just). Despite growing up during the latter stages of the

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@mr_james_c @ANMacMillan Because CHOAM (which features in the book but not in the film) had a monopoly on all intergalactic trade and the Guild a monopoly on all intergalactic banking. Shaddam IV and the Guild would have prevented any attempt to sell Spice futures or to borrow money for the defence of

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I’ll explain to you @markjenkinsonmp why @SBarrettBar is wrong, and (unlike him) I will even show you my working. When interviewed by Harry Cole, @Keir_Starmer acknowledged that he was paid for advising Hizb-ut-Tahrir - so it wasn’t a pro bono case. “Cab rank” didn’t apply as

Mark Jenkinson 🇬🇧

@markjenk

6 months

I think @SBarrettBar is bang on, particularly some of those lawyers on Twitter. While you’re here, does the cab rank rule apply to pro-bono work? Were any of Sir Keir’s actions for unsavoury characters pro-bono? Was any of it international work to which it also didn’t apply?

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3 years

The purpose of flagging the incident in this way is safeguarding. An awareness that often victims of DV will not follow through with making a complaint means the police want to record conduct even if criminality is not alleged so that if a pattern emerges they can act. 3/4

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2 years

@crimlawuk I have enormous respect for you. I hope you’ll take my comments in the spirit in which it’s proffered. HMQ has only just passed away. I’m a republican and feel a profound sense of loss - many will feel this way. There will be time for this discussion later. Now is not the time.

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@DXWQC You don’t know me. We’ve not met. I am beyond impressed. Thank you for putting country and the rule of law over party.

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7 months

@history99917180 The rookie error is not immediately following it up by saying, but your way is much better. Thoughts and prayers. Perhaps you could buy Norman a present as a peace offering?

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@DominicRaab At the Dec 2019 General Election, your party received votes from: - Only 29.36% of registered voters; - Only 43.6% of votes cast. Whereas 81.5% of those criminal barristers voting, voted in favour of not going to court on the days of action. I suggest you think before you tweet

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3 years

Replies to her tweet from serving police officers to the tweet are instructive. The words “non crime domestic” are used in police records when the police get reports of possible DV but on attending the parties insist that no crime was committed - e.g. just a heated argument. 2/4

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11 months

Muslims needs to show the intellectual sophistication that saw the Muslim world as a beacon of civilisation during the European Dark ages. We can express solidarity with Palestinians whilst rejecting anti-semitism and the murder of innocents because they are Jews. 13/13

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So Tory Councillor @SBarrettBar knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. The best lawyers I have worked with are those in @GovernmentLegal . Most could earn more in the private sector but believe in public service. I also understand now why @SBarrettBar feels he

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@JolyonMaugham The 1940s were awful if you were gay, a woman, an ethnic minority or working class but for white straight wealthy men all was good. That said the cabinet was filled with statesman not grubbing non-entities hoping that their spell in govt would get them lucrative jobs post govt.

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8 months

🤯 Watching @SBarrettBar pouring fuel on the dumpster fire that is his reputation is astonishing. His conduct is an object lesson to law students. When one is wrong apologise and move on - had @SBarrettBar done so, his name would not now be a watch word for dishonesty.

The Secret Barrister

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8 months

In what is a breathtaking act of dishonesty, @SBarrettBar - having been told that his false post about the Post Office prosecutions was untrue *by the barrister in the case* - has hidden the reply, rather than correcting what is now a blatant, fraudulent lie.

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@KatieMcFadden27 I am so sorry (and rather cross) to be reading this. I hope you are OK. @CEOofHMCTS and @HMCTSgovuk I am sure you will be disappointed to read this. Can you please do something about this and also get in touch with @KatieMcFadden27 and @lccsa .

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2 years

That’s unfair @LouiseRawAuthor . In a time when people are struggling financial you are soliciting donations to fund litigation that every reputable lawyer on Twitter has told you is doomed to failure. Your persistence in the face of this raises questions as to your bona fides.

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2 years

There are some lawyers on twitter who, instead of using their knowledge and skill to support the victims of criminal attacks, have instead sought to rubbish the attempts of a group of citizens who feel strongly in defending the public space.

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I am very proud of my Muslim heritage. I try to live by the Islamic values that were taught to me as a child - kindness, compassion, charity, fairness, intellectual curiosity, and intellectual honesty. The history of Islam should tell us that anti-semitism is not who we are. 2/n

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@fkrougman @metpoliceuk @BarclaysUK Thanks. All being sorted so a stressful day but with a happy (if that’s the right word) ending. The @metpoliceuk have been amazing, and given we only hear when things go wrong I thought they deserved some plaudits.

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@mr_james_c @ANMacMillan I suspect the Guild deal with very sophisticated financial products/instruments. The problem for House Atreides is that the Guild were in on Shaddam IV’s plot to destroy Leto using the Harkonnens. It had no interest in defying the Emperor by financing House Atreides.

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It’s sad to see a Labour MP circulating misinformation like this. The regulatory action against Dr Proudman has nothing to do with the Garrick Club. Dr Proudman lost a case. She did not appeal. Instead, in what IMO seemed like a fit of sour grapes, she used social media to make

Apsana Begum MP

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4 months

Given that anti-VAWG campaigner and barrister @DrProudman is facing disciplinary action arising from campaigning on this matter, there are growing concerns about the fairness and integrity of such a process, and questions about whether these are contaminated by this development.

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Worth remembering that the law wouldn’t have allowed 15-yr British born Shamima Begum to make a “conscious decision” to lawfully have sex, marry, join the 🇬🇧 armed forces, smoke, drink, drive, vote, or leave school. But an awful decision at 15 was enough to lose 🇬🇧 citizenship.

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Dame Sue Carr says in her ruling that Shamima made a conscious decision to travel to IS territory and yet fails to recognise that Shamima was a CHILD at the time I am sure if Shamima was white she would have been home a long time ago.

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11 months

We insist that ISIS or Al Qaeda don’t represent all Muslims. We rail against the Islamophobia of seeing us all Muslims as terrorists, but then conflate the actions of a single Israeli soldier or Israeli politician with all Jews. Shouldn’t we be ashamed of our hypocrisy? 9/n

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1 year

@HeleneBismarck That Murdoch wants to distract the electorate is par for the course. That the rest of the not right wing billionaire owned media keep falling for his attempts to reset what we are talking about blows my mind.

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I’ve lived in London all of my life. The only no go area I’ve experienced was South Bermondsey in the early 2000s. Due to the extraordinary levels of racism my (white) wife and I were actually advised by officers from the Metropolitan Police to be scarce on match days. Despite

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There can be few British Muslims that are unaware of the extent of anti-semitism in our community. As a student is was a regular feature at student Islamic societies. Linger at a mosque and you’ll encounter it. We just don’t talk about it. 3/n

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Lawyers and legal commentary on social media - a few thoughts The law is not a single discipline but a series of specialisms. Lawyers, like doctors, have specialisms. Accordingly, the thoughts and analysis of lawyers on a given topic are not all equal. So, for example, if one

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2 years

@KariSkaret @Chinnwee One needs to be careful. Lots of people (myself included) have disabilities that are not obvious. They may sorely need the seat even if that’s not obvious to everyone else.

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5 months

As I understand it, @HackedOffHugh ’s issue with Part 36 offers is that wealthy litigants can use the threat of costs to prevent a trial at which the public will hearing of their wrongdoing - even when there is a public interest in our knowing about this. The obvious solution is

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11 months

The anti-Semitic driven and myopic focus on Israel and the Jews means we forget about the suffering of Muslims elsewhere. I don’t recall regular marches to protest against anti-Muslim policies/acts of violence against Muslims in India of China. 8/n

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Last night Southport burned. Irresponsible commentary on the police investigation potentially contributed towards starting that fire. Those publicly holding themselves out as barristers have a duty not to help fan the flames. @barstandards are you aware of this tweet?

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2 years

@DXWQC I marvelled at just how long and hard friends who are still in the civil service worked during the pandemic. They got no overtime or bonuses but worked exceptionally hard to keep the public safe. I think few people realise how lucky we are to have our civil service. 2/2

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I hate to do this to another member of the bar, but @DoughtyStPublic were quite right to refer to the people kidnapped by Hamas and who are being held in Gaza as “hostages”. I’m pretty stunned and appalled to see it suggested that they should not be referred to as “hostages”.

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I have been to Israel twice. I have spoken to and cried with Palestinians. I know that they are suffering. I’ve had the fun of Islamophobia/religious profiling by Israeli officials. But Islam does not permit the butchering of children in response. 10/n

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It rears its head in many ways. I can’t recall having ever entered a Muslim bookshop that didn’t have the Protocols of the Elders of Zion or other overtly anti-semitic books for sale. 4/n

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All too often, discussion that starts off on the plight of the Palestinians eventually culminates in Holocaust denial, or hints at a global Jewish conspiracy. 5/n

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2 years

@DoubleEmMartin @BarristerNF . @metpoliceuk there appear to be a group operating in Westminster that are behaving as they have some sort of power to police protests and who (according to the tweet above) are engaging in lawful behaviour. Presumably you’ll do something about this and uphold free speech?

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It appears that @ApsanaBegumMP has been a (grateful) client of Dr Proudman. @ApsanaBegumMP really should have declared this as she campaigns to end the independent investigation into alleged professional misconduct by Dr Proudman - some might think it will cloud her objectivity.

legalclaret ➡️🦋

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@FaiselSadiq Dr Proudman was previously instructed by Ms Begum -

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How many of us can honestly say we haven’t heard Muslims spouting off about 9/11 being brought about by Israel or that the Holocaust was exaggerated or didn’t happen? 6/n

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Before one tweets in support of a “resistance” that sees innocents children murdered and kidnapped, ask yourself, could you sit in front of the Prophet Muhammad and justify this. Would he applaud what has been done in the name of Islam name? 11/n

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The Quran tells us that Muslims are supposed to be try to be the best of humanity. Muslims are to be an example to other nations. Does condoning the murder of children or being silent when other Muslims do, reflect this ideal or does it degrade what it is to be a Muslim? 12/n

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@MCRReiners @SBarrettBar @gatehouse_law Thanks for coming back to me. There is no difference in their legal effect between a section in an Act and a schedule to an Act: see Brett LJ in A-G v Lamplough (1878) 3 ExD 214, CA. As Brett LJ in Lamplough said: “A Schedule in an Act is a mere question of drafting, a mere

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@GreenJennyJones Not a good look that one of the few women of colour in the House of Lords is twice told by the Leader of the House to hurry up when speaking. May be coincidence but unfortunate all the same.

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Sometimes this anti-semitism even leads some to tamper with the word of Allah. The earliest editions of the Noble Quran (an English translation of the Quran published in Saudia) actually *added* words to Al-Fatiha to emphasis Allah’s anger with the Jews. 7/n

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The @metpoliceuk I would like to exercise my right to seek review of a decision not to prosecute a family member who over several days stole money from my mother (who has Alzheimer’s). The family member has made full admissions in interview and has been caught on CCTV. The

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I am delighted to have been elected as Secretary of the @propertybar at the conclusion of our annual conference yesterday. 😊 I am very much looking forward to working with colleagues to advance the objectives of the Association over the next 12 months.

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Good luck to everyone awaiting news about pupillage today. Very many congratulations to those who will receive offers today. Enjoy today, you deserve to celebrate. Commiserations (from someone who applied to dozens of sets before getting pupillage and who almost gave up on a

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The notoriously apolitical Tory Councillor @SBarrettBar ’s timeline is littered with tweets denying Starmer has a mandate due to ⬇️ turnout/⬇️ vote share. Just a reminder that Barrett was elected in 2021 with the votes of only 14.85% of the electorate but is content he has a

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Watching the riots this week as they targeted mosques and Muslims, I realised that these racist extremists are simultaneously the biological heirs of those that fought against Fascism/Nazism in the 1930s/1940s, and the spiritual heirs of the Fascists that took part in the Battle

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@MarcusRashford @DailyMailUK @MailSport So @DailyMailUK like capitalism but just not when people of conscience / black people are the capitalists. I really wouldn’t worry @MarcusRashford , I don’t know many right thinking people that give much if any weight to the bile emanating from the Daily Fail.

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I’m not impressed by @RishiSunak ’s farewell speech. It tells me that he chose to behave badly. It tells me he knew it was a lie that when he suggested Putin wanted Starmer to win. It tells me he knew better when he took money from and tolerated the racists in his party. The

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@edwardhenry1 The juxtaposition between your careful and measured response to his lies (what else can we now call them?) and his ridiculous behaviour thereafter (including blocking most of the legal profession on X) was a beautiful example to aspiring lawyers of how to and how not to behave.

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There appears to be a bit of a misunderstanding of the criminal trial process when it comes to protest offences and the refusal of judges to admit evidence as respects the climate crisis. I thought I might set out a few thoughts. - Evidence at a criminal trial is only

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Interestingly, @SuellaBraverman does not tell us how often she forward government documents to her personal email account whilst AG. It seems unlikely that she only started to do this when Home Secretary.

Adam Wagner

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2 years

6 times she forwarded government documents to her personal email address but only so that she could read documents on her personal phone whilst participating in video conferencing on her work phone - accepted by the review

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Beggars belief that @BorisJohnson won’t tell us if he attended a party on 20.05.20 until Sue Gray finishes her inquiry. Its worth remembering that Dominic Raab on 9.11.21 said in the Commons that he wanted to deter counsel from encouraging Defendant’s to delay entering a plea.

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I understood the reference, I just don’t understand why a reference to, inter alia, the return of the (wayward) prodigal son was thought an appropriate reference for the release of a child held hostage by her kidnappers.

Bruno Maçães

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It’s a sign of our illiterate culture that Irish PM beautifully quotes Luke 15:10 and is attacked for speaking of a lost child as if he meant lost in the mall

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The most salient lesson for the UK from Roe v Wade is the danger of purity politics. Left wing voters who couldn’t vote for Hilary because she wasn’t “pure” enough contributed towards a Trump Presidency that allowed him to appoint 3 justices of SCOTUS.

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@DXWQC Thank you for this. As a former GLD lawyer I know some of the brightest people I’ve worked with were those in the civil service. My former colleagues passionately believed in public service and understood their role was to implement the policies of their elected ministers. /1

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@MCRReiners @SBarrettBar @gatehouse_law Rather than trying to insult me, why don’t you try explaining why I am wrong? Which bit of my posts on @SBarrettBar ’s misinformation do you say are wrong and why? I am more than prepared to discuss civilly if you are.

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In a democracy, civilised people use words to win debates, and the uncivilised resort to vandalism. It’s difficult to see how this childish act of wanton destruction of the private property of a place of learning is sticking it to the man or helping the people of Gaza.

Palestine Action

@Pal_action

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BREAKING: Palestine Action spray and slash a historic painting of Lord Balfour in Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Written in 1917, Balfour’s declaration began the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by promising the land away — which the British never had the right to do.

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I’ve seen a little of the behind the scenes work being done by the leadership of the @TheCriminalBar this week. It’s truly astonishing how hard these incredibly able people are working 24/7 for the criminal bar. I don’t envy anyone that gets in their way. 1/n

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@BarristerSecret I’m afraid it wasn’t Jonathan’s only error. He wrongly suggests that the statue fell as a protest against slavery. It fell during the BLM protests against continued discrimination against the black community in the UK today. I am disappointed. He should be better than this.

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(1) 22.01.21: Barrister receives a 3-month suspension for sexual assaults on two women (see article below) (2) 20.01.21: Barrister forgets to renew practising certificate and receives a 4-month suspension:

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Being an advocate is not a normal job. It is a privilege and comes with obligations. The quote below should be the guiding principle for any professional advocate.

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6 months

That I would so completely agree with an article by Jacob Rees-Mogg in the Spectator that I’d retweet it has come as a bit of a surprise to me. Off now to have a bit of a lie-down to recover.

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There should only be one class of British citizen and that includes Shamima Begum.

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@ED_LeveyKC @SBarrettBar Increasingly, I marvel at the fact that as a practising barrister there are people that are paying for him to opine on the law.

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There has been criticism from some ill informed quarters today that the police are “managing” information regarding events in Southport. For the avoidance of doubt, there is nothing nefarious about police managing information about an ongoing criminal investigation. For good

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2 years

Delighted to be ranked for #LondonBar #PropertyLitigation in - @legal500 . I am extremely grateful to both my wonderful solicitors and my amazing colleagues for their support.

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I have seen several posts discussing the GMP/Manchester Airport incident. I understand the temptation to comment now but I am not a fan of rushing to judgement until all the facts are in. Every lawyer has a story about a seemingly open and shut case that turned out not to be.

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2 years

Enormous thanks to @LucieWibberley for all of her hard work on behalf of the @TheCriminalBar . Few will know just how much she did behind the scenes. Working with her was an honour and a privilege.

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@FaiselSadiq

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This is an utter disgrace. Something for @CommonsJustice to look into @neill_bob ? I will be emailing @thebarcouncil and ask that it too raises this with @HMCTSgovuk . Reading this, was very uncomfortable - it almost felt like reading an account of a sexual assault. I hope

Katie McFadden

@KatieMcFadden27

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Today I was refused entrance to Stratford Mags unless I agreed to a ‘pat down’ search. I explained I was happy for my bag, pockets, coat etc to be searched, but I did not understand why a pat down is necessary - I did not want to be patted down because of my last experience (1/?)

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I marvel at how often those who proclaim their patriotism, actually hate the capital city of our awesome country. I have lived in London my entire life. This city is amazeballs - yes, even North London. We have a vibrant arts scene - theatre, cinema, comedy clubs, galleries,

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6 months

In the last few months I have struck by the difference in conditions for advocates in the civil and criminal justice systems. In the civil courts I have routinely had judges refuse (despite my offering) to make orders that would force me to work overnight or at the weekend. The

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@FaiselSadiq

1 year

A delicious lunch with utterly lovely friends from Twitter at @TheInnerTemple this afternoon.

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@FaiselSadiq

11 months

I am delighted to be ranked in the Legal 500 for Property Litigation. Thank you to my referees for their kind words, and to my instructing solicitors for their support.

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@FaiselSadiq

3 years

@danielmgmoylan @ManuPinteaux @KemloZ @Kilsally @vonderleyen @DavidGHFrost @DerrickBerthel1 @BarristersHorse @benhabib6 @HCH_Hill A contract is an agreement by parties to do/not do certain things. A treaty is an agreement by nations to do/not do certain things. I struggle to see any meaningful difference. When treaties are viewed as just a “scrap of paper” bad things often follow.

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@FaiselSadiq

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@francesbarber13 I utterly adore Paris and love the French, but with the quality and range of food available in London I really would struggle to justify the time and cost involved in travelling to Paris for lunch at the weekend. A trip to Palermo to have lunch on the other hand…

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@FaiselSadiq

2 years

@AdamWagner1 @GoodLawProject So you, @JolyonMaugham and @GoodLawProject might bring down the PM. Not many people can say that. I suppose we’ll see but for getting us this far. 👏 👏 👏

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My life has been enriched by the friendship, love & kindness of many British Jews. The British Jewish community has immeasurably enrich our country too. You guys are as British as the fish & chips you invented, and we would all be poorer for your absence.

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@sheebadigeebies

10 months

Idk. If you’re not Jewish and you don’t hate us and in 20-30 years you’d like to live in a UK that still has a thriving Jewish community as your co-citizens then can you be… loud.

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@FaiselSadiq

3 years

@JamesTurner37 @WstonesHelp @bindelj @Waterstones @Docstockk I note that the core allegation wasn’t actually denied - i.e. that a book was not put on display because of “values”. It may be the allegation is untrue but the non-denial strikes me as curious. I also find the snide remark at the end of the tweet informative.

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Thank you to everyone for your support and advice (many via DMs) as respects my dealings with the @metpoliceuk . A quick update for those who are interested in the police mishandling of the theft of money from my elderly mother with Alzheimer’s. On the advice of several lovely

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@FaiselSadiq

3 years

@pjm1kbw @drsue2014 I find it very depressing. It seems to be a regular occurrence that @DrProudman tweets something that is likely to undermine confidence in the courts and thereby discourage people from coming forward to get the help they need. If the narrative is accurate then I don’t have …

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Off for our Summer hols later today. I have promised the long suffering @IndeedQuite that I’ll delete X from my phone whilst away. Accordingly, there will be a delay in replying to posts/DMs until I return. No discourtesy is intended.

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I love London and our awesome @NHSEngland . My mother-in-law had a medical procedural earlier today at @uclh . This elderly ultra-orthodox Jewish woman was shown great kindness and consideration by and had a bit of laugh with her predominantly Muslim medics.

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@FaiselSadiq

7 months

@BarristerSecret 100%. This case does illustrates the problem with an over reliance on cab rank in defending representation for all. Starmer advised Hizb ut-Tahrir in relation to an application before the ECrtHR challenging the acts of Germany. I am not convinced cab rank applied. I suspect that

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@FaiselSadiq

6 months

@BarristerSecret @Arron_banks Funny, given what I know of him, I’ve always thought that the fact that @Arron_banks has been able to obtain representation from the bar is the perfect demonstration of “Cab Rank” at work.

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@FaiselSadiq

2 months

An independent judge passed the sentence in R v Hallam (HHJ Hehir) and not Starmer. The judge was sentencing for breach of a law introduced by the previous Tory govt. Why do supposedly intelligent people not fact check before posting?

Laura Alvarez

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I told everyone that Keir would be the most authoritarian PM of the century, and they said, 'Let's tories out!'"

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@FaiselSadiq

2 years

@IsabelOakeshott But that’s not what’s happened here. You didn’t make the messages publically available for us all. Instead you gave them all to the Telegraph who are publishing them in drips and drabs to maximise sales of their rag.

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