Kate Bex

Anyone got the link to the webinar @innertemple.org.uk which is about to start tonight? The Inn's website is not taking bookings even for online

It was worth full price

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Got too many tomatoes? Try this really simple and very tasty curry. Also freezes well

The Times reviews #TheCutThroatTrial. The verdict?

Book of the Month!

“This warty portrait of a crumbling judiciary rings horribly true…A hugely entertaining and disturbing debut.”

😻

And, with suspicious timing, the book is 40% off today on Amazon, if you fancy.

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A very important caveat to the "AI stethoscope" that was completely ignored by many news outlets.

Yet a high false positive rate can make a screening tool more harmful than useful.

How can we encourage health journalists to be more critical of AI press releases?

Cc @mgtmccartney.bsky.social

I don’t think the media explains to people properly what politicians are doing to the NHS 🚨-this is more important than ever, because Labour is advancing NHS privatisation.

I started a newsletter in my spare time to explain what’s going on. Click here: jujuliagrace.substack.com💙

Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’ Chancellor aims to reassure creditors but says ministers are planning for all options including special administration

To appease bankers Reeves says Thames Water should find ‘market-based solution’.

Not possible. It is a monopoly, no competition, no choice.

Since 1989 TW paid £10.4bn in dividends, £13.68bn interest payments. Rocketing bills, sewage in rivers.

We can't afford more of the same.

Nationalise water.

It’s fab SB, really really fab. Bravo 👏

It’s an OMG I’ve been in the room with ev single 1 of those chars & each is so viscerally described that I was right back there & loved every min. I also have Caz envy; every crim barrister needs a Caz. Can I also confess that 1/2 way thru I could stand the suspense no longer & had to read the end ❤️‍🩹

Wowzer 💪👏👌

Personally, I’ve always thought Newcastle couldn’t get enough coals. Thx SB, I’ve been looking forward to it since preorder days
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Why did the jury acquit Ricky Jones? The acquittal of councillor Ricky Jones last week has sparked a flurry of speculation and misinformation. Here is an effort to shed a little light. As ever, the standard disclaimer applies: this is…

NEW BLOGPOST: Why did the jury acquit Ricky Jones?

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As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022.

This isn’t OK 🚨

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This image shows Crown Court Usage for England & Wales for 23 July 2025. In England and Wales, out of 516 total, 363 have Judges, 63 have recorders, and 90 courtrooms are not sitting. In London, out of 145 total, 103 have Judges, 9 have recorders, and 33 courtrooms are not sitting. In the Midlands, out of 76 total, 53 have Judges, 9 have recorders, and 14 courtrooms are not sitting. In the North East, out of 62 total, 52 have Judges, 6 have recorders, and 4 courtrooms are not sitting. In the North West, out of 69 total, 48 have Judges, 12 have recorders, and 9 courtrooms are not sitting. In the South East, out of 90 total, 59 have Judges, 20 have recorders, and 11 courtrooms are not sitting. In Wales, out of 23 total, 13 have Judges, 3 have recorders, and 7 courtrooms are not sitting. In Western England, out of 51 total, 35 have Judges, 4 have recorders, and 12 courtrooms are not sitting.

📈Today, 23 July 2025, 90 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting.
That's 17% of them.
#courtstats #CS23072025 courtstats.co.uk

And sensibly (and a good indication of J taking a measured approach) he declined to decide if his decision would also apply to a police officer out of uniform because of insufficient evidence and submissions on right to private life etc.

I’d read the entry on Tom Cross KC’s chambers’ website so had the correct name but hadn’t troubled to find the judgment itself. Your enquiry prompted me to read it and I’m pleased I did because, as ever, the reports of it miss so much. So thx for prompting me to.

Guys I’m focusing on instagram now too - hoping to spread important info about the NHS. Could you possibly hop across and follow me there? Just click here! 💙🌟
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Bizarrely this Australian site came up on a web search before the National Archive

Lindsey Smith, R (on the application of) v The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police – [2025] EWHC 1805 (Admin) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE KING’S BENCH DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COURT LEEDS COMBINED COURT CENTRE Date: 16/07/2025 Before : MR JUSTICE LINDEN 1. This is a claim for judicial review of the d…

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Supreme Court Judgement - Presentation by Audrey Ludwig and FAQs Recording of equality law expert, Audrey Ludwig, discussing the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of 'sex' and the implications for women's organisations.

The Impact of the For Women Scotland case for Women’s Charities www.wrc.org.uk/Blog/supreme...

Please consider signing this petition, which proposes an increase in funding and improvement in care for people with Parkinson’s. It needs to reach 100000 signatures and then it will be discussed in parliament

Console yourself with the fact it made me laugh

Cheeky fucker

I had my 9th birthday in the Masai Mara and the memories are still vivid

Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter" We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... if like me you’re watching the #cricket and finding it too nerve wracking a great distraction would be to sign the #parkypetition100K and push it over 96000

Ooh the #parkypetition100K is in the nervous 90s. Can we hit 93000 by 8:20am?

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...