Jonathan Jones

The Times has got some basic legal points wrong. There's no requirement for visa waived visitors (such as UK citizens) to have travel medical insurance. Nor is there a requirement to have a return ticket, just the means to buy one (or being in a position to acquire such means lawfully).

Well quite, I bet you’re not coughing now, are you?

That will do you more good than any cough medicine*

*not medical advice

I thought it felt like a Lemon Drop Martini sort of Friday. Turns out I was right about that

Pictures please

Oh definitely. Cointreau or Grand Marnier probably more orthodox

I have done but today it’s Monin

Today’s recipe:
50 ml Sipsmith lemon drizzle gin
25 ml lemon juice
15 ml orange curaçao
25 ml simple syrup

I thought it felt like a Lemon Drop Martini sort of Friday. Turns out I was right about that

Parliamentary privilege and evidence in judicial reviews - Free Movement The High Court has dismissed a judicial review challenging the Home Secretary's failure to implement the recommendations of the Brook House inquiry. The

From yesterday: Parliamentary privilege and evidence in judicial reviews | Sonia Lenegan

Admittedly I don’t wear jewelry apart from an ordinary watch. Perhaps if slung on a medallion I would become a crime hotspot

I’ve lived in the west end for decades. I’m out and about all the time. I’ve never seen or experienced any trouble. The place was buzzing over the weekend. [No doubt there is some crime & violence but thousands of people are here every day and night with no problem]

Is the “floodgates” argument no longer a thing, or at any rate not a thing on which the government’s view might be relevant?

Oh good. Also Swift bar on Old Compton Street

Dovetail in Covent Garden make one for me as I approach

Just a dash

This week’s #FridayCocktail is an Aviation. One of my top 5 cocktails and one of my top 5 cocktails

Motor finance case: no bribery or fiduciary duty; but Johnson claim succeeds on basis of “unfairness”

Oh yes. I think I meant to say it was in my top 5 AND one of my most successful creations - the photo doesn’t do justice to the subtle violet tint

Forgive the repetition and gibberish. I hadn’t even started drinking it when posting …

I drink it in commiserations with anyone who suffered aviation-related disruption this week

This week’s #FridayCocktail is an Aviation. One of my top 5 cocktails and one of my top 5 cocktails

Johnson (Respondent) v FirstRand Bank Limited (London Branch) t/a MotoNovo Finance (Appellant) - UK Supreme Court The appeal requires the determination of the following sub-issues: (i) Does, or should, the law recognise a distinct tort of bribery? (ii) If such a tort is recognised, what is the nature of the du...

Judgment and summary here www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

Motor finance case: no bribery or fiduciary duty; but Johnson claim succeeds on basis of “unfairness”

See also Richard Morrison in today’s Times. (“…famously …”)

Why two recent judgments of Lord Leggatt matter A Supreme Court judge sets out how both the criminal appeals system and the Supreme Court itself is failing

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Why two recent judgments of Lord Leggatt matter

A UK Supreme Court judge sets out how both the criminal appeals system and the Supreme Court itself are failing

My latest Weekly Constitutional post at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

My parents (v mild people) were aware of this and perfectly fine with it

At my school (a long time ago) people were beaten all the time with whatever came to hand. I was once beaten with an umbrella. It didn’t hurt at all (not that I let on of course)

We should be pleased that people think it matters whether or not the UK complies with international law

This is not always consistently the case