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James Turner KC

@JamesTurner37

3 years

Will it still be ok to wear masks in banks after 19 July (asking for a client)?

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4 years

This must be the top story of the day. One really must admire such fearless journalistic endeavour:

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4 years

Well, on the happier side, it seems that my latest grandchild arrived in the world at 7:38am today.

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5 years

I’m intrigued as to why Boris Johnson believes it to be “the duty of journalists” to publish leaked confidential messages from diplomats. Do journalists also have a duty to publish recordings of other private “discussions”?

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4 years

Without seeking to make any political point, I thought this was rather clever (given his shirt number):

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2 years

I’ve only just woken up. Is Jeremy Hunt still the Chancellor?

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

I expect that lots of my clients will, in the future, want to adopt this precedent in relation to their alleged breaches of the law:

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6 years

Shouldn’t there be a no-confidence motion in relation to the Opposition as well as in relation to the Government? I’ve no confidence in either of them.

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10 years

Brilliant anecdote in The Times today: http://t.co/u8bLlobI75

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

Why were the police wearing diamond earrings? @MailOnline

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7 years

Brexit negotiations:

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

To those who are being critical of the King getting testy about defective writing equipment, you should see (and hear) me trying to grapple with computer and printer issues.

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

Anyway, am I right in thinking that plain chocolate digestive biscuits are the best safeguard against this virus?

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

As I’ve pointed out previously, the death penalty avoids this sort of troublesome issue:

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

Yet another letter in The Times about legal aid from one who knows:

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2 years

What does ‘pre-planned’ mean? Is it different from ‘planned’?

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

I’ve just had a call from the “National Crime Agency” who are going to suspend my national insurance (whatever that means), because I am, apparently, suspected of all sorts of misdeeds. They want me to “press 1 to speak to an officer”. Did I do right to hang up & start packing?

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6 months

I had one of those phone calls this evening from one of those scammers pretending to be from o2. As usual, I said to him “You’re NOT from o2, I know that and you know that, so why pretend?” Instead of the usual protestations he simply said “Fair enough”. 😮

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

It seems that my eighth grandchild has just been born. 😱😱😱

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@JamesTurner37

5 months

Something (nice) I’ve noticed happening with increasing frequency is passengers, of all sorts, who are getting off London buses shouting out “Thanks driver”.

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

@tedcruz Anyway, the government is NOT involved. In this country we have a concept known as the separation of powers.

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@JamesTurner37

10 months

My ninth grandchild was born this morning. 🥂

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

Well, I finally gave in and acquired hearing aids today. There’ll be no stopping me now I can hear what people are saying. 🙂

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

Well, there’s a bit of good news in The Times Announcements today. That’s three already married and two now engaged:

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

I’ve just had my first anti-Covid jab - the whole process was extremely efficient and fast. I was very brave, but I didn’t get a sticker.

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@JamesTurner37

6 years

To be fair, it’s an easy mistake to make:

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2 years

Here’s a poser for my followers. I phoned the reception desk at the hotel where I am staying to report that there is no water in my bathroom. The reply was “Well, no one else has complained”. What should my response have been? 🤔

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@JamesTurner37

6 years

If one more person uses the phrase “reaching out to you” when they communicate with me I shall scream and scream and scream (like Violet-Elizabeth Bott).

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@JamesTurner37

8 years

It's reassuring to know that we can look forward to a careful analysis by the Daily Mail of the detail of the judgments in the SC:

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1 month

The number of my grandchildren has increased yet again, by two this time. 😮

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3 years

What sort of pseudo-legal mumbo jumbo is the first sentence of this paragraph from @MailOnline ?

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

Albeit expected, I feel very upset by the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II - the end of an era. RIP

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

The answer to most of Keir Starmer’s questions as to the meaning of various “rules” seemed to be “Good British common sense”. I wonder how that will play out in court when people are charged with alleged breaches.

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

Well, I have to perform my father-of-the-bride duties this afternoon and this evening. The last of the daughters - phew!

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

Will there now be an enquiry into this leak (the existence of which does not exactly promote confidence in the integrity of the process):

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@JamesTurner37

8 years

Another good query:

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

I’ve just bought 72 loo rolls from Asda. I’m hoping to be able to re-sell them at a substantial profit after Brexit. Every cloud has a silver lining.

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

How is Raab, the supposed Lord Chancellor, able to get away with his misrepresentations in relation to the Human Rights Act?

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

Why does Rishi Sunak wear trousers that are too short?

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

If only the content of my work files was as limited as this:

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@JamesTurner37

9 months

@Bren4Bassetlaw He chose to work for free to oppose the death penalty, as a matter of principle. Do you really think that’s a bad thing for him to have done?

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2 years

I have today received several Christmas cards in the post, all bearing first class stamps.

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

Middle Temple still looking festive today:

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

It’s getting to look a lot like Christmas at 1kbw :

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

Do the twerps in Bristol not realise they are playing into the Government’s hands regarding restrictions on “protests”?

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

I’ve just received a message from DPD to say that my parcel will be delivered today between 7am and 10pm. Am I being unreasonable in wishing for something a tad more specific?

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

Me with my baby boys, plus a 14-year-old grandson - bear in mind that I’m over 6’ tall:

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5 years

It’s a pity that someone didn’t also help @MailOnline with the drafting of its headline:

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2 years

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

@Guiseppim @DutchieMartin @RobDunsmore Summary offences are still criminal offences. The relevant difference is the existence of a general six months limitation period for summary offences, but there are many exceptions to that and the six months doesn’t necessarily commence with the date of the offence.

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

@tedcruz So do you think, for instance that parents should be able to refuse life-saving treatment for a child (e.g. refusing a blood transfusion)?>

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

I haven’t tweeted this for a while, so here it is again - a great description of the role of a defence advocate in jury trials (it says ‘defense’ as the author is America). It’s the whole of the first chapter of the novel :

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2 years

This morning I received a massive bill from @edfenergy , based on an estimated meter reading. They had not asked me to provide an actual reading in the way that they usually do. I then did a reading, resulting in a bill for almost half of that based on the estimated reading!

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@JamesTurner37

6 months

@AMAZlNGNATURE That tiger isn’t on a motorcycle. We’ve been misled. ☹️

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

@tedcruz And on the facts of the particular case, please read the various reasoned court judgments and >

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7 years

@Conservatives I think it actually did the opposite, and I've been a Tory voter all of my life (until now).

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3 years

@PaulBrandITV Aren’t they supposed to look for evidence themselves? It’s called “investigating” (or am I being old-fashioned?).

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3 years

How on earth did Prince Albert of Monaco win all those medals:

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@JamesTurner37

6 months

In my opinion, if people in the UK are going to use metric measurements they should write “metres”, rather than “meters”. Meters are measuring devices, such as gas meters and parking meters.

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

I am very confused by the plan to introduce quarantine on incoming travellers as part of a RELAXATION from the lockdown, when (bizarrely) travellers are in fact coming in without being quarantined DURING the lockdown. 🤔

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

This has put me in my place ☹️

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@JamesTurner37

8 years

I agree - completely inadequate (as well as belated) from the person who swore an oath to protect the independence of the judiciary.

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8 years

This is the full statement issued by LC Liz Truss. No mention or condemnation of the attacks on the judges. Hardly adequate in my opinion.

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

@tedcruz > also please read this :

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

I can't believe suggestions that @BorisJohnson should now become leader of the Tory party. He's the one who's responsible for the problems.

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

I purchased a paper shredder last week from Amazon. I am now getting frequent emails from Amazon providing details of other paper shredders. How many do they think I need. 🤔

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@JamesTurner37

11 months

My annual tribute to my heroic late father, on the anniversary of his death in 1967:

James Gordon Melville Turner - Wikipedia

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@JamesTurner37

6 months

Since I mentioned on here that I’d started to draw my State pension I’ve had a sudden rush of “likes” from the partly-clad ladies who want to help me find love. 🤣🤣🤣

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

I have a sneaking suspicion that this car may belong to a lawyer :

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

When people resign or are sacked don’t they usually have to put their stuff in a bin-bag and leave straightaway, before they have chance to raid the stationery cupboard etc?

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@JamesTurner37

6 years

I wonder why @PeterHain felt he had a “duty” to undermine an interim court injunction rather than wait until a full and fair court hearing had taken place at which all sides of the story would have been heard & considered.

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

Quiz question: What is the speed limit on this road near my home?

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

I’m on dog-sitting duty this afternoon:

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

This is what I call a proper response to threats of litigation:

The Lincoln Project

@ProjectLincoln

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The Lincoln Project’s legal response to the frivolous threat of a lawsuit from Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s lawyer. This will not be the last they hear from us.

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4 years

So what do you all think of my home-based control centre, particularly the silver covered writing area on the left of the picture?

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

@BarristerSecret : Who is going to break the news to @thetimes about the even more extensive use of this "Victorian-era law"?

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

One of my children has given me some underpants that are, apparently, made of bamboo. I must remember to steer clear of pandas.

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

May we please have a "none of the above" box on the ballot form for the #GeneralElection

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

Spot the deliberate mistake by @MailOnline in this story (do they really not understand even the basics of the legal system?):

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

Has Sue Gray perhaps sent her report via Royal Mail (in which event the chances of it ever arriving are slim)?

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@JamesTurner37

3 years

I’ve just had my Covid booster jab AND a flu jab - double brave - but, again, no sticker ☹️

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@JamesTurner37

5 years

No @MailOnline , the Extradition Act 2003 is NOT itself an international treaty - it is a piece of domestic legislation. Why don’t you ask a lawyer before writing stuff about the law?

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

This is the way to do remote court hearings 👇👇👇

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

Isn’t the Prime Minister supposed to be making a public announcement BEFORE locking himself down?

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6 years

@piersmorgan “British democracy” is a system of representative democracy. Direct democracy requires a properly informed electorate and a question with answers that provide an unambiguous instruction. But, of course, you know all of that really *sighs*

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James Turner KC

@JamesTurner37

6 months

I confess that a change of career, even at this late stage, is rather tempting:

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5 years

This was just sent to me by one of my children. It was before his time, but remains topical and apt:

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2 years

Well, bringing back Raab as Lord Chancellor / Justice Secretary is not a good start in my view.

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3 years

An apt Fathers’ Day message from one of my (adult) children:

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@JamesTurner37

6 years

I’ve just seen this elsewhere on social media. It made me laugh. Do you remember the teen magazine Jackie?

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@JamesTurner37

6 months

What are we supposed to call “tweets” now that this site is no longer called “Twitter”?

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@JamesTurner37

6 years

I’m just walking through Parliament Square - here is the view:

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@JamesTurner37

7 years

An easy mistake to make:

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@JamesTurner37

6 years

Has @MailOnline actually read the judgment of the Court of Appeal? The sentence was not “slashed”. What actually happened was that the committal to prison was set-aside because of serious errors in the process and a REHEARING of the contempt of court allegation was directed:

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2 years

@johnbortho @sophielouisecc I really find it difficult to believe that people don’t understand the difference between barristers who do privately funded commercial work and those who do criminal defence work funded by legal aid *sighs*

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@JamesTurner37

8 years

Apparently, my latest grandson has just been born, so there's something for me to celebrate today :-)

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

@DominicRaab Have you read the 122 para reasoned review of the decision? If so, which parts do you disagree with and why?

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@JamesTurner37

2 years

She’s just gone past me at the 24 and a half mile mark - and still smiling:

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@JamesTurner37

8 years

And difficult to put it better than in The Times leader today (what a contrast with the gutter press):

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@JamesTurner37

6 years

@JuliaHB1 @jeremycorbyn Perhaps my eyesight is fading but his tie didn’t look “bright red” to me - here’s a photo (were you mistaking him for @realDonaldTrump ):

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

A colleague has just drawn to my attention the attached meaning of the expression “Barnard Castle”:

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