So, 2025 is the year that I get to introduce/inflict my new pseudonymous pen name - S.J. Fleet.

And send this little critter out into the world.

August 2025 will be the debut of The Cut Throat Trial (although you can pre-order now).

And good Lord I’m terrified.

www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...

02.01.2025 09:24 — 👍 1241    🔁 165    💬 108    📌 11

I am finding it genuinely disappointing that most people and organisations decided to stay on Twitter. It’s not great for me professionally not to be on it but morally it feels wrong. What to do ?

10.02.2025 21:08 — 👍 67    🔁 3    💬 13    📌 0

After many years playing Riff Raff in a production of the Rocky Horror Show, I can now say pretty much anything in a voice that sounds like Richard O'Brien. The only use I have found for this ability is creeping out the children of my cousins and siblings.

01.02.2025 08:25 — 👍 258    🔁 3    💬 8    📌 0

Another 6 Nations begins… and yet again for England supporters there’s the sense that it’s the hope that kills you…

01.02.2025 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You have a terrific Head of the Group in Mary Prior KC! She is one of my heroes at the Criminal Bar.

01.02.2025 14:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

31.01.2025 19:04 — 👍 146813    🔁 24318    💬 4216    📌 1481

YES! This is exactly what we do. Our experienced clinical legal educators guide our volunteers through case preparation and to the point when they represent the client in tribunal alone. Real legal skills developed in real cases but in a safe environment. This needs to be scaled up significantly.

30.01.2025 17:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Delighted to have joined the thriving Crime team at 36 Group. Onwards and upwards!

36 Crime welcomes Andrew Fitch-Holland - 36 Group

29.01.2025 09:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This image shows Crown Court Usage for England & Wales for 28 January 2025. In England and Wales, out of 516 total, 365 have Judges, 44 have recorders, and 107 courtrooms are not sitting. In London, out of 145 total, 106 have Judges, 5 have recorders, and 34 courtrooms are not sitting. In the Midlands, out of 76 total, 54 have Judges, 10 have recorders, and 12 courtrooms are not sitting. In the North East, out of 62 total, 50 have Judges, 4 have recorders, and 8 courtrooms are not sitting. In the North West, out of 69 total, 53 have Judges, 7 have recorders, and 9 courtrooms are not sitting. In the South East, out of 90 total, 57 have Judges, 12 have recorders, and 21 courtrooms are not sitting. In Wales, out of 23 total, 17 have Judges, 2 have recorders, and 4 courtrooms are not sitting. In Western England, out of 51 total, 28 have Judges, 4 have recorders, and 19 courtrooms are not sitting.

📈Today, 28 January 2025, 107 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting.
That's 21% of them.
#courtstats #CS28012025 courtstats.co.uk

28.01.2025 08:00 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Justice in crisis: Public Accounts Committee scrutinises Crown Court backlog failures Witnesses from the MoJ and HMCTS faced sharp questioning about systemic inefficiencies, the government’s funding strategies, and the devastating impact of delays.

Witnesses from the MoJ & HMCTS faced sharp questioning about inefficiencies, funding strategies & the impact of delays during the Public Accounts Committee session on the Crown Court backlog. Read our public affairs assistant Paramita Bhattacherjee's report - www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/jus...

28.01.2025 10:39 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0